Sustainability Roundup [2 June 2023]

News, Events, Links, Jobs ("Safe and Just" planetary boundaries, World Ocean Day, and new earth systems governance video series)

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News

• Brazilian congress moves to gut environment and Indigenous ministries, The Guardian.

• German police stage nationwide raids against climate activists, The Guardian.

• An update to the planetary boundaries concept including justice indicated multiple crossed thresholds.

  Almost all global thresholds for a “safe and just” planet have already been breached, including for the climate, ecosystems and freshwater, according to new research.

Events

• Workshop: Histories of Economics Inside and Outside, 5-6 June, Bringing together economics historians and scholars from intellectual history, comparative literature to anthropology, political philosophy and sociology.

• Radboud Impact Festival, 8 June, to present the sustainable initiatives led by the Radboud Sustainable Student Network and the Green Office.

  • Active Engagement Workshop, 2-4pm, Explore the various ways that students and scholars can use to make a case about sustainability challenges.

  • Biodiversity Workshop, 4.30-6pm, A workshop about biodiversity loss and hands-in action to support our local biodiversity resilience.

• Radboud Intercomplexity Research Hub: Undisciplining’ higher education without losing disciplines: Fostering transformative potential for students, 8 June, RadboudUMC.

• Food Autonomy Festival, to bridge the gap between the agroecology, climate justice and anti-gas movements, 9-10-11 June, Amsterdam.

• Planetary Health Symposium, An emerging field to be developed, 7 June, Amsterdam.

• AASHE Course From Climate Anxiety to Action: Tools to Build a Radical Imagination. Deadline: June 20.

• Global Solutions Lab, on developing strategic solutions for reaching the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals: 18-30 July, Drexel University Philadelphia.

Links

• New series Earth System Governance TV, a video publication from the Earth Systems Governance Alliance:

  • South-South Series: Climate Governance in Southeast Asia.

  • No Fear in Early Career.

• Opinion piece My Continent Is Not Your Giant Climate Laboratory. NYTimes

• Towards earth-space governance in a multi-planetary era. Earth System Governance

• The interaction between cultural heritage and community resilience in disaster-affected volcanic regions. Environmental Science & Policy.

• Using a multi-lens framework for landscape decisions. People and Nature.

• Call for Papers All African Symposium on Climate Change Adaptation, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences. Deadline: June 30.

• Call for Papers: Exploring ‘Planetary Health’ in the Context of Earth System Governance. Deadline: July 15.

Jobs

• Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Climate-Related Migration and Displacement, University of Victoria Department of Political Science.  
  Deadline: June 15 

• Lecturer in Community and Environmental Planning, University of New Hampshire.

• Assistant/Associate/Full Professor (multiple positions) Africana Studies, University of Massachusetts Boston.
  Deadline: positions open until filled 

• Call for Applications Knowledge Brokerage Program for Early to Mid Career Researchers, SSC Centre. Deadline: July 3.

• The Forest and Nature Conservation Policy Group at Wageningen University and Research is looking for an inspiring academic teacher with a profile relating to the research and education portfolio of the Forest and Nature Conservation Policy Group.