Global Toxics Intern (Fordham IPED Students Only)
About The Position
NRDC (the Natural Resources Defense Council) works to safeguard the Earth, its people, its plants and animals, and the natural systems on which all life depends. NRDC combines the power of more than 3 million members and online activists with the expertise of some 800 policy advocates, lawyers, scientists, and communication experts to confront the climate crisis, protect nature, ensure the rights of all people to clean air, clean water, and healthy communities. As an international nonprofit environmental organization, NRDC is working to address the world’s most urgent environmental challenges, and advance innovative, science-based, and enforceable solutions. Since our founding in 1970, NRDC has helped craft and deliver many of America’s foundational environmental laws, including the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking Water Act. Today, we continue to lead in advancing and defending strong environmental protections at the local, state, federal and international levels, as well as through the marketplace. Our team works across the United States and around the world, from offices in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C., as well as in Beijing, and New Delhi (a subsidiary of NRDC India Pvt. Ltd.). Supported by our members and online activists, NRDC is driving impactful solutions that confront the climate crisis, defend nature and safeguard public health across Asia, Africa, and the Americas. At NRDC, we believe lasting change happens when people bring their talent, passion, and expertise together for a common purpose: to build a cleaner, healthier, and more resilient world. Learn more at nrdc.org This is a 10-week summer internship opportunity that is only open to graduate students from Fordham's IPED program. This intern will work with NRDC’s International team in our Washington, D.C. or New York office. Working with the Knowledge Management Coordinator, the intern will carry out research and synthesize existing information and examples on a key ASGM topic, falling under one of the pillars of the program: formalization, access to finance, technology transfer, and responsible supply chains.
Requirements
- Currently a graduate student from Fordham's IPED program.
- Experience with research deriving from formal peer-review literature as well as “grey” literature as well as through interviews.
- Excellent writing skills.
- Self-motivation and ability to work efficiently and meet deadlines with limited supervision.
- High proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Word and Outlook.
Nice To Haves
- Fluency in Spanish and/or French a plus.
Responsibilities
- Research, collate and document available information relevant to key ASGM topic (s), to be chosen in collaboration with the Knowledge Management coordinator. Topics may include: Rehabilitation best practices for ASGM sites, Reducing carbon emissions from ASGM, Case studies documenting interactions between ASGM and Indigenous Persons, Challenges and successes in increasing access to finance for women in the ASGM sector, Other topics as identified
- Produce at least one white paper/research paper on the chosen topic(s), to be published as a report on the planetGOLD website.
- Participate in planetGOLD knowledge exchange events (webinars/meetings), as time permits.
Benefits
- a paid internship with a stipend equivalent to $10,000.00 paid bi-weekly over the course of the assignment.
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