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Climate Change: Integrating Gender in the Mitigation of Climate Change

Sep 17, 2018 | UNDP

The Focal Point of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change for Liberia at the EPA says the issue of climate change continues to…


EnPAx Icon Dates Set for First International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding

Sep 11, 2018

The Board of Directors of the Environmental Peacebuilding Association is delighted to announce that First International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding will be held October 23-25,…


EnPAx Icon Environmental Peacebuilding Association Accepting Founding Individual and Institutional Members

Sep 11, 2018

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association, founded in April of this year, is offering founding membership to individuals and institutions who join by December 31, 2018. With members from more…


Afghanistan: Amid Chronic Violence, Millions of Afghans Face Risks of Drought Related Displacement

Sep 11, 2018 | Enayatullah Azad, Inter Press Service

Amid a precarious security situation in Afghanistan, the worst drought in recent history, that hit two out of three provinces in Afghanistan in July, has…


Exclusive: Why Putting the Environment First Makes All Our Lives More Secure

Sep 11, 2018 | Erik Solheim, Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management

The environment is not an obvious solution to global and regional security. Concepts and ideas need time to develop and prove their worth. Half a…


EnPAx Icon Tobias Ide

Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations
Murdoch University
Australia
Sep 11, 2018

Tobias Ide is the Coordinator of the Research Field Peace and Conflict at the Georg Eckert Institute and a lecturer at the Chair of International…


South Sudan: Project Officer WASH

Sep 10, 2018 | International Organization for Migration

Established in 1951, the International Organization for Migration is a Related Organization of the United Nations, and as the leading UN agency in the field…


Food Security and Livelihoods Coordinator

Sep 10, 2018 | Save the Children UK

Save the Children, is an international non-governmental organisation that promotes children's rights, provides relief and helps support children in developing countries. Working in more than…


Somalia: Project Manager- Integrated Drought Response

Sep 10, 2018 | German Red Cross

The German Red Cross (GRC) is part of a worldwide community assisting victims of conflicts and disasters and people affected by social or health related…


Guatemala: Chief of Party Sustainable Forestry and Water Program

Sep 10, 2018 | Catholic Relief Services

Catholic Relief Services is an international humanitarian agency assisting the poor and vulnerable overseas.

Job Title: Chief of Party I, Guatemala Sustainable Forest Management & Water…


DRC: IPC WASH Specialist- Ebola Response

Sep 10, 2018 | International Medical Corps

International Medical Corps is a global, humanitarian, nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs.…


Conflict and Resilience Consultancy

Sep 10, 2018 | Concern Worldwide

Concern Worldwide is the largest humanitarian and development agency in Ireland. With vast experience of working in the poorest and most vulnerable parts of the world,…


Yemen: Project Manager- Protection, WASH, and Nutrition

Sep 10, 2018 | INTERSOS

INTERSOS is a non-profit humanitarian aid organization that works to assist victims of natural disaster and armed conflict. INTERSOS has operated as an independent organization…


South Sudan: Consultant- addressing the gender gap in humanitarian WASH

Sep 10, 2018 | International Organization for Migration

The International Organization for Migration is an intergovernmental organization that provides services and advice concerning migration to governments and migrants, including internally displaced persons, refugees,…


Somalia: Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture Field Officer

Sep 10, 2018 | European Committee for Agricultural Training

European Committee for Training and Agriculture (Comitato Europeo per la Formazione e l’Agricoltura) is an Italian NGO, founded in 1972, whose works lays its foundation…


Part-Time Peacebuilding Adviser and Researcher

Sep 10, 2018 | Adapt Peacebuilding

Adapt Peacebuilding is a social enterprise that works at the cutting edge of peacebuilding, with country programs in Myanmar and Colombia and a growing international…


South Sudan: Hygiene and Sanitation Officer

Sep 10, 2018 | Polish Humanitarian Action

Polish Humanitarian Action (PAH) is a non-governmental organization employing people who want to make the world a better place. For over 25 years, we have…


Iraq: Global Affairs Canada WASH Supported Midterm Project Evaluation

Sep 10, 2018 | Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere

CARE (Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere) is a major international humanitarian agency delivering emergency relief and long-term international development projects.

1. Project Description

The WASH project…


Call for Applications: Inaugural 2018 CSAG Climate Security Fellowship

Sep 10, 2018 | Climate and Security Advisory Group

In response to increasing demand for mentorship and increased interest in career pathways for climate and security practitioners, the Climate and Security Advisory Group has…


Libya: Libya Oil Company Offices Attacked, Causing Fire, Casualties

Sep 10, 2018 | Rami Musa, Associated Press

Security forces loyal to Libya’s UN-backed government on Monday stormed the headquarters of the country’s national oil company in the capital Tripoli shortly after gunmen…


Myanmar: Myanmar to Resume Timber Extraction

Sep 9, 2018 | Eleven

Myanmar will produce 15,000 tons of teak in the timber extraction season this year, said Kyaw Kyaw Lwin, Deputy Director-General of Forest Department at the…


Uganda: Kiruhura Land Dispute: Rwandan National Accused of Land Grabbing [Video]

Sep 8, 2018 | NTV

The Chairperson of the commission of inquiry into land matters, Lady Justice Catherine Bamugemereire, has issued a warning to a Rwandan national who allegedly grabbed…


Water and Security Classification System Identifies Pathways to Conflict

Sep 8, 2018 | OOSKAnews

An August 2018 Report by the World Resources Institute (WRI) reviews key drivers behind links between water risk and security threats, conflict, migration and food…


China/South China Sea: Chinese Fishermen Wage Hybrid ‘People’s War’ on Asian Seas

Sep 8, 2018 | Todd Crowell and Andrew Salmon, Asia Times

It is a force that is massive in scale – but does not appear on an official order of battle. It is easy to locate –…


Iraq: There's More at Stake in the Basra protests Than Dirty Water and Oil

Sep 7, 2018 | Ben Wedeman, CNN

Basra, Iraq's third-largest city, has been wracked by protests over the decrepit state of public services. The municipal water supply is contaminated by salt water,…


Is SAARC Prepared to Combat Climate Change and Its Security Risks?

Sep 6, 2018 | Florian Krampe and Ashok Swain

South Asia is extremely vulnerable to a range of climate impacts, ranging from shrinking glaciers and water scarcity to floods and rising sea levels. Shifting…


If You Want Peace, Prepare for Solar

Sep 5, 2018 | Emiliano Bellini, pv magazine

US-based start-up, Energy Peace Partners is currently implementing a program to help humanitarian missions across the world transition from diesel dependence to a safer and…


Sierra Leone: President Bio Running the Economy without Mining Export Revenue

Sep 5, 2018 | Abdul Rashid Thomas, Sierra Leone Telegraph

The 2007 to 2017 reign of the All Peoples Congress Party (APC) can best be described as the mining revolution era in Sierra Leone. Minerals…


Conflict Minerals: Roskill: Tantalum 2018 Conference to Feature Expert Panel on Ethical Sourcing Strategies

Sep 5, 2018 | PR Newswire

Ethical sourcing of minerals has been under the spotlight for some time, following greater awareness of "conflict minerals" supply from politically unstable areas, in particular…


Egypt/Ethiopia: Regional Approach Key to Solving Renaissance Dam Dispute

Sep 4, 2018 | Haifa Ahmed Al-Maashi, Arab News

The Grand Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile Basin, which is currently about half-finished, is the cornerstone of Ethiopia’s plans for a new economic age.…