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1. Energy Seminar: Sally Benson: Security
of Geological Storage of CO2, Wed 4:15
2. CAST YOUR VOTE - Stanford Endowment Investment Responsibility 3. WindPower 2007, Stanford Reception in L.A. June 4 4. U.S. wind industry to install over 3,000 megawatts of wind power in 2007 5. WRI and Goldman Sachs Partner on Climate Technology Report: More Wedges 6. Cap and Trade in the Northeast: Learning from the European Experience 7. Sustainability Conference JUNE 24-27th, 2007 hosted at UCSB 8. JOB OPENINGS Renewable Energy at Chevron Energy Solutions, San Francisco and Pasadena, CA 9. EPRI is interested in Stanford students in energy fields to consider internships at EPRI 10. Residential DSM Program Specialist job: Idaho Power 11. 3 Phases has a new job opening--Renewables and Carbon Offsets Analyst 12. Resource Solutions Group Job Openings 13. Behavior Sciences summer job and then some: Climate-Positive Behavior 14. Summer Internships in Low-Carbon Energy System Modeling and Optimization, Sandia 15. New Orleans Solar Initiative Program Manager 16. WESTERN US CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENERGY ADVISOR, BRITISH CONSULATE GENERAL, S.F. 17. Post-doc Research Position: Global Scenarios, Japan ************************************************************ 1. Energy Seminar: Sally Benson: Security of Geological Storage of CO2, Wed 4:15 May 16, GCEP ED Sally Benson to talk at 4:15 in GeoCorner. The new GCEP Executive Director, Sally Benson, will be giving a Woods Energy Seminar on May 16 entitled "Security of Geological Storage of CO2: What Do We and Don't We Know?" which will take place at GeoCorner, Building 320, Room 105 from 4:15 to 5:15 pm. We would then like to invite you to join with other Woods energy faculty in welcoming her at a reception in her honor, following her talk at 5:30 p.m. in the GCEP suite, Building 550, 2nd floor, room 555J. Thank you to GCEP for hosting this welcoming reception for Sally! ************************************************************** 2. CAST YOUR VOTE - Stanford Endowment Investment Responsibility Stanford University's Advisory Panel on Investment Responsibility (APIR) is soliciting your vote. The draft "Fundamental Principles & Policies of Investment Responsibility" were developed at the request of the Special Committee on Investment Responsibility of the Board of Trustees, which oversees Stanford's $14.1 billion endowment. The purpose of the draft "Policies & Principles" is to more clearly identify, for the Stanford Community and others, the core issue areas of endowment Investment Responsibility. The core issues areas include environmental sustainability, human rights, and non-discrimination. The APIR will use these principles and policies in advising Stanford Trustees and the President on engaging and proxy voting of endowment securities on investment responsibility related issues. The APIR is asking for the review, support and input of all members of the extended Stanford Community. Online voting began May 1 and ends on Sunday May 27. So please review the draft, vote and send your comments. Please vote if you agree with these principles and policies, which are given in the attached link: http://www.stanford.edu/dept/ucomm/apir/fppir/alumni_poll.html The link to the APIR home page: http://www.stanford.edu/dept/ucomm/apir/index.html ********************************************* 3. WindPower 2007, Stanford Reception in L.A. June 4 Engineering Reception in Los Angeles http://soe.stanford.edu/alumni/Windpower.html Mon June 4, 6:00 - 7:30 pm Wilshire Grand Hotel 930 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles Stanford alumni, faculty and students are invited to attend a reception hosted during WindPower 2007, the largest annual wind energy conference and exhibition in the world. Stanford conference attendees as well as LA-based alumni interested in the field of energy and the environment are encouraged to come mingle with their colleagues. Stanford Engineering faculty will be on hand to share the latest in research in the field and guests will get to meet Stanford students exhibiting their posters at the conference. If you know of other Stanford alumni attending WindPower 2007, feel free to forward this invitation on. LA based Stanford alumni are also invited to attend. Get details and RSVP using the link above. Hosted by Stanford Engineering, the Woods Institute at Stanford and MAP (Mineral Acquisition Partners, Inc). *********************************************** 4. U.S. wind industry to install over 3,000 megawatts of wind power in 2007 AWEA - May 10, 2007 The U.S. wind energy industry is on track to install over 3,000 megawatts (MW) of wind power generating capacity nationwide in 2007, with Texas likely to account for about two thirds of the new installations, the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) said today in its first quarter market report. Over 100 MW have newly come online in the U.S. so far this year, and over 1,000 more are under construction in Texas alone, according to AWEA. "Already one of our nation's top agricultural producers, Texas is now reaping the benefits of being a top wind producer," said Ned Meister, director of Commodity and Regulatory Activities for the Texas Farm Bureau. " Texas' RPS is fueling new economic and environmental benefits for Texas farmers and ranchers." Wind farms revitalize the economy of rural communities by providing steady income to farmers, ranchers, and other landowners. Each wind turbine contributes $3,000 to $5,000 per year or more in farm income, while 95%-98% of the farm's land remains free for crops or grazing. The first hundred megawatts installed this year were completed in Oklahoma (60 MW), Maine (33 MW), Texas (10 MW), and Hawaii (21 MW). Cumulative wind power generating capacity in the U.S. now stands at 11,699 MW. This capacity will generate an estimated 31 billion kilowatt-hours this year, enough to serve the equivalent of nearly 3 million average households.... it also computes to a capacity factor of a bit over 30%. www.energycentral.com/centers/news/daily/article.cfm?aid=8267130 ******************************************** 5. WRI and Goldman Sachs Partner on Climate Technology Report: More Wedges To better comprehend the economic and policy implications of climate change, World Resources Institute analysts partnered with the Goldman Sachs Center for Environmental Markets to produce a report that outlines a blueprint for implementing the major technologies needed to reduce emissions at the requisite scale. Expanding on the "wedges" approach proposed by Princeton researchers Stephen Pacala and Robert Socolow, this blueprint focuses on developing a deeper understanding of the policy, investment, and technology drivers vital to achieving emissions reductions. Scaling Up: Global Technology Deployment to Stabilize Emissions can be downloaded via the following link: http://pdf.wri.org/scalingup.pdf The authors are Fred Wellington, WRI's senior financial analyst and Rob Bradley, director of the International Climate Policy Initiative at WRI. Emails: fwellington@wri.org and rbradley@wri.org. **************************************** 6. Cap and Trade in the Northeast: Learning from the European Experience By HANNAH FAIRFIELD, NYTimes May 6, 2007 10 states have joined to create the first mandatory carbon cap-and-trade program in the United States. They aim to reduce emissions from power plants by 10 percent in 10 years. Starting in 2009, each state will receive a set amount of carbon credits for its power plants, and each plant must have enough allowances to cover its total emissions at the end of three-year compliance periods. Officials have closely watched the European Union, which started its carbon trading market in 2005; analysts say the Europeans have stumbled on some fronts. "We've learned a lot from the Europeans," said Judith Enck, adviser on environment issues to Gov. Eliot Spitzer of New York. "The way we distribute the allowances will be vastly different than the European experience." To build a carbon market, its originators must create a currency of carbon credits that participants can trade. In Europe, power companies received these credits directly and could buy or sell from one another as needed. But most companies passed the cost of the credits on to consumers even though they received them free - giving the companies windfall profits. Power companies in Britain alone made about $1 billion from free credits in 2005, according to a study by the British government. Participants in the United States want to avoid that problem by selling some or all of the credits at auction, with the proceeds going to state energy efficiency programs. In Europe, power companies were not the only businesses to profit from the new carbon market. Because power plants there can use credits earned from offset projects that take greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere (or put less of them into it), businesses wanting to earn offset credits inundated the Europeans with proposals - many of which would have a negligible effect on emissions or were for reductions that would have taken place anyway. To sidestep that problem, the program here limits offsets to five categories: capture of landfill gas, curbs on sulfur hexafluoride leaks, planting of trees, reductions in methane from manure, and increased energy efficiency in buildings. Power companies can offset 3.3 percent of a plant's total emissions from any combination of the five categories. "We saw what happened in Europe, so we limited the categories and set our criteria upfront," said Christopher Sherry, chairman of the regional program's staff working group and a research scientist at the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. "We did that so we would have assurance that the reductions actually take place." ************************************************ 7. Sustainability Conference JUNE 24-27th, 2007 hosted at UCSB http://geog.ucsb.edu/sustainability/conference2007 Less than 2 weeks left to register!!! Early bird discounts no longeravailable after May 15th! Learn from staff, students, and faculty who have championed sustainabilityon their campuses about changes you can take back and implement immediatelyin your work. All presenters will be from and sharing best practicedirectly relevant to California campuses and in the context of both meetingand moving us beyond our current policies. As an example, for all of thegoals set forth in the new UC policy on Sustainable Practices, we will behighlighting a campus who has already successfully implemented this change. We have also integrated Community College and CSU best practices into all tracks! This conference brings together well over 150 students many of whichexperienced with working with staff on their campuses to see change happen,staff from UC, CSU, and Community Colleges, and faculty from across thestate for an expected attendance of 800 people! Topics will include: Curriculum and Research Energy Food Systems Green Building: LEED NC, EB, and CI Institutionalizing Sustainability Procurement Recycling and Waste Management Student Affairs Transportation Water and Landscape This year we will also have: A Climate Plenary highlighting a UC Chancellor taking action towards ClimateNeutrality and Dr. Eban Goodstein, Director of the Focus the Nation Projecthttp://www.lclark.edu/~eban/FocusNation.pdf and a professor at Lewis & Clark College; Michael McGonigle, Co-Founder of Greenpeace International and Author of"Planet U: Sustaining the World, Reinventing the University",There will be pre- and post-conference trainings by the US Green BuildingsCouncil and the UC Project Management Institute, A Curriculum DevelopmentWorkshop, and a Pre-Conference Training on Sustainable Food Systems! And more! Register soon as early bird discounts are only good through MAY 15th 2007 http://geog.ucsb.edu/sustainability/conference2007/ Scholarships also available via our website for anyone with financial need ************************************************ 8. JOB OPENINGS Renewable Energy at Chevron Energy Solutions, S. F. and Pasadena, CA Chevron Energy Solutions is an energy service company and wholly owned division of Chevron specializing in energy efficiency, renewable energy, power quality, and distributed generation. We have implemented some of the most innovative clean energy projects in the US, including a wide range of fuel cells, photovoltaics, microturbines, wind, and comprehensive energy efficiency that save our customers money, improve their energy infrastructure and energy reliability, and meet their environmental goals. Our renewable energy business is experiencing significant growth, and we are looking to hire young graduates, experienced professionals, and interns still in college to help us build the future of the company and transform the world of energy. We are currently seeking to fill positions at our headquarters in San Francisco and in our Pasadena office: - Engineers - Project Managers - Construction Managers - Business Development Managers - Interns We have a particular need for engineers to design and implement large scale solar photovoltaic systems for our growing PV business. Typical tasks would include solar field layout, electricity production modeling, equipment specification, utility tariff analysis, project financial analysis, and construction supervision. In addition, we have intern positions available for summer 2007 to work in San Francisco on renewable energy strategy and policy issues. Other renewable energy positions are also available. The ideal candidates will demonstrate: Professional experience in the renewable energy industry relevant to the position, Demonstrated experience managing complex quantitative analysis, Familiarity with state and federal renewable energy policy, Good written, verbal and presentation communication skills, Ability to manage specific resource, time, and budget commitments, Comfort working with other team members to support a growing organization. Interested candidates should call: 415-733-4735 ************************************************ 9. EPRI is interested in Stanford students in energy fields to consider internships at EPRI. We have a new approach we have not done before-seeking a pool of internship candidates. We will match EPRI summer internship opportunities with candidates based on their field of education and prior working experience. These positions can provide either technical or business professional experience to the interns. Please pass this opportunity along to your graduate students and upper class undergraduate students. Have them send their resumes by May 15 to resumes@epri.com. Energize your Career Internships at the Electric Power Research Institute Make an EPRI internship a key step in your academic and professional development. EPRI scientists and engineers are tackling today's toughest energy and environmental challenges and charting a course to a sustainable energy future. Climb aboard and help steer. EPRI's intern program offers unique opportunities for engineering and science students
Collaborative R&D - Nonprofit - Serving Society As a nonprofit, independent research organization, EPRI creates science and technology solutions for the global energy industry and for the benefit of society. EPRI's broad and extensive R&D program spans nearly every area of electricity generation, delivery, and use, including health, safety, and the environment. "My internship at EPRI was fabulous. I learned about how my master's research on electricity storage can be applied in the real world to create value for utilities. My boss was a great mentor and the experience helped me explore what I want in a career." -Kelsey Lynn In addition, Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) is also looking for candidates for its summer internship program. NEI interns provide assistance to the Governmental Affairs division in formulating, coordinating and implementing the Institute's initiatives and policies, including legislative, political, and related issues. Interns must be currently enrolled in a college or university and have the desire to learn about the nuclear energy industry while attaining a general understanding of the legislative process. There will be two or three eight week summer sessions. Students can submit resumes to Leslie Barbour at lpb@nei.org or call her for more information at 202-739-8063. Let me know if you have questions or suggestions. Thanks for your support! Ellen Petrill Director, Public/Private Partnerships Electric Power Research Institute 650-855-8939 **************************************************** 10. Residential DSM Program Specialist job: Idaho Power This posting is run in parallel with a similar internal posting. There are two positions to be filled. One if them will likely be filled by a current Idaho Power employee. But, depending on which employee that is, their position may need to be filled too. So, this posting represents one or two positions. With that kind of interplay going on, it's hard to say exactly which residential energy program the people we hire will focus on. As was the case with past hires, I expect that we will factor in the interests and abilities of the candidates as we fill these positions. The posting is now online at http://www.idahopower.com/aboutus/employment/default.cfm. The position is titled "Program Specialist I, II -- Customer Relations and Research". Applications will be accepted until January 22nd. Also, if you're more interested in our DSM Program Evaluator position, that is also open for applicants until January 17th. Before long, we hope to have a DSM Strategic Marketing position posted and we'll be looking for an Industrial DSM Engineer too. Curt Nichols, CEM Commercial Efficiency Specialist Easy Upgrades for Most Simple Retrofits Save Energy. Earn Incentives. It's that Easy! Phone: 208.388.6484 E-mail: cnichols@idahopower.com URL: www.idahopower.com/easyupgrades ************************************************** 11. 3 Phases has a new job opening--Renewables and Carbon Offsets Analyst JOB TITLE: Operations Analyst 3 Phases is a national leader in the retail of renewable energy credits and carbon offsets. We provide solutions for businesses, utilities, and institutions nationwide to support renewable power and carbon neutrality in their efforts to become more sustainable. We are a company of provocative, business-minded, and environmentally committed individuals. 3 Phases' vision is to stimulate the creation of 100% renewable energy in our lifetimes through practical idealism; finding, developing and bringing to market a suite of environmentally respectful renewable energy solutions and services in the design of a clean, renewable world. The 3 Phases office in San Francisco's Presidio is in need of a motivated, detail oriented and technology savvy individual. This full-time position will support 3 Phases' renewable energy and carbon offset operations and will maintain company-wide technology infrastructure. The Analyst will be expected to manage and improve our renewable energy certificate and carbon emissions reduction supply database. The Associate will be a vital and active participant in 3 Phases Energy's supply operations, incorporating project research, contract review, inventory and sales management, and database optimization. Additionally, the Analyst will maintain company server and networking infrastructure. This job will be a good fit for anyone skilled in database management and information technology who is also interested in learning about and working with renewable energy, carbon offsets, and the data-driven, analytical side of market dynamics. CORE DUTIES * Managing 3 Phases Energy's supply operations database * Completing order processing for renewable energy and carbon offset sales * Assisting with supply contracting * Assisting with supply projections and planning * Creating operational efficiency within the supply management process * IT / Network Administration REQUIRED SKILLS * Specialized competency with spreadsheet and database applications, including Microsoft Excel and Access * IT Networking experience or training - Windows Server 2003 * Proven analytical ability, good judgment, and operational focus * Ability to effectively manage multiple activities simultaneously and meet deadlines * Strong written and verbal communication skills * 4-year college degree If you are interested in helping make the world a cleaner, more renewable place and this role is a good fit for you, please review the 3 Phases website for additional information about the organization (www.3phases.com) and submit a resume and cover letter to hiring manager Jay McCall at careers@3phases.com. Please write "Operations Analyst" in the subject heading. Application deadline: May 25th. Please, no phone calls. Supply And Operations Manager 3 Phases 6 Funston Ave. San Francisco, CA 94129 tel: (415) 730-5715 fax: (415) 680-1561 12. Resource Solutions Group Job Openings Resource Solutions Group is a dynamic team of professionals that combine the benefits of a small, passionate and flexible company with the stability of experienced senior managers who offer significant expertise and are well positioned for long term growth in the industry. Our company provides resource efficiency policy development, coalition and partnership building, market-based technology support, program design, and program implementation. We have just released the attached job descriptions for four positions in the San Francisco Bay Area. We are seeking a junior and mid-level to senior engineer, a database developer, and a project manager to support a diverse portfolio of resource efficiency programs currently underway in California. Please forward this e-mail to anyone you know that may share our commitment to excellence in resource efficiency. Please see our newly launched website at www.rsgrp.com for more information and to post resumes for the available positions. Lauren Casentini President Resource Solutions Group 711 Main Street Half Moon Bay, CA 94019 (650) 726-5113 13. Behavior Sciences summer job and then some: Climate-Positive Behavior Interested in applying the behavioral sciences to real world problems? Announcing several paid and for-credit positions available over the summer and/or the next academic year, for both undergraduate and graduate students. If you are interested, please email your resume and a brief cover letter describing why you are interested in the position and what skills you bring to it, to Dr. Armel at kcarmel@stanford.edu. Note that there are two very different projects below, and more than one position for each: 1. DEVELOPING CONTENT FOR A CLIMATE-POSITIVE BEHAVIOR CHANGE WEBSITE AND DATABASE Two paid positions are available to help develop an interdisciplinary website and integrated literature database containing key research relevant to energy decisions and behaviors, for behaviors occurring at the individual and group levels. The goal of the site is to accelerate the adoption and sustained use of energy-efficient technologies and climate-positive actions. This will be accomplished by providing a variety of tools that enable visitors to increase the effectiveness of policies, research, and programs, and also by fostering interdisciplinary communication and work. The audience for the site will include researchers, policymakers, and program/communication designers at universities, businesses, and governmental or non-governmental organizations. The research will be compiled from currently disparate areas including psychology, behavioral economics, diffusion of innovation, marketing, program evaluation, technology commercialization, and others. To the best of our knowledge, there is no similar website, database, listing of professional profiles, or organization that draws together this range of disciplines and research relating to behavior, energy efficiency, and climate change. (Email Dr. Armel for a more detailed description.) We will be reviewing applications for these positions on a rolling basis through May 25th; work begins around July 1st and last the duration of the summer. Applicants should have basic computer skills (website development skills are not necessary; we have a web programmer) and have experience performing literature searches in databases. Background in either environmental issues or behavioral science research is a plus. You will learn about environmental issues, and behavior change techniques for addressing these issues (which are transferable to other problems), from numerous fields. You will likely interview experts (with guidance from us) to get information for the website, so you will make valuable contacts. This website will complement a conference that will occur in November that you will be invited to attend. Both the website/database and conference will be the first of their kind, and should provide important opportunities for interdisciplinary research and applied work on environmental behavior change. You may also assist in the preparation of an analytic research paper on a specific topic that explores one or more high-impact approaches for promoting energy-efficient behavior change. 2. DEVELOPING, IMPLEMENTING, AND EVALUATING A PROGRAM FOR PROMOTING CLIMATE-POSITIVE BEHAVIOR CHANGE Several positions are available to assist in developing a climate-positive behavior change program for students at local high schools. This is a real-world public health research effort that will likely culminate in a publication. The targeted behaviors will promote health in addition to environmental benefits, and there is potential for the program to be widely disseminated to effect greater change in other populations at a later date. The individual(s) filling this position will help improve a preliminary program that has been developed to target specific behaviors in the domains of electricity, transportation, waste, and food. This will require learning behavior change techniques from a variety of disciplines, including psychology, media/communication, sociology, education, marketing, public health, and others. Assistants will work with us as a team and learn to use the scientific literature, interviews, focus groups, and pilot-testing to improve the form and content of the preliminary program/curriculum, in order to make it feasible, acceptable, and effective. They will pull together resources and supplies required to implement the program, and may interact with the school administrators and teachers to help set up the logistics of the program. Individuals working on the project during the next academic year will perform these duties and will additionally help implement and evaluate the program in the high schools, which may involve administering surveys, entering or coding data, and assisting with data analyses. One of these positions is a paid summer position, part or full time. The other positions are for the 2007-2008 academic year, and require a commitment of 10-12 hours per week for 1-3 quarters. These are for credit (payment is also a possibility, contact Dr. Armel). This could make an excellent senior or master's thesis. A background in either environmental issues or behavioral science research is a plus, as is creativity. 14. Summer Internships in Low-Carbon Energy System Modeling and Optimization, Sandia Developing optimization models for systems of energy devices. These models will be used to connect electricity and thermal demands in buildings with energy supply from alternative energy generators including fuel cells. Successful candidates will collaborate on the overall research project described on this website: http://www.ca.sandia.gov/crf/viewArticle.php?cid=000021 You will be involved in the modeling of energy systems with the aim of designing them to achieve environmental, infrastructure security, and economic goals. You will help evaluate designs of alternative vehicles, power plants, and building thermal management systems, along with each technology’s related energy supply chain. Assessment criteria for these energy systems and supply chains will include 1) their impact on the environment including a) greenhouse gas emissions, b) criteria air pollutants, c) solid waste production, d) human health and e) energy efficiency; 2) their implications for national security including a) the security of the fuel and energy supplied, b) the diversity of the fuel supply, and c) the dependence of foreign oil; and 3) their costs to consumers, governments, and incumbent energy suppliers. Required / Desired Criteria: Required General Student Internship Program (SIP) Criteria: Must be at least 16 years of age Must have full-time enrollment status at a high school, college, or university Must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.2/4.0 (or 4.0/5.0) Must be a U.S. citizen Desired Criteria: We are looking for engineers with backgrounds in operations research (optimization), management science and engineering, systems engineering, heat transfer, thermodynamics, stationary power plants, mobile power plants, and alternative energy conversion devices. We are looking for both undergraduate and graduate students. Apply via the website: http://www.sandia.gov/employment/career-opp/index.html Job Opening ID for Graduate Students (57971) Job Opening ID for Undergraduate Students
(57972) ************************************************ 15. New Orleans Solar Initiative Program Manager Environmental Resources Trust is seeking a candidate to manage the New Orleans Solar Initiative. The candidate will be working primarily in ERT's EcoPower® Program under the direction of the EcoPower® Program Director. His or her responsibilities will include services and duties in connection with the activities and operations of ERT as may be assigned or delegated from time to time by or under the authority of the EcoPower® Program Director, the Executive Director, the President or the Board of Directors. The candidate must also work with the New Orleans Solar Initiative Board of Directors as well as New Orleans and Louisiana public officials, NGOs and other stakeholders. Educational and Experience Requirements: The successful candidate must have a Bachelors of Science in Environmental Studies, Engineering or a Public Policy Program. A Masters in Public Policy, Business, or Environmental Studies is preferred with emphasis on complementing fields of studies. The candidate should preferably have five years experience working in a related field, eg; solar power, rural development, environmental activities, etc. Experience working with local government, inner city programs, and school boards is a plus. Position Term: The position offering is for a two-year term. (Starting when?) Nature and Scope of Work: Key activities will include: Solar Schools Initiative; … Task A: Conduct Kickoff Meetings with State and City Officials; NGOs and Supporting Corporations … Task B: Convene Meetings to Review Solar System Specifications with Global Green, LREIA, Entergy (With technical support from ERT) … Task C: Educational Workshop/ Education Mat'l working with LREIA … Task D: Provide Communication/Implementation Support - Writing Press Releases; Attending Events, etc Zero Energy Solar Homes Initiative; … Task E: Convene Meetings to Review Final Design with Entergy, LREIA, MercyCorp, Jericho Road, etc (With technical support from ERT) … Task F: Review Economics with Stakeholders … Task G: Communicate with Companies Supplying Solar and EE Equipment … Task H: Research Local Financing Options for homeowners … Task I: Work with Builder/IBEW Reduce Costs … Task J: Coordinate Net Metering with Entergy … Task K: Final Report Additional activities might include: … Assisting in meetings, travel, planning and report writing … Assistance with Certifying Entergy EcoPower RECs (Renewable Energy Certificates) - ERT ****************************************************** 16. WESTERN US CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENERGY ADVISOR, BRITISH CONSULATE GENERAL SAN FRANCISCO The British Government seeks a Climate Change and Energy Policy Adviser based at the British Consulate General in San Francisco to work with the British Embassy in Washington DC and other British Consulates in western US (Los Angeles, Houston, Chicago and Denver) in support of our climate security objectives. The British Government is working closely with interested partners in State and local government, industry, and NGO sectors in this evolving area of policy and regulation, building on the UK-California Climate Change Collaboration launched by Prime Minister Tony Blair and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in July 2006. The objective of the job will be to promote the exchange of best practice between the UK/EU and the Western states on how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, focusing in particular on emissions trading. The job will involve consultation on key aspects of climate change policy as well as forming close partnerships with relevant stakeholders in the wider Western region, and with experts in the UK. The successful candidate will have good knowledge of and experience in working with emissions trading and the establishment of US and/or UK/EU carbon markets. The position will be based in San Francisco, but the candidate must be willing to travel extensively throughout the Western US. The candidate will be responsible for providing expert advice to the Ambassador and Consuls General and their staff. The position will report to the British Consul General, San Francisco. The successful applicant will: … Develop and maintain contacts with relevant organisations and state and local governments … Provide advice and presentations on UK policy experience … Work closely with the Embassy and Consulates General to develop strategies and delivery plans for engagement of partners and experts to achieve measurable milestones and success criteria … Deliver projects, visits and programmes, with limited administrative support … Keep abreast of climate change and energy developments in the EU and UK and wider US … Encourage the development of constructive dialogues between UK and US experts on cap and trade policy development … Assess and advise on where further UK expert input would be beneficial … Monitor and report on local developments and outcomes of strategies and projects for UK government - Education at advanced graduate level, with extensive experience in climate change and energy policy and a good understanding of UK and European policy - knowledge of emissions trading, particularly the EU ETS - strong motivation, and be highly organised and resourceful - excellent initiative, with strong track record of good political judgement and decision making - proven ability to work to demanding standards and deadlines - understanding of relevant government structures and politics in Western US - outstanding interpersonal skills and ability to build successful relationships with high level government, NGO and corporate contacts - ability to work effectively with others to design and deliver events, both with the Consulate network and key partners - excellent presentation skills - readiness to travel, both around the US and occasionally internationally. All candidates must have a pre-existing legal status to live and work in the US, and will be subject to background checks and security clearance. The successful candidate will be on a 2 year fixed term
contract. Resume and a cover letter with salary history should be submitted in a .doc (word) file format by May 17, 2007 to resumes.bcgsf@fco.gov.uk. Please note in the subject line of your email "Climate Change and Energy Advisor." Internal candidates should address their resumes through their Head of Group before applying. Only candidates selected for interview will be contacted. dedicated to a diverse workforce. EOE/M/F/D/V ************************************************** 17. Post-doc Research Position: Global Scenarios, Japan Keywords: Global scenario, emissions, urban and regional carbon management, bottom-up scenario validation We are looking for one researcher to work with us on a project which started in April2007 as part of a larger team (about 40 researchers) that includes members from a number of key research institutions in Japan. The goal of the overall project is to conducta synthetic study on next-generation climate change scenarios. The project is funded bythe Global Environment Research Fund from the Ministry of the Environment of Japan. The successful candidate will provide input on a component of this research, entitled"spatially-explicit emission and land use change scenarios". In particular, the sub-component on which the researcher will work is entitled "Research on validatingspatially-explicit scenarios and building an international network". The researcher willwork under the guidance and supervision of the Leader of this sub-component Dr.Shobhakar Dhakal. The researcher will also be required to contribute to research andactivities related to the Urban and Regional Carbon Management initiative (www.gcp-urcm.org) of the Global Carbon Project (www.globalcarbonproject.org).
Position Post-doctoral researcher or Research fellow The position is also open to people on sabbatical leave or secondment fromother research institutions.
Period of Employment The successful applicant will be offered an annual contract which will expire atthe end of the Japanese fiscal year (March 31, 2008). Initial hiring will be donefor one year. The contract may be renewed (to a maximum of five years) subjectto performance evaluation and budgetary review.
Nature of Research A number of global scenarios have been downscaled (top-down) for use byimpact and emission communities of climate change; however, less or no effortshave yet been made to compare these downscaled scenarios to actual places(bottom-up). This research aims to compare such top-down approaches withbottom-up analyses from a number of test-sites in large cities and theirsurroundings. This will entail estimating greenhouse gases and aerosols at testsites and comparing them with emissions in down-scaled scenarios. Theseactivities will also feed into Theme 2 of the research framework for the Urban andRegional Carbon Management initiative of the Global Carbon Project which aimsto clarify the drivers, mechanisms, and methodologies for future scenarios ofcarbon emission at urban and regional levels.
Duties Duties will primarily include (a) reviewing past research and methodologies atglobal and urban/regional levels (b) developing data friendly simplemethodologies for estimating emissions at urban and regional levels (c)contributing towards building international networks involving test-sites and thewider community, and (d) developing a database of key data and information fortest-sites. Some of the key activities to be performed by the successful candidate willinclude: Reviewing methodologies and techniques used in (1) making globalscenarios and in their downscaling and (2) estimating emissions Reviewing basic drivers and mechanisms that are responsible for emissions(greenhouse gases and aerosols), available methodologies for estimatingemissions, and future scenarios at urban and regional levels Identifying specific activities at urban and regional levels that governemissions. Based on that, developing a simple methodology for emissionestimation and spatial disaggregation with due consideration to dataavailability Determining what kinds of data (such as activity data, level of aggregation,emission factors, spatial domains) and information (qualitative andquantitative) are needed at urban and regional levels Building a network of researchers from a few test-sites and engaging them aspotential collaborators. Mobilizing the network towards collecting data andinformation Working and communicating with relevant people in the internationalcommunity such as the Earth System Science Partnership (www.essp.org)family and others through the Global Carbon Project Contributing to syntheses and research activities related to the Urban and Regional Carbon Management initiative of the Global Carbon Project, andespecially to scenarios Assisting in the preparation of project reports for fulfilling reportingrequirements Other tasks as assigned by the Theme Leader Qualifications Ph. D. in a relevant discipline, as this is largely a multidisciplinary endeavor Ability to conduct research and activities mentioned above Ability to carry out quick literature reviews and syntheses Ability to prepare research reports and other publications in English Familiarity with research on global greenhouse gas emissions, impact andclimate scenarios, and downscaling A good understanding of urban/regional dynamics, energy and infrastructure,socio-economic activity data, emission factors, and basic socio-economicdrivers and mechanisms that govern emissions at urban and regional levels Ability to handle a large quantity of data and information Ability to network and collect information/data Familiarity with GIS and remote sensing will be appreciated Fluency in English (working language is English) but ability to communicate inJapanese will be an advantage as many team members are Japanese Ability to work in a group and in a culturally diverse environment Interested applicants are requested to submit a CV, a cover letter expressinginterest/relevant experience, a list of publications, and the names and contactinformation of two referees (preferably by e-mail) to: Dr. Shobhakar Dhakal Executive Director Global Carbon Project - Tsukuba International Office National Institute for Environmental Studies 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Japan 305 8506 Tel: +81 29 850 2672, Fax: +81 29 850 2960 E-mail: shobhakar.dhakal@nies.go.jp (please cc to: ojima.yukako@nies.go.jp ) Applicants are encouraged to contact for any queries regarding the position. Selectionprocess will begin on 15 June, 2007 untill position is filled. We hope to finalizeselection within two weeks after selection begings and expect the candidate to join us assoon as possible after that. |
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