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PostDoc job opportunity at FMI

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Job title: Postdoctoral researcher (Modelling of carbon and nitrogen cycles of ecosystems and using remote sensing observations)  Organization: Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI)  The Greenhouse Gases and Satellite Methods group of the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) seeks for an enthusiastic and motivated postdoctoral researcher for a climate-relevant research project at Helsinki/Kumpula in Finland. The researcher will work in […]

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ForClimate: Managing Forests for Climate Change Mitigation

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The ForClimate project explores how forests should be managed to strengthen their role in combating climate change. To do so, the ForClimate consortium made up of the University of Helsinki, LUKE and the Finnish Meteorological Institute received ~two million euros from the Academy of Finland as part of the Academy’s Key Areas for Green and Digital

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ACCC shares “A statement from Academia Europaea’s Board of Trustees” on Ukraine

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Under the current conditions, the ACCC centre follows the policies of EU, Finland and the University of Helsinki.  More detailed guidelines are in preparation.  We are temporarily pausing institutional level collaboration with Russia and Belarus.  ACCC Jory agrees with “A statement from Academia Europaea’s Board of Trustees”

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ACCC welcomes Maria Kanakidou and Merete Bilde as new members to the SIAB Board

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The Science and Impact Advisory Board (SIAB) is an independent and international board of experts that work to evaluate the strategy and results of ACCC in terms of impact and science. ACCC is proud to welcome two new members to its SIAB Board: Prof. Maria Kanakidou, University of Crete, Greece Prof. Merete Bilde, Aarhus University,

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Call for Nominations: 2nd Sergej Zilitinkevich Memorial Award

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Call will be open between 14th February – 16st May 2022 Sergej Zilitinkevich was an extraordinarily creative scientist. His main research area was boundary layer dynamics and turbulence. He utilized his knowledge widely in different scientific disciplines. The following organizations have jointly decided to establish the Sergej Zilitinkevich memorial award: World Meteorological Organization (WMO) European

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Working for a cause: join ACCC’s civil society stakeholder work for new opportunities

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One of ACCC’s aims as a Finnish Flagship is to build and strengthen transdisciplinary and cross-sectoral connections. As part of this work, we welcome all members to take part in collaborating with NGOs (non-governmental organizations), humanitarian organizations and other civil society actors.  – Working with civil society provides researchers an opportunity to support social causes

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Focusing on impact of science on society – The first ACCC Impact Week was organized on 7-10 December 2021

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During the first ACCC (Atmosphere Climate Competence Center) Impact Week we hosted series of talks and roundtable discussions bringing together the ACCC scientists and different society stakeholders who are interested in the practical solutions for climate change and air quality. The specific discussion themes focused on the carbon sink, agriculture lands and boreal forests, climate

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ACCC Exceptional expertise available for all – on the ACCC Innovation Forum

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Climate change is the most urgent and hot topic at the moment – globally. Although COVID-19 is affecting our daily lives drastically and people around the world are worried about their future and health due to the pandemic crisis, climate change is continuously one of the everyday topics in newspapers and media. Furthermore challenges in

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Professor Bert Holtslag – the 1st Sergej Zilitinkevich memorial award winner

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The following organizations (in alphabetical order) Atmosphere and Climate Competence Center (ACCC), European Meteorological Society (EMS), Finnish Geophysical Society, Finnish Foundation for Aerosol Research, International Eurasian Academy of Sciences (IEAS), National network  Institute for Atmospheric and Earth system research (INAR / Finland) and World Meteorological Organization (WMO) have named Professor Bert Holtslag, the Netherlands, as

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ACCC will bring science-based solutions to COP26

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ACCC researchers at INAR (University of Helsinki) have co-organised a panel discussion together with City of Lahti (European Green Capital 2021) and Kuntaliitto (Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities) , hosted by the Nordic Council of Minister’s Nordic Pavilion at COP26, Glasgow. INAR Assoc. Professor Leena Järvi will join the panel to discuss with

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