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	Land Use Dialogues: Setting International Policy Objectives for Agriculture Transitions in Pursuit of the 1.5° C Goal This dialogue focused on climate mitigation and sought to ensure frameworks for improved food security, the enhancement and protection of the rights of farmers and indigenous people, and the maintenance of biodiversity, the last of which is essential to all ecosystems.

	Regional Responses to the Crisis in Venezuela: Safeguarding the Human Rights of Refugees and Migrants Reflecting the workshop discussion and includes collectively defined elements about the characteristics of the crisis and recommendations for policy makers and civil society organizations at the national and regional levels.

	Looking Beyond Borders: The Circular Economy Pathway for Pursuing 1.5° C This brief lays out the global materials flows—including fossil fuels—and describes how a linear process of material extraction, use, and disposal drives GHG emissions and explores examples of circular economy policies and technologies.(REUTERS/Kham)

	Three Tweets to Midnight: Nuclear Crisis Stability and the Information Ecosystem How might a nuclear crisis play out in today’s media environment? How would the crisis be tweeted? This brief provides a framework for questions about crisis stability in today’s information ecosystem and concludes with a series of open questions deserving further examination.

Employment Opportunities

Policy Program Associate, Nuclear Policy

The Stanley Foundation seeks a program associate to join its Policy Programming Department to contribute energy, creativity, and analytical skill to the design and implementation of programming on technology and nuclear policy.

Operations Specialist
Seeking a dedicated, dynamic individual who has a passion for working in the field of event planning and prefers a small-business atmosphere with opportunities for international travel. This full-time position involves event-planning operations and activities for various programming efforts on climate change, nuclear policy issues, and mass violence and atrocities.

Courier

The Spring 2018 issue of Courier highlights the issues facing Cambodian fishermen as their lakes are affected by climate change. It includes a tribute to Dick and Mary Jo Stanley, a look at UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ attempts at UN reform, and a peek at our Iowa Student Global Leadership conference.

The issue also focuses on how artificial intelligence is being integrated into military systems around the world, how sustainable farming practices can impact carbon emissions, and the cyber vulnerabilities of the world’s most dangerous weapons. Spring 2018 PDF. (1,151K) Subscribe for FREE.

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Our bimonthly newsletter is filled with resources to keep you up to date with our work at the Stanley Foundation. Each edition includes news about recent publications and stories as well as features our people and partners.

You will also find many extras, from upcoming events to multimedia resources.

Earth Awareness Portable Classroom

The Earth Awareness Portable Classroom is an initiative of our Community Partnership-Global Education program. From inside the classroom, the earth can be seen in its entirety for the first time. Continents are viewed in their true relationship to one another, not distorted as flat maps portray.

Foundation staff give Earth Balloon presentations in Iowa and the immediate Quad Cities area. These presentations offer students the chance to experience geography in a new way and focus on the asects of each continent as well as reinforcing general map skills. Find out more.

9:48 AM Jun 20: How could this idea help manage nonproliferation risks? Check out the companion article in @BulletinAtomic. https://t.co/cprXafOa0s

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