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    New DKN working group paper on "Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research and Citizen Science: Options for Mutual Learning"

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    New DKN Working Paper on "Sustainable intensification of agriculture & SDGs"

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    3. German Future Earth Summit 2018

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    “Science Platform Sustainability 2030” Launched in Germany

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    New DKN Future Earth report out now: The Contribution of Science in Implementing the SDGs

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    Merger of ICSU and ISSC taking shape

    The International Council for Science (ICSU) and the International Social Science Council (ISSC) have committed to merge into …

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    Strengthen science-policy exchange on 2030 Agend…

    From the 6th till the 17th of November 2017, the 23rd United Nations climate conference, COP23, took place in Bonn under the chairmanship …

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    Science in society: the challenges of solution-o…

    With declarations such as “The Future We Want” and frameworks like the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs…

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    Science needs in implementing Sustainable Develo…

    In the fall of 2015 the UN general assembly has agreed on the new 2030 Dev…

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    German Future Earth Summit

    The German Future Earth…

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    Developing a German perspective of Future Earth …

    Future Earth: a research program which allows to be actively co-designed by scientists and stakeholders worldwide …

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    Integrated Research: Concepts, Instruments, Proc…

    Future Earth is a new 10-year international research initiative that will deliver societal relevant knowledge to respond effec…

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    Call to host the WCRP International Pr…

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    Natural Assets Knowledge-Action Networ…

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    Call for Abstracts: “Networks and netw…

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    Neues Buch zu transdiziplinärer Forsch…

    Wie kann der Wissenstransfer in Climate Services optimiert und Wisse…

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    Twelve transnational projects receive …

    Twelve transnational research projects starting in 2018 have been aw…

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    Fokus Mittelstadt: Inter- und transdis…

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    Die niedersächsischen Hochschulen sollten der Herausforderung u…

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    Neues Förderangebot der Volkswagenstif…

    30 Oktober 2018: Stichtag! Die Initiative "Globa…

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    DLR Brief: TOWARDS A VIRTUAL COLLABORA…

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    WCRP Strategic Plan Public Consultatio…

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    UNESCO Chair on Global Understanding f…

    UNESCO honours geography with the creation of a Chair on Global Unde…

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    Podiumsdiskussion des SRU „Wie weiter …

    Die neue Regierung hat sich vorgenommen, die Kohleverstromung schrit…

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    New DKN Working Paper on "Sustainable …

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    Aufruf zur Interessensbekundung für eine Mitwirkung bei der Aus…

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    Webinar: Networking for the landscape

    Register now! The theme of this webinar is ‘Net…

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    Science March Germany

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    Call for nominations for WCRP Joint Sc…

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    2nd World Sustainability Award and Eme…

    15 March 2018: Deadline for Nominations! The World Su…

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    Positions- und Forderungspapier Nachha…

    Dieses Positions- und Forderungspapier richtet sich an alle Verantwo…

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    International partnership launches new…

    As communities around the world prepare for uncertainty in the face …

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    WEF Global Risks Report 2018 published

    The World Economic Forum (WEF) recently published its Global Risks R…

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    Launch of international internships fo…

    The University of Colorado Boulder in collaboration with Future Eart…

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    3rd German Future Earth Summit "From K…

    3rd German Future Earth Summit: From Knowledge to Ac…

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    Helmholtz fördert drei innovative Proj…

    Helmholtz fördert drei innovative Projekte im Bereich Wissenstr…

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    28 February 2018: Deadline for German partners to register!

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    VOM STRUKTURWANDEL ZUR TRANSFORMATION …

    Am 26. Februar findet das Klimaforum NRW 2018 statt. Alle, die mitdi…

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    IPBES has three open calls for nominat…

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    PLOS Medicine Special Issue: Climate c…

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    Final Program Summit 2018 out now!

    The final program for the 3rd German Future Earth Summit is now out!…

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    Förderung von Forschungs- und Entwickl…

    31 March 2018: Deadline für Projektskizzen! Inne…

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    Special Report on 1.5 Degrees - Review…

    18 February 2018: registration closes! Global Warming…

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    Fraunhofer IAO startet Mitmach-Aktione…

    Arbeiten wir künftig Hand in Hand mit Robotern? Wie können…

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    19 January 2018: Deadline für Rücksendung von Fragebö…

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    49th Session of the IPCC

    The 49th session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (I…

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    International conference on Sustainabi…

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    SOLAS workshops to Core Themes 4 and 5

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    WCRP workshop - “The Earth’s Energy Im…

    22 June 2018: Abstract submission deadline!  

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    Our Future Water: Young Water Leaders …

    This is Our Future Water: Young Water Leaders’ first global ev…

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    IV International Conference on El Niño…

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    EEAC Annual Conference 2018: Towards a…

    The realization of an ambitious and global sustainability transforma…

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    TERENO - International Conference 2018

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    EURAGRI Conference 2018

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    Agenda-Konferenz der sozial-ökologisch…

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    Leibniz Conference on Sustainable Deve…

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    Systematizing and upscaling urban solu…

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    6th International Conference on Sustai…

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    15th ICRSS Symposium

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    Forum Citizen Science 2018

    Die Citizen Science Plattform "Bürger schaffen Wissen"…

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    Ocean Deoxygenation Conference

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    International Future Earth Research Me…

    Over 2 days the International Future Earth Research Meeting will bri…

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    SISI-Symposium 2018 - „Nachhaltigkeit …

    Vor fünf Jahren fand das erste SISI-Symposium des Bundesministe…

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    Abschlussveranstaltung NaWiKo: "Nachha…

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    5th International Workshop on the Shar…

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    Neue Perspektiven der Erdbeobachtung

    22 April 2018: Deadline für Abstracts! Das DLR R…

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    Digitalisierung und Nachhaltigkeit: We…

    Digitalisierung verändert die Welt. Vor allem im persönlic…

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    NEXUS Seminar- Assessing and Managing …

    UNU-FLORES in collaboration with the Faculty of Environmental Scienc…

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    5. Meeting Science Platform Sustainabi…

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    CONCEPTUALIZING THE NEW COMMONS: THE E…

    19 March 2018: Abstract Submission Deadline! 30 March…

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    IAIA18: Environmental Justice in Socie…

    20 April 2018: Registration deadline! The theme of th…

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    Final conference BMBF funding measure …

    Growing cities, changes in land use, pollution and the effects of cl…

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    CAU Kiel Ringvorlesung - Aquakultur im…

    Die Aquakultur boomt durch global steigender Nachfrage nach Fisch- u…

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    Science Diplomacy supporting Climate C…

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    First international cross-cutting Futu…

    The newly launched Future Earth Knowledge Action Networks (KANs) are…

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    DLGS Dresden Leibniz Graduate School

    15 September 2018: Application deadline The DLGS offe…

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    Post- Doctoral Researcher and PhD

    15 August 2018: Application deadline The Albert-Ludwi…

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    15 New Positions at PNNL in Atmospheri…

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    Four postdoctoral researcher positions…

    Application deadlines vary! iDiv, the German Centre …

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    Science-Policy Koordinator/-in

    Das Deutsche Zentrum für integrative Biodiversitätsforschu…

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    Scientist positions - Soil Health Inst…

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    The IPBES Fellowship Programme

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    UNFCCC–UNU Early Career Climate Fellow…

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