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Can Climate Challenges Prompt Cooperation in South Asia?

Jan 13, 2023 | Syed Mohammad Ali

Climate change has justifiably been described as an existential threat to humanity. Varied climate-related impacts have already made life miserable for a large proportion of…

Mining and Armed Conflict Threaten Eastern DRC's Biodiversity in a Complex Web

Jan 13, 2023 | Judith Verweijen, Fergus O'Leary Simpson and Peer Schouten

The Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) conflict-affected eastern provinces are home to numerous protected areas. These areas host unique biodiversity and a range of threatened…

Uganda: Cultural Leaders Petition Alupo Over Emorimor

Jan 12, 2023 | Simon P. Emwamu, Monitor

The Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development has started the mediation process between two warring factions of the Iteso Cultural Union (ICU) over who…

Bolivia: Landmark Global Biodiversity Agreement Enshrines Rights of Indigenous Peoples—Providing Hope for Bolivia’s Guarani

Jan 11, 2023 | Juana Vera-Delgado

After more than four years of negotiations, on Dec.19, 2022, nearly 200 nations adopted the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework—a binding agreement to protect at least 30…

This Month in ESG: COP15 and EU Gender Balance Laws

Jan 11, 2023 | Terence Jeyaretnam, Pro Bono Australia

Nothing slowed down in ESG during the last month of the year, with events, new laws and a raft of government announcements, write Terence Jeyaretnam.

The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Is Also a Looming Climate Disaster

Jan 11, 2023 | Aryn Baker

Israel and the Palestinian territories are among the most climate vulnerable places on the planet. Yet the newly-formed government led by Benjamin Netanyahu has focused…

How Russia’s War Is Impacting the Global Environmental Agenda

Jan 11, 2023 | Angelina Davydova

The impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on the climate and biodiversity was not part of the official agenda at two recent major UN conferences…

How the Climate Crisis Affects Gender Equity and Equality

Jan 11, 2023 | U.S. Embassy and Consulate

Rawalpindi, Pakistan: IUCN reiterates that addressing climate change, environmental protection, and disaster risk reduction for all depends on the leadership of women and girls.IUCN, a pioneer…

McKenzie Johnson

Assistant Professor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
United States
Jan 10, 2023

McKenzie F. Johnson is an Assistant Professor at the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign since 2018. Her…

Afghanistan: Afghanistan’s Extractives Industry Never Achieved Its Potential: SIGAR

Jan 10, 2023 | Nazir Shinwari, TOLOnews

The US Special Inspector for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) in a new report says that Afghanistan’s extractives industry never achieved its potential, despite years of US…

Liberia: One Dismissed, Two Suspended at Forestry Development Authority for Illegal Practices

Jan 10, 2023 | FrontPage Africa

he Government of Liberia, through the Forestry Development Authority (FDA), has instituted legal actions against several individuals discovered to be engaged in illegal logging activities.…

Myanmar: Green Power Energy Opens 20-Megawatt Mountain Solar Power Project in Myanmar

Jan 10, 2023 | Pooja Chandak, SolarQuarter

GE’s Build-Own-Operate (BOO) system has opened a new page for the 20 MW Taung Taukin solar power generation project to contribute to the nation’s 100%…

In Ukraine, an Attack on Water Is an Attack on What Makes Us Human

Jan 10, 2023 | Catarina de Albuquerque

In the eastern front-line towns of Ukraine, local residents are boarding evacuation buses to head further west. Everyone has their own reason to leave. But…

Celebrating Human Rights Day with Reflections on Conflict Sensitive Conservation

Jan 10, 2023 | Nora Moraga-Lewey and Janet Edmond

As we mark the 74th anniversary of the United Nations adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Conservation International affirms its commitment to partner with Indigenous peoples…

Environmental Peacebuilding: 2022 in Review

Jan 10, 2023 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

2022 was another big year for environmental peacebuilding!

We started off the year with the Second International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding (1-4 February). With a rise…

Gender Inequality and Climate Change are Not Separate Challenges

Jan 9, 2023 | Economist Impact

Climate impacts are reversing gains in gender equality. Women and girls are disproportionately impacted by the climate crisis, which amplifies existing inequalities and builds on societal expectations…

EnPAx YPIG Mentorship Program (Seeking Mentors and Mentees)

Jan 9, 2023 | EnPAx Young Professionals Interest Group

The EnPAx YPIG Mentorship program is a six-month program designed to connect intergenerational professionals for shared collaboration and learning. The Young Professionals Interest Group (YPIG)…

Call for Submissions: Young Leaders: NATO and Climate Security in My Backyard

Jan 9, 2023 | Council on Strategic Risks

Are you a young person concerned about the impacts of climate change on well-being and security in your home community? Is your community pursuing innovative…

Ethiopia: Area WASH Coordinator

Jan 8, 2023 | Cooperazione Internazionale

Cooperazione Internazionale (COOPI) is an Italian humanitarian non-governmental organization founded in Milan in 1965. For more than 50 years of long-term support and constant presence in…

Afghanistan: WASH, School Regional Advisor

Jan 8, 2023 | Committed to Good

CTG staff and support humanitarian projects in fragile and conflict-affected countries around the world, providing a rapid and cost-effective service for development and humanitarian missions.…

Sierra Leone: Consultancy, Developing a WASH Strategy

Jan 8, 2023 | International Rescue Committee

The International Rescue Committee responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the…

UK: Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarships Centre for Water Cultures - All the Watery Margins: Water and the American Civil War

Jan 8, 2023 | University of Hull

The University of Hull is a public research university in Kingston upon Hull, a city in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

About this project, “All the…

Wales: Fully Funded PhD Scholarship: Water as a Contested Space: Developing a Framework for Conflict Resolution in the Regulation and Governance of Water in Wales

Jan 8, 2023 | Swansea University

Swansea University is a public research university located in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom.

This PhD will explore law, policy and governance in the context of the…