Highlights and good resolutions from the Rumen Microbial Genomics Network can be viewed HERE.

Working as a team player within the Carbon Storage Partnership (https://www.utas.edu.au/tia/research/research-projects/project/livestock-production/carbon-storage-partnership), the candidate will examine the nexus between climate change adaptation and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions mitigation. This will include co-development of practices, technologies and skills to elicit co-benefits and trade-offs associated with carbon dioxide removal (CDR), GHG mitigation and adaptation of the livestock and broadacre cropping sectors to the changing climate. Analyses may include, for example, costs associated with transitioning to net-zero emissions, temporal simulation of spatially-explicit carbon in vegetation and soils, productivity co-benefits caused by various interventions and pollution swapping, where increases in one GHG offset reductions in another e.g. Carbon Myopia.

Climate change adaptation assessments will be conducted at multiple scales, and may include economic, environmental and social implications of the changing climate for food security and environmental stewardship.

While much of the PhD will be desk-based, the candidate will be expected to be a team player, including co-design in consultation with stakeholders and other researchers within the consortium. This may require domestic and international travel from time to time.

Funding
The successful applicant will receive a scholarship which provides:

• A living allowance stipend of $AU33,511 per annum (2025 rate, indexed annually) for 3.5 years
• a relocation allowance of up to $AU2,000
• Tuition fees offset covering the cost of tuition fees for up to four years (domestic applicants only)
• If successful, international applicants will receive a University of Tasmania Fees Offset for up to four years.

Further information
https://www.utas.edu.au/research/degrees/available-projects/projects/tasmanian-institute-of-agriculture/carbon-myopia/_nocache

The GRA Feed Additives Flagship Project is holding a webinar in 2025. Stay tuned for updates!

Flagship Goal: To accelerate the development and use of feed additives to reduce global enteric methane emissions from livestock.

COP29 has come to a close, and as always, it was a huge undertaking for those involved. For some it was successful, while others felt it fell short of achieving anything substantial. We have summarised some of the key takeaways from COP29, as well as provided some links to other articles.

For the Post COP Update, click HERE.

• Prospective leaders and postdocs with climate expertise
• Non-European developing and transition countries
• 12–24-month research project in Germany
• Application deadline: 1 February 2025

Fellowship for prospective leaders working practically and postdocs

Are you working academically or practically in climate protection or climate-relevant resource conservation in your country of origin – a non-European developing or transition country (see list of countries)? Then we invite you to apply for an International Climate Protection Fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

The fellowship facilitates the mutual exchange of knowledge, methods and techniques with hosts in Germany.

For more information, click HERE.

Abstract submission deadline: January 12, 2025

Dates for the conference are October 5-9, 2025.

At the 9TH GGAA, you’ll have the chance to delve into cutting-edge research, connect with experts and participate in lively discussions covering GHG mitigation, measurement techniques, advanced modelling, and on-farm practices. You’ll get to discover insights into policies addressing agricultural impacts on GHGs and stay updated on the latest scientific developments. There will also be field visits you can join to national parks, farms, and rangeland sites, including ILRI’s Kapiti Conservancy and Research Station on the outskirts of Nairobi.

For more information see here