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
The August 2024 issue of Who’s Counting, the Inventories and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) Network Newsletter is now available to view HERE.
Who’s Counting summarises scientific progress, opportunities, resources and events related to national agriculture inventory development, national agriculture climate targets, and international inventory capability-building activities.
We encourage you to directly submit content for the next Issue of Who’s Counting.
Previous newsletters are available HERE.
The Climate and Clean Air Coalition, a Partner in the Global Research Alliance (GRA), is producing a comprehensive integrated assessment on greenhouse gas emissions and short-lived climate pollutants (SCLP) from the Agricultural and Food sector. The report, to be presented at COP 30 in Brazil, will develop national scale SLCP and GHG emission scenarios for 2050. These will explore ‘emission pathways’ comprising combinations of policies and mitigation measures designed to reduce emissions through e.g. changes in national diets, livestock and crop production technologies and practices, and from improvements in food waste management. The attached presentation further outlines the approach being taken.
To help develop these future ‘emission pathway’ scenarios the Agricultural and Food report is using the ADOPT model, developed by CSIRO in Australia. ADOPT is designed to provide a quantitative estimate of peak adoption rates and time to peak adoption of mitigation measures based on the characteristics of the farming population implementing these measures and of the measures themselves.
To help ensure that as far as is possible the data used in the modelling reflects the experience of practitioners working across the globe, the CCAC is consulting on the predicted peak adoption and time to peak adoption values. This consultation will comprise a survey in which participants are asked to provide their answers to a selection of ADOPT questions for a subset of the >100 mitigation measures being considered in the report.
The survey, which is open until December 16th, 2024, can be accessed HERE. It can be completed by phone or PC.
Could you please also distribute the survey to your networks – the more respondents, the more robust the mitigation assumptions will be.
The Systems Microbiology & Natural Products Laboratory (www.HessLab.com ) at UC Davis will be hiring several additional postdocs in the next 12 months.
The new hires will work on different aspects of rumen microbiology with emphasis on:
• isolation, cultivation and metabolic engineering of methanogens and acetogens
• hydrogen and carbon flow during anaerobic digestion/fermentation
• rumen fungi
Feel free to share this with potential candidates. Start dates are negotiable – opening great opportunities for students who are graduating in the next 12 months.
Potential candidates can reach out directly to Dr. Matthias Hess ([email protected] ) or his lab manager Dr. Saumya Wickramasinghe ([email protected] ).
The GRA is refreshing its Strategic Plan for 2025-2030, and we need your input!
As a valued member of our community, help us shape the next phase of our work to address agricultural greenhouse gas emissions.
Take Our Short Survey HERE
The survey should only take approximately 15 minutes to complete.
Your responses will help us:
- Assess progress of the 2021-2025 Strategic Plan.
- Understand the capabilities and needs of members and partners.
- Gather perspectives to guide the development of the new Strategic Plan.
Deadline: 31 December
We encourage broad participation to ensure the new Strategic Plan reflects the diversity and needs of our community.
Thank you for your time and contributions to this important process!
The RiceMoRe project is led by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and supported by the government of New Zealand.
Co-organized by IRRI Vietnam and the Paddy Rice Research Group of the Global Research Alliance, the webinar aimed to share our success story and lessons learned from the development and implementation of Rice Activity Monitoring and Reporting System (RiceMoRe) in Vietnam, as well as to explore opportunities to support other countries in the SEA region.
Rumen Microbial Genomics Network webinar recording available!
The Seeding the Future Global Food System Challenge, hosted by Seeding the Future Foundation in partnership with the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), has opened its fourth annual application period. This challenge, now open for applications until January 6, 2025, provides a competitive platform for visionary teams and organizations worldwide to address pressing food system challenges with impactful innovations. By awarding up to $1 million in funding across three award categories–Seed Grants, Growth Grants, and Grand Prizes–the initiative seeks to advance scalable solutions that contribute to nutritious, sustainable, and equitable food systems.
This year, applicants who advance through the review phases gain the additional benefit of being listed in a new Innovation Database and Network. This interactive database connects innovators with global organizations such as the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Food Program, as well as potential investors, broadening their reach and support opportunities.
For more information on how to apply, visit https://www.ift.org/food-system-challenge or contact [email protected].