[APES Jobs] FW: [Access-l] Postdoctoral Fellowships and PhD/Masters Bursaries in African Climate Change

[Bursaries, Employment and Career Opportunities in Environmental Fields]

Barend Erasmus
Associate professor: School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences
University of the Witwatersrand

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From: Mark New [mailto:mark.new at acdi.uct.ac.za]
Sent: 27 January 2013 09:38 PM
To: access-l at ls-mx4.csir.co.za
Subject: [Access-l] Postdoctoral Fellowships and PhD/Masters Bursaries in African Climate Change

A number of post-doctoral fellowships and post-graduate research bursaries in climate change are available at the University of Cape Town (UCT).

Climate change is a cross-university strategic priority area, with expertise situated over twenty departments and research centres, and coordinated by the African Climate and Development Initiative (ACDI - www.acdi.uct.ac.za<http://www.acdi.uct.ac.za>). Areas of particular strength at UCT include (i) physical climate science, (ii) vulnerability, impacts and adaptation, and (iii) mitigation. The Climate System Analysis Group (CSAG - www.csag.uct.ac.za<http://www.csag.uct.ac.za>) is the lead centre at UCT for physical atmospheric climate science, climate scenarios and climate services. The Energy Research Centre (ERC - www.erc.uct.ac.za<http://www.erc.uct.ac.za>) is a multi-disciplinary centre, housed in the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, which focuses on Energy Efficiency, Energy & Climate Change, and Energy Poverty & Development. Other centres and departments working on climate change can found listed at www.acdi.uct.ac.za<http://www.acdi.uct.ac.za>.

Specific topics for these fellowships and bursaries are listed below.
1.     Regional Climate Change and Variability in Africa
2.     Climate Services/Information for Climate Adaptation, Risk Management and Policy
3.     Climate Change Adaptation, with a focus on ecosystem-based and community-based adaptation approaches
4.     Emerging Climate Risk, Thresholds and Agriculture in Africa
5.     Climate Change and Bio-Economy

To apply please follow instructions in the further particulars, which can be found at:

http://acdi.uct.ac.za/2013/01/scholarships-2013/
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Mark New

African Climate and Development Initiative
University of Cape Town
www.acdi.uct.ac.za<http://www.acdi.uct.ac.za>



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