Dr Rachel

📢There's still time to apply to be one of the ASCEND Postdoctoral Research Fellows as a part of the newly established BAOBAB synthesis research teams. Deadline is 19 January 🌍 Details below

ASCEND is hiring 5 Postdoctoral Research Fellows to join BAOBAB synthesis research teams! 🌱Roles span forest restoration, climate justice, coastal carbon storage, resilient food systems, and education. Career growth and collaboration await! 🔗 Apply now: ascendclimate.org/opportunities/

Blinken and Austin demanded that Israel surge aid to Gaza and gave Netanyahu a 30-day deadline that is up today. Humanitarian organizations say Israel has "failed to follow through, bringing the Palestinian enclave to the brink of mass starvation." washingtonpost.com/world/2024/11/…

COP29 is kicking off and the biggest issue on the agenda is climate finance. Nearly 200 states must agree on a new goal to help developing nations tackle climate change. They disagree on nearly every issue I've outlined key disputes & dividing lines ⬇️ carbonbrief.org/cop29-what-is-…

Well done, that @guardian notification writer

Words: "Climate change is intensifying the water cycle. This brings more intense rainfall and associated flooding" (IPCC) Pictures: "A woman looks out from her balcony as vehicles are trapped in the street after flooding in Valencia" (AP/Alberto Saiz)

It may not feel like it but average temperatures at this time of year in the UK are similar to the middle of May. Here is a #dataviz showing periods of equal average temperatures.

Day one of the SALIENT structured expert judgement meeting at @CSAGUCT being kicked off today by @_RachelJames, Chris Jack & @tinanane. Exciting 3 days lie ahead with our #climatescientists who are experts in southern African climate. Today is all about the calibration questions!

Second day of the SALIENT structured expert judgement meeting. The climate scientists have given their estimates to the questions of interest and are busy discussing the mechanisms of change, sources of information and #uncertainty drivers.

@Keir_Starmer And call on Israel to immediately cease killing of civilians?

A joint statement from the leaders of France, Germany and the United Kingdom on the Middle East.

🌟 PhD Opportunity: Water Scarcity Governance 🌟 📍 Location: @WUR Wageningen University, NL 📅 Apply by: August 12, 2024 - final reminder Passionate about the social science dimensions of climate change & water scarcity? Check out our vacancy: wur.nl/en/vacancy/phd…

Increasing temperatures cause the humidity of the air to also increase. As the air contains more water, when it rains, it rains more. This 'causal chain' is clearly observed in changes to UK climate, leading to more intense rainfall, increasing the risk of local flooding.

Next Generation Challenges in Energy and Climate modelling conference is back for another year! 26th and 27th September 2024, 1200-1600 UTC Fully virtual/online; free to attend! research.reading.ac.uk/met-energy/nex… #NextGen24

@Tourism_gov_za Thank you for the update. Is this affecting the eVisa system?

[MEDIA STATEMENT] Department of Tourism ICT service outage The Department of Tourism would like to notify stakeholders and the public of a service outage that is causing wide spread disruptions to telephone lines, emails and website related services. #WeDoTourism

Job! In my very lovely and collegiate department of @kclgeography 💚: Lecturer in Climate and Environmental Science 🌏 kcl.ac.uk/jobs/092390-le… 3 year fixed term (cover for a research grant) Closing: 7th Aug

20yrs ago Valdes moved to Bristol and our climate/biochemistry group (BRIDGE) was born. We celebrated our anniversary by bringing back many of our alumni. I love co-leading the group with @OceanFMonteiro - life is a lot of fun when you have such friendly and exciting colleagues❤️

@laurap18 Yes!!! So well deserved :)