Statement on the impact of the COVID-19 Outbreak for IFSA proceedings
Download Statement Dear IFSA Family, As most of you are aware, the outbreak of Coronavirus, or COVID-19, is causing serious discomfort in several regions of the world. This emergency is already having the expected impact on IFSA activities, considering our international nature and that most of our activities are based on travelling. Determined [...]
2020 Summer School, Switzerland – Applications Open
2020 Summer School FORMON Applications are open for the "Forest Monitoring to assess Forest Functioning under Air Pollution and Climate Change" which will take place in Davos, Switzerland, from 23-29 August 2020. The Summer School aims to provide students an in-depth understanding of the concepts, approaches, and available data infrastructure of long-term forest monitoring. [...]
Participants for Language Exchange School – Open Call
Greetings everyone! The language sub commission is glad to announce that we are looking for Spanish/English learners! This is about an exciting project -- the Language Exchange School! It is a great opportunity to improve yourself and establish relationships among IFSA members all around the world! The project will last for 11 weeks, including [...]
Official of the month March 2020: Johannes Herzog
Johannes is currently the Head of Carbon Sustainability Sub-commission from the Capacity Development Commission. He has been working tiredlessly to bring sustainability to the functioning of IFSA. Furthermore, he is always high on motivation, creating a friendly and positive environment in the commission. The board wants to acknowledge his contributions to the organisation, hence [...]
Open Call – Caux Summer Academy on Land, Security and Climate – July 2020
Greetings everyone ! IFSA has been invited to attend the Caux Summer Academy on Land, Security and Climate meeting in Geneva, Switzerland between 1-5th of July 2020. The topic for the event is: The connection between land, security and climate. More information about the event and program can be found here. When and Where [...]
Official of the month January 2020: Alina Lehikoinen
The IFSA board is proud to announce the official of the month for January 2020: Alina Lehikoinen. Organizing a Conference of Parties with a change of location is certainly not easy, but nothing that catches Alina off-guard. Serving her first term as an official, Alina joined us in Estonia as Head of the UNFCCC [...]