SDGnexus Network

📅 Join us for the SDGnexus Network seminar on Assessing nature-based solutions for sustainable land and water management in the Andean páramo on November 13th 🌿 Nature-based solutions (NbS) are gaining attention as viable strategies for restoring water-rich ecosystems such as the páramo. However, the lack of evidence on their effectiveness, coupled with a limited understanding of their political, economic, social, technological, environmental, and legal (PESTEL) context, hinders their widespread adoption. Kalina Fonseca will present a multi-method framework that (i) captures PESTEL factors influencing the implementation of passive ecological restoration in páramo ecosystems as a measure of NbS and (ii) assesses its associated environmental impacts. She will demonstrate how passive ecological restoration benefits ecosystems while its absence results in significant changes that require additional restoration strategies. 📅 Date: 13 November 2024 🕒 Time: 14:30 - 15:30 CET 💻 Format: Online 🔍 For more details and the seminar abstract, visit: https://lnkd.in/e5V8ivgR #naturebasedsolutions #paramoecosystems #researchseminar

Join us in Giessen on the 17th and 18th of September 2025 to learn more about what's going on in the field of agroforestry in Germany! Visit our agroforestry demonstration and research sites, and use the opportunity to network and learn from each other. See you there!

📘 Just published: our book chapter with Jenniver Sehring on EU environmental and water policies in Central Asia! Highlights: 💧 Shift in EU policies on water since the 2000s is observed in Central Asia, with associated changes in objectives, scale, and approaches.  💧 Despite the EU’s positive intentions and commitment to regional water cooperation, the chapter suggests that the EU’s power and authority have weakened over time, resulting in a less visible impact on transboundary cooperation.  💧 Differences in context, issues at stake, and diverging interests between the EU and Central Asian countries hamper the transferability of EU experiences and practices.  💧 Responses of Central Asian actors to EU water action, along with impacts of the external and internal political environments, have had significant implications for sustainable water management in the region. 💧 The chapter concludes by exploring the factors influencing the EU’s success, such as country-specific conditions, political context, human capacities, and leadership. 🔗 Read more: Assubayeva, A., Sehring, J. (2024). Water Management. In: Mayer, S., Lempp, J. (eds) The EU as an Actor in Central Asia. Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://lnkd.in/eaCCPQBN 📩 Or I can share the book chapter —just send me a personal message #waterpolicy #environmentalpolicy #europeanunion #centralasia

🗓  The program for the Water Security and Climate Change Conference (#WSCC2024) is available online! 💡 Join us from October 9-11 to explore insightful keynote talks, engaging thematic sessions, special sessions, and interactive workshops. 🌍 We look forward to connecting with conference participants and discussing water and climate change challenges. See you soon in Gießen! 🇩🇪 🔗 Discover more about the program: https://lnkd.in/e4Yuuuuu #WSCC2024 #WaterSecurity #ClimateChange #Conference

🌱📢 Rückblick auf die 64. GEWISOLA-Jahrestagung vom 25. bis 27. September 2024 an der Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen! Das Motto der auch vom Zentrum für Nachhaltige Ernährungssysteme der JLU mitorganisierten Veranstaltung: „Innovative Konzepte für eine zukunftsfähige Agrar- und Ernährungswirtschaft“. 🌍💡 Highlights: Inspirierende Keynotes von Jennifer Clapp (University of Waterloo), Frank Ewert (ZALF) und Prof. Andreas Vilcinskas (JLU). 🔎 Spannende Paneldiskussion zum Thema „Academic publishing in transition - current challenges and future pathways“, mit Inputs von Arne Henningsen (University of Copenhagen) und Silke Hüttel (University of Göttingen) – ein absolut relevantes Thema für alle Wissenschaftler:innen! 👏 Workshop zum Thema „Innovative Konsensfindungsverfahren in der Agrar- und Ernährungspolitik“, moderiert von Corinna Ullrich (JLU) und mir, mit Harald Grethe (University of Berlin), Hiltrud Nieberg (Thünen-Institute), Melanie Speck (University of Osnabrück), Achim Spiller, Prof. Dr. (University of Göttingen) und Regina Birner (University of Hohenheim). 🍷 🐛 Ein Highlight am Nachmittag: Eine ungewöhnliche Kombi – Insect & Wine Pairing! Ein großes Dankeschön an die Kollegen aus Geisenheim, besonders an Jon Hanf für die exzellenten Weine! 🤖 Abschließende Paneldiskussion: „Künstliche Intelligenz entlang der landwirtschaftlichen Wertschöpfungskette“ mit Henning Müller (DFKI), Rene Rempt (Permarobotics) und Lennard Roscher-Ehrig (JLU) – faszinierende und spannende Einsichten! ✨ Ein großes Dankeschön an alle, die dieses Event mitorganisiert und zu den Diskussionen beigetragen haben! #GEWISOLA2024 #Agrarwirtschaft #Nachhaltigkeit #Innovation #Ernährungswirtschaft #KI #Konsens

🗓 Kind reminder: you can register for the Water Security and Climate Change Conference (#WSCC2024) until 30 September 2024, 23:59 CET. ✅ We will contact regular participants and basic access participants on an individual basis. Presenters are automatically approved. 🔗 Read more about registration: https://lnkd.in/ezN7vVRq

📣 Registration platform for the Water Security and Climate Change Conference (#WSCC2024) is open ✅ Register now to secure your spot at the WSCC2024 ❗ To avoid overbooking, we kindly request that you only register if you are committed to attending the conference 🔗 https://lnkd.in/ezN7vVRq

🌍 SDGnexus Network: Summer Highlights 📰 This summer, the SDGnexus Network has been active in research publications, international collaborations, and preparations for the upcoming Water Security and Climate Change Conference. ℹ Read more: https://lnkd.in/eTHgK5bn

📅 Join us for the SDGnexus Network seminar on Climate Economics on September 18th 🌍 Dr. Rahat Sabyrbekov, Visiting Professor at ZEU, Justus Liebig University Giessen, and Fellow at the OSCE Academy in Bishkek, will present on "Climate economics: from valuation of ecosystem services to climate policy." Dr. Sabyrbekov will explore the question: what is the relationship between economics and climate? Specifically, it will examine whether and how economic policies can be integrated with climate policies to address the challenges posed by the climate-economy nexus. 📅 Date: 18 September 🕒 Time: 14:30 - 15:30 CET 💻 Format: hybrid 🔍 For more details and the seminar abstract, visit our website: https://lnkd.in/ez5fayZb #ClimateEconomics #SustainableDevelopment #SDGnexus #ClimatePolicy #EnvironmentalEconomics #Seminar

📢 Call for multiple PhD and Postdoc positions in the “Agroforestry for Sustainable Multifunctional Agriculture” project:  🌍 PhD in carbon sequestration 🌱 PhD in trace gas emissions 💧 PhD in water fluxes 🐜 PhD in macroorganisms/microarthropods 📋 Postdoc for project coordination The project is a joint research initiative of Justus Liebig University Giessen and the Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), in cooperation with the Fachhochschule Eberswalde funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). ℹ Learn more about positions: https://lnkd.in/gtRkSqGv 💡 Help us spread the word! Share this opportunity with your network! #ResearchJobs #Agroforestry #SustainableAgriculture #PhD #Postdoc