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Afghanistan: The Chinese Entrepreneurs Chasing an Afghan ‘Gold Rush’ [Video]
Nov 24, 2022
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101 East and Al Jazeera
When the Taliban returned to power in August 2021, most foreigners and multinational companies had already packed up and left Afghanistan. Going against the stream…
Water Wars: Causes and Possible Solutions
Nov 23, 2022
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Politecnico di Milano
A study published in the prestigious Nature Sustainability by a group of researchers from the Politecnico di Milano has investigated the phenomenon, also in light…
Syria: Turkish Strikes Spark Fire in Syrian Oil Field [Video]
Nov 23, 2022
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Associated Press
In recent days, Turkey has launched a barrage of airstrikes on suspected militant targets in northern Syria and Iraq, in retaliation for a deadly November…
Iraq: Salt, Drought Decimate Buffaloes in Iraq's Southern Marshes
Nov 23, 2022
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Samya Kullab, Associated Press
Drought that experts believe is spurred by climate change and invading salt, coupled with lack of political agreement between Iraq and Turkey, are endangering the…
DRC: DRC Puts Mining Deal with China under Review as Targets Windfall Mineral Profits
Nov 23, 2022
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Miningmx
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is seeking additional investment in infrastructure from China in terms of a review it is conducting with a mining…
USA: Water and Conflict Resilience Director
Nov 23, 2022
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Chemonics
Chemonics seeks a Water and Conflict Resilience Expert to support agile and sustainable WSSH programming in fragile contexts, with a focus on supporting locally-led approaches…
The Case for Integrating Sustaining Peace into an Expanded Climate, Peace and Security Concept
Nov 23, 2022
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Cedric de Coning and Hafsa M. Maalim
One of the key themes that emerged from the just concluded COP27 is the recognition that climate change does not only exacerbate the causes and…
Kenya: UN’s Highest Environmental Honour Celebrates Ecosystem Restoration
Nov 22, 2022
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UNEP
Nairobi, 22 November 2022 – The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) today announced its 2022 Champions of the Earth, honouring a conservationist, an enterprise, an economist, a women’s…
Myanmar: Myanmar Junta Increases Landmine Use
Nov 22, 2022
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Mizzima
Use of landmines by the Myanmar junta has surged since the 2021 coup according to the Landmine Monitor Report 2022, released last week.
One Earth, One Security Space: From the 1972 Stockholm Conference to Stockholm+50 and Beyond
Nov 22, 2022
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David Michel
The 1972 United Nations Conference on the Human Environment marked a watershed in world environmental politics. Gathered in Stockholm, Sweden, the international community collectively recognized…
How to Avoid a New Cold War over Critical Minerals
Nov 22, 2022
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Cullen Hendrix
Will the 21st century be the century of the green great game? In the early 20th century, then-First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill oversaw…
Water Shortages Cause Conflicts across Africa
Nov 22, 2022
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Robin Scher
Water is a finite resource on our planet. We can only rely on what we have, which translates to about 2.5% of drinkable fresh water.…
The 46th NATO Committee on Gender Perspectives Focuses on Hybrid Threats, Disinformation and Human Security
Nov 21, 2022
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NATO
From 3rd to 5th October 2022, approximately 170 participants from 42 NATO Allies and Partners as well as academic organisations and civil society gathered for…
Liberia: Call to Strengthen Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land
Nov 21, 2022
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New Dawn
In commemoration of the 10th Anniversary of the Voluntary Guidelines for responsible Governance of land tenure (VGGT), Liberia has held a National Dialogue as participants…
Colombia: Petro Has a New Plan to Counter Deforestation in Colombia
Nov 21, 2022
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Christoph Sponsel, World Politics Review
The government of newly elected Colombian President Gustavo Petro listed countering deforestation as one of its top priorities. But those efforts promise to raise tensions…
Iran/Iraq/Kurdistan: Kurdish Oil Jitters as Iran Bombs Northern Iraq
Nov 21, 2022
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Charles Kennedy, OilPrice.com
Iranian missiles bombarded the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) capital of Erbil and the city of Sulaymaniyah on Monday in apparent retribution for the Northern Iraqi…
Leaders and Activists at COP27 Say the Gender Gap in Climate Action is Being Bridged Too Slowly
Nov 18, 2022
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Zoha Tunio, Inside Climate News
Research increasingly shows that global warming impacts women far more gravely than men, but they are still left out of the leadership and benefits of…
Iraq: Supporting Local Dialogue to Address Climate Security Risks in Iraq
Nov 18, 2022
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Robert Bosch Stiftung
While the impacts of climate change manifest differently in Iraq, Iraq is the fifth most vulnerable country to climate change worldwide (UNEP). Combined with long-standing…
Women Underrepresented at COP27 Summit
Nov 18, 2022
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Caroline Kapp
Advocates have expressed concern that women are underrepresented at the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference—or COP27—in Egypt this month. In 2011, countries pledged to increase…
Liberia: Promoting Women's Rights and Land Ownership in Liberia
Nov 17, 2022
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UNSDG
“In the past, women never owned land here but today, women, men, and youth can sit together with the elders and decide issues on land…
Myanmar: Myanmar Communities Decry Disempowerment as Forest Guardians Since 2021 Coup
Nov 17, 2022
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Carolyn Cowan, Mongabay
Strides have been made in forest protection over the past decade, but violent conflict, shrinking civic space and “rampant” natural resource extraction in the wake…
Natural resources and the prospects for gender-just sustainable peace
Nov 17, 2022
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Carol Cohn and Claire Duncanson
To build peace that is gender-just and sustainable, we need to start with two questions: What are the conditions of people’s lives at the end…
Tailoring Inclusive Solutions to Climate Finance: The Role of Individual and Collective Inclusion
Nov 17, 2022
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Manuel Bueno and Stephanie Landers Silva
Climate finance can and should be more inclusive of marginalized and underserved groups, including women, youth, Indigenous Peoples, low-income people, and people in remote areas.…
COP27: Lack of Women at Negotiations Raises Concern
Nov 16, 2022
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Esme Stallard, BBC
Too few women are participating in COP27 climate negotiations, charities, activists and politicians have warned.
Afghanistan: Coalmining in Afghanistan – in Pictures [Photos]
Nov 16, 2022
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Oliver Weiken, Guardian
From men in their 60s to boys as young as 10, hundreds of miners work every day in Chinarak for just a few euros.
Sahel: UN Warns of Worsening Conflict and Displacement in Sahel without Immediate Climate Action
Nov 16, 2022
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UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Without urgent investment in climate mitigation and adaptation, countries in the Sahel risk decades of armed conflict and displacement exacerbated by rising temperatures, resource scarcity…
Afghanistan: Pollution Increases as Kabul Residents Choose Coal over Wood
Nov 16, 2022
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Bibi Amina Hakimi, TOLOnews
The residents of Kabul said that as the price of wood remains high and they are obliged to use coal, which is causing air pollution…
Environmental Peacebuilding Is Resolving Conflicts Caused by Climate Change
Nov 16, 2022
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Vartika
Environmental cooperation is increasingly being utilized to resolve local problems induced by global warming. Environmental cooperation is increasingly being utilized to resolve local problems induced by global warming. Environmental…
At COP27 and Beyond, Women's Voices Belong at the Heart of Climate Change Negotiations
Nov 16, 2022
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Marisa O. Ensor
The United Nations Conferences of the Parties (COPs) are the largest climate-related conferences worldwide. During these meetings, nations have negotiated groundbreaking and legally binding climate…
DRC: Crucial Congo Rainforest Faces Growing Threats from Logging and Mining
Nov 15, 2022
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Madeleine Cuff, New Scientist
If the Amazon is the lungs of the world, then the Congo basin is its beating heart. This vast region in central Africa is home…