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Job title PhD Position in Environmental Risks and Benefits of Offshore Wind Farms. Company Wageningen University & Research (WUR), Marine Animal Ecology Group, in collaboration with Wageningen Marine Research (WMR), the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), and Statistics Netherlands (CBS). Description of the job Wageningen University & Research offers a fully funded PhD position within the NO-REGRETS project, a 5.5-year, multidisciplinary research programme funded by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) and co-designed with stakeholders to understand the ecological and economic tradeoffs of upscaling offshore wind farms in the North Sea in light of climate change and in relation to the ongoing food and nature transitions. Over the next decades, the use of the North Sea will dramatically increase to accommodate large-scale implementation of renewable energy platforms. While providing a sustainable source of energy,...

Job title Doctoral Candidate (DC 13) – Developing a Comprehensive Multicriteria Decision Support Framework for Offshore Wind Farms: Integrating Technical and Environmental Data. Company WavEC Offshore Renewables, within the BETTER project consortium (Horizon Europe – Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Network). Description of the job The BETTER project, funded by the European Commission under the Horizon Europe programme (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions – Doctoral Network), calls for applications for 1 fully funded Doctoral Candidate (DC) position. The aim of BETTER is to form a new generation of professional experts on Offshore Wind Farming (OWF). This team will address the noticeable knowledge and technological gap that exists in comprehending how marine ecosystems respond to the ongoing and anticipated extensive expansion of Offshore Wind Farms and how to incorporate these considerations into the optimised design. BETTER will conduct...

Overview of the Role As the Mangrove Breakthrough Intern, you will serve as a versatile support system for the Breakthrough’s core team. Your primary mandate is to assist across various pillars of work, including Finance, Policy, and Communications & Outreach. You will be directly involved in the operational preparation for major international climate forums, such as New York Climate Week (NYCW), the IUCN Congress, and COP31, helping to coordinate investor meetings and national workshops. Additionally, you will work with the team leads to provide ad-hoc support on strategic activities, ensuring the team can move fast and effectively. Key responsibilities include: Pipeline Support: Provide support in managing and coordinating the pipeline of projects, consolidating KPIs and tracking progress. Ensure projects are onboarded and kept updated on Restor, increasing visible transactions and pipeline maturity. Finance Strategy: Support the finance lead in...

The Renewables Grid Initiative is a unique collaboration between NGOs and transmission system operators (TSOs) from across Europe, engaging in an ‘energy transition ecosystem- of-actors’. We promote fair, transparent and sustainable grid development to enable the growth of renewables to achieve full decarbonisation in line with the Paris Agreement. At RGI, we are convinced that the energy, climate and biodiversity crises can and should be tackled in parallel. In this context, we are increasing our activities related to the protection and restoration of nature in connection with the energy transition – particularly the deployment of renewable energy sources (RES) and electricity grids, both on land and at sea. In 2020, RGI established a multi-stakeholder platform called the Offshore Coalition for Energy and Nature ( OCEaN ). OCEaN brings together NGOs, wind industry actors, and grid operators active in the North and Baltic seas, with the aim of finding sustainable solutions to...