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Ukraine: Ukraine War's Environmental Toll to Take Years to Clean up

Nov 11, 2022 | Sam Mednick, Associated Press

Environmental damage caused by Ukraine’s war is mounting, and experts warn of long-term health consequences for the population.

Colombia: Colombia’s Signing of Escazu Accord Brings Hope to Land Defenders

Nov 11, 2022 | Joshua Collins and Daniela Diaz Rangel, Al Jazeera

The Escazu Agreement, adopted in Costa Rica in March 2018, is a legally binding international treaty that aims to promote transparency in environmental decision-making. The…

At COP27, 41 Grassroots Women’s Organizations Launch New Global South Alliance for Indigenous and Local Women and Girls

Nov 11, 2022 | Rights and Resources

SHARM-EL-SHEIKH (November 11, 2022) — On November 11 at CoP27, 41 grassroots women’s organizations from Asia, Africa, and Latin America launched a new advocacy network…

Syria: Poor Access to Safe Water Fuels Cholera Outbreak in Syria

Nov 10, 2022 | Reuters

Poor access to safe water has exacerbated a cholera outbreak rampaging across Syria’s war-battered provinces, where local authorities are struggling to contain the spread with…

NATO Environmental Protection Working Group Celebrates Its 25th Meeting

Nov 10, 2022 | North Atlantic Treaty Organization

From 9 to 11 November 2022, the NATO Environmental Protection Working Group held its plenary meeting at the NATO Headquarters in Brussels. The plenary centred…

Liberia: Mapping Nature for People and Planet in Liberia - A Project to Create 'Maps of Hope'

Nov 10, 2022 | New Dawn

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Liberia's Environment Protection Agency (EPA) bring together decision makers to map the country's essential regions for biodiversity, climate…

Blood Diamonds: How Do They Fuel Violence, and What Africa Is Doing to Curb This

Nov 10, 2022 | Pallak Kashyap, TFI Global

Blood diamonds are diamonds that are mined in territories which are under the control of terrorists and insurgent groups, which are seeking to overthrow the…

Ukraine: Is Food Security Possible without Peace?

Nov 10, 2022 | Sarah McLaughlin, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center

The intersection between agriculture and peace has been brought to the forefront of the news agenda this year due to the Ukraine crisis, which has…

The Law of Treaties in Wartime: The Case of the Black Sea Grain Initiative

Nov 10, 2022 | Gregor Novak and Helmut Aust

The Black Sea Grain Initiative (BSGI) was in the spotlight recently following a nail-biting attempt by Russia to suspend its participation in one of UN Secretary-General Guterres’…

COP27: An Explainer for Peacebuilders

Nov 10, 2022 | Harriet Mackaill-Hill

COP is short for ‘Conference of the Parties’ and there are all kinds of COPs for various international agreements. But the term COP has come…

Iran/Iraq/Syria: Unidentified Drone Strike Targets Iranian Fuel Convoy in Syria - Iraqi Sources

Nov 9, 2022 | Reuters

At least two fuel trucks were destroyed in an air strike by an unidentified drone on the Syrian side of the border with Iraq late…

Vietnam: Police Arrest 7 Farmers in Land-Use Dispute in Vietnamese Highlands

Nov 9, 2022 | Radio Free Asia

In the latest clash over land-use rights in Vietnam, police have detained seven residents in the Central Highlands for trying to prevent men from cutting…

Iran/Iraq/Syria: Strikes in Syria Hit Fuel Convoy from Iraq; Iranians Killed

Nov 9, 2022 | Qassim Abdul-Zahra and Bassem Mroue, Associated Press

Late night airstrikes in eastern Syria along the border with Iraq targeted Iran-backed militiamen, inflicting casualties, Syrian opposition activists said Wednesday. According to two paramilitary…

Fiji: National Consultancy, Women’s Resilience to Disasters (Fiji Nationals Only)

Nov 9, 2022 | UN Women

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and…

Consultancy, Gender Mainstreaming in Peacebuilding

Nov 9, 2022 | Search for Common Ground

Search for Common Ground is an international non-governmental organization that works to end violent conflict and build healthy, safe, and just societies. It is the…

Somalia: Gender Specialist

Nov 9, 2022 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

The key mission of the FAO Representation in Somalia, which is led by the FAO Representative (FAOR), is to assist and support the national government…

South Sudan: Consultancy, Gender Equality and Inclusion Self-Assessment

Nov 9, 2022 | Plan International

Plan International strives to advance children’s rights and equality for girls all over the world. As an independent development and humanitarian organisation, we work alongside…

Iraq: Consultancy, End-term Evaluation for the Women and Girls Rebuilding

Nov 9, 2022 | Oxfam GB

Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty. Together we save, protect, and rebuild lives. And we won’t…

Iraq: Billions of Dollars of Oil Theft in Iraq: Technology One Potential Solution, Experts Argue

Nov 8, 2022 | Nagham al-Tamimi, Arabian Business

Technology promises to succeed where tonnes of laws have failed in Iraq, the Arab country’s experts believe. They say hundreds of millions of dollars can…

Sierra Leone: Whose Land Is It, Anyway? Sierra Leone Gives Locals a Voice.

Nov 8, 2022 | Nick Roll, Christian Science Monitor

Many parts of Sierra Leone have been ravaged by foreign mining firms seeking gold, diamonds, and bauxite, among other minerals, and by palm oil plantations.…

Afghanistan: 20,000 to Get Jobs on Copper Project in Logar

Nov 8, 2022 | Pajhwok Afghan News

Practical work on the Mes Aynak project in central Logar province will be launched soon, says an official.

The Gender Imbalance at COP27

Nov 8, 2022 | Akanksha Khullar

Women have historically been underrepresented at the UN’s global conference on climate change, and this year’s COP 27 congregation in Egypt, was no exception. A…

Give More Women the Microphone at COP27

Nov 8, 2022 | Catherine McKenna and Amy Meyers Jaffe

Women are leading the climate revolution. At COP27, speakers should cede time to hear what they have to say.

In 2016, I (Catherine) was slated to…

Sudan/South Sudan: Kiir Urges Abyei Negotiating Team to Cooperate with Sudan

Nov 7, 2022 | Sudan Tribune

South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir on Monday urged the committee that is negotiating the final status of Abyei to cooperate with neighbouring Sudan, describing it…

Liberia: FDA Alerts Security Uncovers Illegal Logging Activities, Seeks Security Agencies, Public Cooperation

Nov 7, 2022 | Gerald C. Koinyeneh, FrontPage Africa

The Forestry Development Authority (FDA) says it has uncovered chains of clandestine and unwholesome acts of illegal harvesting and processing of logs around the country,…

Climate Crisis and Water Stress Create a Perfect Storm for Women: We Need Radical Collaborations for Gender-Just Climate Solutions

Nov 7, 2022 | Deepa Joshi, Mairi Dupar, Ranjitha Puskur, and Alan Nicol

Addressing global stakeholders now engaged in COP27, researchers from CGIAR and the Climate and Development Knowledge Network come together to call for radical collaborations to achieve climate justice for…