[DIALOGnews] DISCCRS News 3/30/2007
Ruth Ladderud
ladderra at whitman.edu
Fri Mar 30 14:14:39 CDT 2007
DISCCRS News
3/30/2007
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Special Announcement: Sue Weiler Receives ASLO Award
Sue Weiler receives ASLO's Distinguished Service Award for
outstanding leadership in the professional development and mentoring
of the next generation of aquatic scientists.
I want to thank each and every one of you for inspiring me in my
work and for making DIALOG, DISCCRS, MAS and my other activities so
much fun! And, thanks also for my endless use and abuse of you as
datapoints! :)
John Dower and Rob Campbell spearheaded my nomination and I know
that many of you, I know not who, wrote letters in support of that
nomination. I thank you all for that effort. It is truly something I
never imagined.
I know many of you (including John and Rob!) were not at the Feb.
2007 ASLO meeting where the award was presented. I thought you might
enjoy the annotated PowerPoints from my 10-minute acceptance speech,
so I have posted it for you at /home/weilercs/ASLO_Award/
ASLO_Award_annotated.ppt:
https://netfiles.whitman.edu/xythoswfs/webui/_xy-1989210_1-t_N3NSqrbe
.... And please don't forget to update your job and contact
information when you move
:):):)
Best, Sue
Special Announcement: DISCCRS III Symposium
Did you recently get your Ph.D.?
Are you interested in climate change/climate impacts?
If yes, then read on!
DISCCRS International Interdisciplinary Climate Change Symposium
Hawaii, Sept. 10-17, 2007 -- Deadline for applications: 30 April 2007
Airfare, room & board are fully paid for 36 accepted candidates from
around the world.
See http://www.disccrs.org for details.
RESOURCES and FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Education and Public Outreach: A Guide for Scientists
http://www.tos.org/epo_guide/index.html
New report calls for decisive, concerted, sustained actions to combat
climate change
http://www.wbcsd.org/plugins/DocSearch/details.asp?
type=DocDet&ObjectId=MjM0OTQ
(see RESOURCES 1 below)
Book - Dictionary and Introduction to Global Environmental Governance
By Richard E. Saunier and Richard A. Meganck
http://shop.earthscan.co.uk/ProductDetails/mcs/productID/777
(see RESOURCES 2 below)
Book - How to Live a Low Carbon Life: The Individual's Guide to
Stopping Climate Change
http://shop.earthscan.co.uk/ProductDetails/mcs/productID/773/
(see RESOURCES 3 below)
SCIENCE NEWS
Gore Warns Congress of Planetary Emergency
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/21/washington/21cnd-gore.html?
pagewanted=1&_r=2&ref=us
New Modeling Study Forecasts Disappearance of Existing Climate Zones
http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=108522
Majority of World's Largest Cities at Risk of Rising Sea Levels
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/science/20070327-1702-
climatechange-risingseas.html Or: http://tinyurl.com/2b95sd
(see NEWS 1 below)
Race for Riches Heats Up in Melting Arctic
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/science/20070324-0856-
arcticbonanza.html Or: http://tinyurl.com/2jj7mv
(see NEWS 2 below)
JOBS
Director - Center for Leadership - Elon University - Elon, North
Carolina (USA)
Closing Date: Until Filled
http://www.ila-net.org/LeadershipJobs/View_Job.asp?DBID=568
Director - Undergraduate Leadership Program - Northwestern University
- Evanston, IL (USA)
Closing Date: 4/30/2007
http://www.ila-net.org/LeadershipJobs/View_Job.asp?DBID=567
Assistant Director - Student Affairs - University of Central Florida
- Orlando, Florida (USA)
Closing Date: 4/19/2007
http://www.ila-net.org/LeadershipJobs/View_Job.asp?DBID=469
Post doc - Air qaulity research - Atmospheric Modeler - University
of North Carolina - Chapel Hill NC (USA)
(see JOB 1 below)
Jackson Senior Research Fellow and Programme Leader in Energy -
Oxford University (UK)
http://www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/vacancy/070427.php
(see JOB 2 below)
Post-Doc (two) - Marine Environmental Biologists – United Nations
University – Dubai (United Arab Emirates)
http://www.inweh.unu.edu/inweh/Vacancies.htm
(see JOB 3 below)
Postdoctoral Fellowship - The Study of Sharing Networks to Assess the
Vulnerabilities of Coastal Communities to Oil and Gas Development in
Arctic Alaska - University of Alaska – Fairbanks Alaska (USA)
(see JOB 4 below)
Executive Officer, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
- Scott Polar Research Institute - Cambridge, (United Kingdom)
http://www.scar.org/news/jobs/
(see JOB 5 below)
Policy Analyst - Natsource Llc - Advisory And Research Services
Business Unit - Washington D.C. (USA) (see JOB 6 below)
(see JOB 7 below)
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Resources and Funding Opportunities
(RESOURCES 1) New report calls for decisive, concerted, sustained
actions to combat climate change
http://www.wbcsd.org/plugins/DocSearch/details.asp?
type=DocDet&ObjectId=MjM0OTQ
Montreux, Switzerland, 21 March 2007 – Policy Directions to
2050: A business contribution to the dialogues on cooperative action,
launched today, asserts that the only way to combat climate change is
through decisive, concerted and sustained actions between
governments, businesses and consumers.
The publication, produced by the World Business Council for
Sustainable Development (WBCSD), identifies policy options to sustain
economic growth while transforming the ways we access, produce and
consume energy. Presented as an illustrative roadmap from which
routes must be chosen, it explores policy ideas and concepts for the
transition to a low greenhouse gas (GHG) economy. It calls for the
development and deployment of leading-edge technologies through
partnerships and incentives and an approach to mitigate long-term
market risk and deliver secure benefits for large-scale, low-carbon,
new-technology projects.
"Governments must start building the future policy frameworks,
and it is necessary for us in business to begin to respond to those
policies in time to meet the future emission reduction targets. We
can not continue the ‘you first’ mentality. We need leadership and
action by both governments and business," says WBCSD President Björn
Stigson.
Policy Directions to 2050, launched at a key WBCSD members’
meeting here, says that "international efforts on climate change must
recognize the sovereignty of national energy policy decisions, but at
the same time provide the necessary global context for those
decisions and the tools to optimize GHG emissions management.
Systematically decarbonizing the global energy mix will require a
broad and efficient mix of policies and programs, and there is a need
to learn from current approaches and instruments that are being used
and continue to evolve at international, regional and domestic levels."
"The world has reached an unsustainable trend in greenhouse gas
emissions, so we now need to take action to decarbonize as much as
possible the world’s energy mix. Resources are to be used more
efficiently at the same time as we meet growing energy needs," says
Anne Lauvergeon, CEO of French energy company Areva and Co-Chair of
the WBCSD's Energy and Climate Focus Area. "For that to happen one
key element is to collectively define a global, long-term and
quantifiable pathway for annual greenhouse gas emissions. This shared
diagnosis could then be a point of reference for the development of
national energy and climate policies."
The publication puts forth four policy priorities: 1.
Establishing by 2010 a quantifiable, long-term (50-year), global
emissions pathway for the management of GHG emissions. 2. Closing
the gap that will exist after 2012 (when the Kyoto Protocol expires),
using the existing international framework as a basis, and modifying
it to build up from local, national, sector or regional programs.
3. Building robust programs at the national level, and in support of
the international pathway. Such programs would include encouraging
energy efficiency; broadening the range of fuels in the transport
sector; and country-wide boosting of awareness and incentives for
consumers across all levels of society toward low-carbon products,
services and lifestyles. 4. Developing and commercializing a number
of low- and zero-GHG technologies over the coming decades. These will
require supporting policies and programs to address technical and
cost challenges.
Policy Directions to 2050 explores and introduces ideas for a new
international framework and addresses key policy issues within power
generation, industry and manufacturing, mobility, buildings and
consumer choices, asking three basis questions: What is needed? Why
is it needed? How could it work? Through this approach, the WBCSD
hopes to stimulate the debate by contributing business insights that
can help encourage the required technological and behavioral changes.
"Demand for energy will increase by 60% by 2030. As demand
increases, so will GHG emissions. All stakeholders, whether they be
customers, shareholders, NGOs or the communities in which we work,
will expect us to meet this increase in a sustainable way. But
business cannot do this alone; it needs government to establish the
necessary policy frameworks to get the ball rolling and put the
technology into place," says Eivind Reiten, President and CEO of
Norsk Hydro and Co-Chair of the WBCSD's Energy and Climate Focus Area.
The publication is the third in the Energy & Climate series and
reflects the WBSCD’s continued engagement with governments in the
search for solutions. Earlier publications included Facts and Trends
to 2050 and Pathways to 2050, which sought to create a basis for
dialogue and action by translating the scale and complexity of these
challenges into simple, illustrative pathways to 2050. This trilogy
has helped a variety of stakeholders think about the ways in which
energy flows through the global economy and affects the climate.
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(RESOURCES 2) Book - Dictionary and Introduction to Global
Environmental Governance By Richard E. Saunier and Richard A. Meganck
http://shop.earthscan.co.uk/ProductDetails/mcs/productID/777
The book provides a compilation of over 5000 terms, organizations
and acronyms, drawn from hundreds of official sources. An
introductory essay frames the major issues in GEG and outlines the
pitfalls of talking past one another when discussing the most
critical of issues facing the planet.
The result is a practical tool that should find a central place
on the desk of anyone involved in environmental management,
development or sustainability issues anywhere in the world, including
the United Nations, government policy makers, NGOs and other
stakeholder groups, the business community, and students and
professionals.
Review copies are available for book review editors (journals,
newspapers, newsletters, websites etc.) and inspection copies are
available for course leaders. Please get in touch with Tel (direct):
+44 20 7121 3152 www.earthscan.co.uk
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(RESOURCES 3) Book - How to Live a Low Carbon Life: The Individual's
Guide to Stopping Climate Change
http://shop.earthscan.co.uk/ProductDetails/mcs/productID/773/
All the info you need – including data tables, supplier info and
downloadable spreadsheets – to reduce your personal and home
emissions from the UK average of 12.5 tonnes to a sustainable 3
tonnes per year. Goodall’s careful research enables you to calculate
your emissions and lays out a clear plan for maximum carbon and cost
reduction. The most reliable source of information on low-carbon
living currently available.
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Science News
(NEWS 1) Majority of World's Largest Cities at Risk of Rising Sea Levels
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/science/20070327-1702-
climatechange-risingseas.html Or: http://tinyurl.com/2b95sd
San Diego Union-Tribune (Registration Required) - LONDON - More
than two-thirds of the world's large cities are in areas vulnerable
to global warming and rising sea levels, and millions of people are
at risk of being swamped by flooding and intense storms, according to
a new study released Wednesday.
In all, 634 million people live in the threatened coastal areas
worldwide - defined as those lying at less than 33 feet above sea
level - and the number is growing, said the study published in the
journal Environment and Urbanization.
More than 180 countries have populations in low-elevation coastal
zones, and about 70 percent of those have urban areas of more than 5
million people that are under threat. Among them: Tokyo; New York;
Mumbai, India; Shanghai, China; Jakarta, Indonesia; and Dhaka,
Bangladesh.
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(NEWS 2) Race for Riches Heats Up in Melting Arctic
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/science/20070324-0856-
arcticbonanza.html Or: http://tinyurl.com/2jj7mv
San Diego Union-Tribune (Registration Required) - HAMMERFEST,
Norway - Barren and uninhabited, Hans Island is very hard to find on
a map. Yet these days the Frisbee-shaped rock in the Arctic is much
in demand - so much so that Canada and Denmark have both staked their
claim to it with flags and warships. The reason: an international
race for oil, fish, diamonds and shipping routes, accelerated by the
impact of global warming on Earth's frozen north.
The latest report by the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change says the ice cap is warming faster than the rest of the planet
and ice is receding, partly due to greenhouse gases. It's a
catastrophic scenario for the Arctic ecosystem, for polar bears and
other wildlife, and for Inuit populations whose ancient cultures
depend on frozen waters.
But some see a lucrative silver lining of riches waiting to be
snatched from the deep, and the prospect of timesaving sea lanes that
could transform the shipping industry the way the Suez Canal did in
the 19th century. The U.S. Geological Survey estimates the Arctic has
as much as 25 percent of the world's undiscovered oil and gas.
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Jobs
Planktonnet: Great listserv for aquatic-science jobs
To subscribe to the list, send an empty email to:
planktonnet-subscribe at yahoogroups.com
Or, visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/planktonnet/ and click on
'Join this group'
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(JOB 1) Post doc - Air qaulity research - Atmospheric Modeler -
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill NC (USA)
An immediate opening exists for a qualified person to conduct
research in understanding the formation and chemical transformation
of atmospheric pollutants. Projects involve providing technical
support and communicating scientific understanding to aid policy
makers involved with developing pollutant reduction strategies in
some of the country's most polluted cities.
The successful candidate will use three dimensional air quality
models to increase our understanding of the complex and interrelated
chemical and physical processes that lead to pollution formation. The
candidate will conduct advanced model performance evaluations on air
quality models currently being used to develop strategies to bring
areas into compliance with National Ambient Air Quality standards
(NAAQs). Throughout the course of the work there will be direct
involvement and communications with state and federal regulators
presenting model evaluations and recommendations for improvements to
model performance.
An understanding of atmospheric chemistry, or background in
environmental chemistry is necessary. Familiarity with computer
programming and with the UNIX environment is also necessary.
Experience with the FORTRAN and Python programming languages is
preferred, although not required. A Ph.D. in atmospheric science or a
related discipline is required.
Please send a curriculum vitae, statement of research interests,
and two names for reference to: Dr. William Vizuete, University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Environmental Sciences
and Engineering CB#7431, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 Email: atm
postdoc at unc.edu More information concerning Dr. Vizuete's air
quality research is available at his web site at http://www.unc.edu/～
vizuete
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(JOB 2) Jackson Senior Research Fellow and Programme Leader in Energy
- Oxford University (UK)
http://www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/vacancy/070427.php
We seek to appoint an outstanding researcher with demonstrated
excellence in scholarship and interdisciplinary project leadership
and management to lead the well established ECI Lower Carbon Futures
group in conjunction with a Jackson Senior Research Fellowship at
Oriel College.
The post is available for five years in the first instance.
We seek a researcher with a strong background in social science,
planning, policy analysis or economics who has a demonstrated record
of publication, grants and policy outreach and impacts in energy to
complement and build on the existing strengths of the Environmental
Change Institute.
Current research in the Lower Carbon Futures programme includes
understanding of household and building energy use, renewable energy
and distributed energy systems,demand management, personal carbon
quotas, energy and development and fuel poverty and we hope that the
SRF will work in these or related themes. The programme is a key
member of the UK Energy Research Centre consortium responsible for
the demand reduction theme and for the organisation of the Meeting
Place - providing networking and workshops for the energy research
community (www.ukerc.ac.uk). The group has close links to other
programmes in the Environmental Change Institute including the UK
Climate Impacts Programme (UKCIP) and the Tyndall Centre for Climate
Change, to the Transport Studies Unit in the OUCE and to other energy
researchers across the university.
Main Responsibilities: The responsibilities and
qualifications of the fellow are to: 1) Act as leader of the Lower
Carbon Futures programme (to include representing the programme at
ECI management meetings, participating in outreach to stakeholders,
collaborators, media and within the university; fundraising and
obtaining new contracts, managing proposals, budgets and staff;
contributing to the Meeting Place and other events). 2) Ensure the
completion of current major contracts to high standards, particularly
the LCF contributions to the UK Energy Research Centre 3)
Contribute to the long term evolution of the ECI energy and other
programmes, OUCE and the wider university including strategic
planning and fundraising for continuation of current projects and the
development of new initiatives. 4) Undertake, write up and publish
research in the areas of energy policy in refereed journals and in
other publications with public and policy impact 5) Contribute to
the general activities of the ECI and the university including
attending and organising seminars and workshops, advising on research
projects and proposals, and participating in the general intellectual
life of the Oxford University Centre for the Environment 6) Offer a
modest amount of postgraduate teaching in postgraduate programmes
especially the MSc in Environmental Change and Management (typically
in each year, 6-10 hours of core lectures, an option seminar) and
supervision of MSc or DPhil dissertations
As the Jackson Senior Research fellow of Oriel College
responsibilities will include contributions to college life that
include conducting high quality research and supervising a small
number of graduate students at Oriel in the field of environmental
studies, as well as attendance at meetings of the Governing Body
Selection Criteria: 1) Advanced degree (PhD) and evidence of high
quality publications in the energy use and policy field 2) Proven
ability to network nationally and internationally. Evidence of
leadership in interdisciplinary research networks and collaborations
3) Demonstrated ability in leading collaborative and policy relevant
research. 4) Record of research and innovation in solving complex
intellectual and policy problems and of analyzing data and
information associated with energy policy 5) Recognized as a senior
authority in one of more relevant fields of research 6) A record of
planning, implementing and writing up research projects in a timely
manner. 7) Evidence of management skills including team leadership
and mentoring, budgeting and recruitment, and ability to deal
tactfully and effectively with a wide range of contacts, including
academics, students, other university staff, the media and decision
makers 8) Record of research leadership including strategic
planning, management of major proposals and problem solving 9) An
interest in postgraduate training and mentoring students
Further particulars can also be requested by telephone: 01865
285079.
Closing date for applications is noon on 27 April 2007.
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(JOBS 3) Post-Doc (two) - Marine Environmental Biologists – United
Nations University – Dubai (United Arab Emirates)
http://www.inweh.unu.edu/inweh/Vacancies.htm
We seek two post-doctoral marine environmental biologists to join
a five-person field research team for a major project in Dubai,
United Arab Emirates. The project is a multi-disciplinary, multi-
institutional, 4-year effort to establish a sustainable marine
environmental management program for extensive subtidal ecosystems
newly-created during coastal terra-forming projects such as Palm
Jumeirah and The World. Our project includes a sophisticated
environmental monitoring program, and specific targeted research to
determine the ecological behavior of the new marine systems being
created due to the reclamation efforts. The overall goal is to build
a proactive management program based on scientifically sound models
of ecological performance, which will make it possible to anticipate
patterns of change and ensure maintenance of a sound ecological
system with good water quality and resilient ecological communities.
In addition, the project includes an educational component for
environmental managers in the region and more broadly, in the form of
training workshops and an international conference program. This
United Nations University project is being led by Dr. Peter F. Sale
of UNU's Canada-based International Network on Water, Environment &
Health (UNU-INWEH), with Dr. Ken G. Drouillard (University of
Windsor) Dr. Charles G. Trick (University of Western Ontario), and
Dr. Bjorn Kjerfve (Texas A&M University). The Dubai-based team works
closely with the lead investigators, including occasional visits to
the North American sites.
These are academic positions with excellent opportunities to
undertake original research and to publish in leading journals.
Successful candidates will hold a Ph.D. in some area of marine or
environmental biology, preferably with tropical experience, and will
have expertise in one or more of benthic ecology of tropical lagoonal
habitats, production dynamics of tropical phytoplankton communities,
benthic HABs, and nutrient dynamics, or microbial ecology of tropical
coastal systems. Experience in team-based, multidisciplinary
research is desirable, as is familiarity with coral reef or other
tropical coastal biota. These are hands-on positions, so SCUBA and
small boat experience will be expected.
Closing date is 10 April 2007.
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(JOB 4) Postdoctoral Fellowship - The Study of Sharing Networks to
Assess the Vulnerabilities of Coastal Communities to Oil and Gas
Development in Arctic Alaska - University of Alaska – Fairbanks
Alaska (USA)
Application Deadline: Sunday, 15 April 2007, or until position is
filled.
For further information and to apply, please submit a letter of
interest
and CV to:: Gary Kofinas, E-mail: ffgpk at uaf.edu
The University of Alask a Fairbanks (UAF) is accepting
applications for a postdoctoral fellow to take a major role in the
project, "The Study of Sharing Networks to Assess the Vulnerabilities
of Coastal Communities to Oil and Gas Development in Arctic Alaska."
The successful applicant will be part of an interdisciplinary
research team of four faculty members and a graduate student who will
use multiple methods to assess the effects of future oil and gas
development on the resilience and vulnerabilities of two Alaska North
Slope coastal communities and one Interior Alaska rural community. A
central focus of the three-year project is on social networks of
sharing that are part of Alaska Native subsistence-cash economies.
Study methods will include household survey research, ethnographic
analysis, modeling, and a participatory focus group approach.
Researchers and leaders of participating communities will compare
their vulnerabilities with those in other communities through the
international activities of the Community Adaptation and
Vulnerability in Arctic Regions (CAVIAR) Project, an IPY initiative
involving Canada, Finland, Sweden, Norway, and the U.S. The research
will be coupled with another UAF project exploring the impacts of
global change on ecosystem services in Alaska.
Applicants should hold a PhD in a related field. The position is
based in Fairbanks and the successful candidate should be prepared to
travel to villages and international meetings. Some prior experience
with social network analysis and/or community studies is desirable
but not mandatory. The start date can be as early as spring and as
late as the end of August.
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(JOB 5) Executive Officer, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
(SCAR) - Scott Polar Research Institute - Cambridge, (United Kingdom)
http://www.scar.org/news/jobs/
The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) seeks an
Executive Officer to assist in the running of the SCAR Secretariat at
the Scott Polar Research Institute in Cambridge, United Kingdom. SCAR
is a body of the International Council for Science (ICSU) that
facilitates and coordinates Antarctic research and identifies issues
emerging from greater scientific understanding of the region that
should be brought to the attention of policy makers.
The primary tasks of the Executive Officer are to: 1) assist the
Executive Director in the day-to-day operation of the secretariat,
including supervising staff, coordinating programs, analyzing
scientific issues concerning the Antarctic region, preparing
proposals, and other activities as required; 2) maintain
administrative contact with SCAR Members, scientific groups and
committees, ICSU bodies, and other relevant international
organizations, including the secretariats of the Antarctic Treaty
System and the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs; 3)
arrange meetings, prepare agendas and reports of meetings, and
circulate documents; 4) manage SCAR's bank accounts and financial
records and disburse funds as approved; 5) prepare activity reports
and financial reports as required; and 6) represent SCAR at meetings
as directed by the executive director.
Candidates should preferably have a MSc or PhD in a scientific
discipline relevant to research in Antarctica or the Southern Ocean,
plus experience in international scientific research and
collaboration, excellent communication and organizational skills, a
high level of computer literacy (Apple Macintosh preferred), and
complete proficiency in English. Competence in any other relevant
languages will be an advantage. Applicants should be able and
prepared to undertake significant overseas travel. The successful
candidate will be expected to begin the position by mid-June 2007.
Applications should describe relevant experience, include a full
CV and the names of two referees, and must be submitted by Sunday, 15
April 2007, to:
E-mail: info at scar.org Electronic submissions are preferred, though
applications will be accepted via regular mail at: SCAR Secretariat,
Scott Polar Research Institute, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1ER,
United Kingdom
Contact: Colin Summerhayes, SCAR Executive Director E-mail:
cps32 at cam.ac.uk
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(JOB 6) Policy Analyst - Natsource Llc - Advisory And Research
Services Business Unit - Washington D.C. (USA)
Natsource LLC is a leading emissions and renewable energy asset
management firm. The company’s Asset Management, Transaction
Services, and Advisory and Research Services business units utilize
their regulatory, market and trading expertise to assist private
firms around the world in the strategic management of environmental
risk, and to provide superior returns to investors by taking
advantage of opportunities in local, regional and global emissions
and renewable energy markets. Natsource is headquartered in New York
and has offices in Calgary, La Paz, London, Ottawa, Panama City,
Tokyo and Washington, D.C., providing the company with global reach
and proximity to many of the world’s leading financial centers. More
information is available at www.natsource.com.
The company’s Advisory and Research Services business unit: 1)
evaluates greenhouse emission reduction and renewable energy project
opportunities and values the assets created by those projects; 2)
assists asset managers and private firms to assess the economic risk
of emission reduction and renewable energy requirements on their
businesses and develop appropriate response strategies to minimize
costs and capture business opportunities; 3) provides information on
pricing and supply and demand dynamics in emissions and renewable
energy markets; and 4) advises on the impacts of trading system
design on market performance.
The Policy Analyst will be based in our Washington, D.C. office
and will work with our Advisory and Research, Transaction Services
and Asset Management business units. Primary responsibilities will
include leading and contributing to diverse analyses of existing and
emerging greenhouse emissions markets, as well as international,
national, and local policies designed to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions and increase use of renewable energy (with a focus on U.S.
policies/markets). The position requires extensive writing,
including proposal and report writing focused on emissions trading
and trading policy design, emissions markets (including supply/demand
and pricing analysis), renewable energy and market issues,
international climate policy, economic and risk management issues.
The individual must be a team player, have demonstrated strong
writing and analytical skills, strong oral communication skills and
ability to handle more than one project at a time. Ideal candidates
will also have experience in environmental policy, energy and
electric utility issues, and/or knowledge of international climate
policy and market-based mechanisms. Other desired qualifications
include: 1) Masters degree in international affairs, environmental
policy, economics, business, or a related field; 2) 3-5 years work
experience in the public or private sector, particularly in authoring
reports on relevant topics; 3) Practical experience with markets and
market analysis; 4) Knowledge of climate and renewable energy policy
and ability to determine impacts of policy and identify opportunities
for corporate clients; 5) Experience in building Excel spreadsheets
and models to make simple to more complex calculations; 6)
Background in environmental economics, microeconomics and/or finance
useful; 7) Proficiency with word processing, presentational,
quantitative/analytical, and desktop publishing principles and software.
Please email cover letter, resume and salary requirements to:
tsheehan at natsource.com. No calls please.
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