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Women Must Lead the Way Out Yemen’s Climate and Conflict Crises
Nov 1, 2022
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Jackie Abramian
When the U.S.-backed Saudi-led coalition entered Yemen in early 2015 to “restore” the government to power after the takeover by Houthi fighters in the capital…
Call for Abstracts on Climate Migration, Conflict, and Peace (for a Special Issue of "Environment and Security")
Nov 1, 2022
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Environmental Peacebuilding Association
The forthcoming journal Environment and Security is seeking abstracts for proposed papers on climate migration, conflict, and peace. The selected papers will be included in…
“Environment and Security” Now Accepting Journal Submissions!
Nov 1, 2022
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Environmental Peacebuilding Association
Be a part of the historic launch of the new journal, Environment and Security! Environment and Security will be the leading global outlet for peer-reviewed research…
CAR: Central African Republic Peacebuilding MEAL Manager
Nov 1, 2022
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Concordis International
Concordis International is a non-profit organisation that works alongside and in support of official peace processes, where they exist, to improve the potential for lasting…
Sudan: Darfur Peacebuilding MEAL Manager
Nov 1, 2022
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Concordis International
Concordis International is a non-profit organisation that works alongside and in support of official peace processes, where they exist, to improve the potential for lasting…
United Kingdom: Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Manager (Climate Risks and Geospatial Analysis)
Nov 1, 2022
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International Institute for Environment and Development
The International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) is a policy and action research organisation promoting sustainable development and linking local priorities to global challenges.…
Iraq: Senior Local Expert for Data Collection and Report Writing (Conflict Sensitivity, and Water, Sanitation & Hygiene - WASH)
Nov 1, 2022
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MovingOn Expertise
The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and the Iraqi authorities have decided to give priority to a water and sanitation project located in the city…
Bangladesh/Nepal/Netherlands/Uganda: Research Consultant WASH and Gender
Nov 1, 2022
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Simavi
For almost 100 years, Simavi has been working for equality and the human rights of women and girls to water and sanitation. It does this…
Panama: Consultancy - Free, Prior, Informed Consent (FPIC) E- Learning Course for Indigenous Peoples Organizations
Nov 1, 2022
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Forest Stewardship Council Indigenous Foundation
In 2019, the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) established the FSC Indigenous Foundation (FSC- IF) as the operational office of the Permanent Indigenous Peoples Committee (PIPC).…
Remote: Africa Great Lakes Researcher
Nov 1, 2022
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Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project
The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) is a disaggregated data collection, analysis, and crisis mapping project. The ACLED team conducts analysis to…
Africa Investment Forum: Green Jobs Can Help Shift the Climate of Gender Equality for African Women
Oct 31, 2022
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ADBG
The Africa Investment Forum has a strong track record of supporting the success of women business owners and entrepreneurs. Less well-known is that the Africa Investment…
Sudan: Sudanese Refinery Resumes Full Operations after ‘Sabotage’
Oct 31, 2022
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Associated Press
An oil refinery in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum resumed operations following a brief halt due to an act of “sabotage” on one of its…
Egypt: Egypt's Farmers Fear Rising Social Tensions over Scarce Water
Oct 31, 2022
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Menna Farouk, Reuters
For three decades, brothers Ramadan and Mamdouh Othman have grown summer crops of maize, olives and cucumbers on their Nile Delta land in Egypt's northern…
Ukraine: No Water for Much of Kyiv amid Heavy Russian Barrage on Ukraine
Oct 31, 2022
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PA News Agency
A massive barrage of Russian cruise missile and drone strikes hit critical infrastructure in Kyiv, Kharkiv and other Ukrainian cities early on Monday, knocking out…
Iraq: Huge Fire Rips through Oil Refinery in Erbil, Iraq [Video]
Oct 31, 2022
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Vickie Scullard, Euro Weekly News
The blaze broke out today, Monday morning, in an oil refinery in Erbil’s Qushtapa sub-district, according to official accounts. The Erbil Civil Defence posted a…
South Sudan: The Promise of Oil and Gas in South Sudan
Oct 31, 2022
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Alex Irwin-Hunt and Munyaradzi Makoni, fDi Intelligence
When South Sudan gained independence from Sudan on July 9 2011, it was hoped that oil revenues would fuel the economy of the world’s youngest…
Advancing the women, peace and security agenda in the Pacific
Oct 31, 2022
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Heather Wrathall and Melissa C. Tyler
On this day 22 years ago, the United Nations Security Council adopted resolution 1325 in recognition of the fact that women experience and are affected by conflict…
Integrating Gender into Environment Projects in Fragile and Conflict Settings
Oct 31, 2022
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Agathe Christien and Phoebe Spencer
There is growing recognition that natural resource exploitation and environmental pressures can fuel violent conflict. Compounding this threat, situations of conflict and environmental stress also…
Leaving No One Behind at COP27
Oct 31, 2022
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Jenny Grönwall, Xanani Baloyi, and Georgette Mrakadeh-Keane
As COP27 fast approaches a slew of reports highlight how much work is yet to be done to meet the goal of reducing projected warming…
Iraq: For Water-Stressed Iraq, Wells Threaten Race to the Bottom
Oct 30, 2022
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Agence France-Presse
Iraq has long drilled the desert for oil, but now climate stress, drought and reduced river flows are forcing it to dig ever deeper for…
Colombia: Colombian Govt. Hands over Farm Belonging to Former Paramilitary Leader
Oct 30, 2022
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teleSUR
The Colombian Government has handed over to fifty peasant families, victims of the armed conflict, the Támesis farm, which had been occupied by Carlos Castaño,…
Iraq: Twilight of The Tigris: Iraq's Mighty River Drying up
Oct 30, 2022
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Aymen Henna, Agence France-Presse
It was the river that is said to have watered the biblical Garden of Eden and helped give birth to civilisation itself. But today the…
Liberia: Swiss Firm Says FDA Lied in Defending Illegal Permits
Oct 29, 2022
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Emmanuel Sherman, The Daylight
The Forestry Development Authority (FDA) lied that its Swiss contractor had declined to register logs from a plantation in Nimba County, which led it to…
Ukraine/Russia: Russia Suspends Participation in Deal on Ukraine Grain Exports – as It Happened
Oct 29, 2022
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Joanna Walters, Nadeem Badshah, Sarah Haque, and Geneva Abdul, Guardian
The Russian government has written to the United Nations telling the international body that “starting today” it is suspending for an “indefinite term” the Black…
Ghana: First Fully Traceable Mineral Extracted in Ghana
Oct 28, 2022
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Mining Review Africa
For the first time in Ghana’s mining history, Minexx, in collaboration with Solidaridad, a civil society organisation, has successfully exported 11.62 grams of gold fully…
Colombia: Colombians Are Occupying Land to Protest Inequality. Here’s the History.
Oct 28, 2022
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Laura García-Montoya and Isabel Güiza-Gómez, Washington Post
In Colombia, Indigenous, peasant and Afro-descendant groups have escalated land occupations in recent months, seeking to ensure the government carries out long-standing land redistribution promises.…
East Africa: Droughts Don't Need to Result in Famine - Ethiopia and Somalia Show What Makes the Difference
Oct 27, 2022
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Joshua Busby
The Horn of Africa is facing its worst drought in 40 years. Scientists suspect that a multi-year La Niña cycle has been amplified by climate change to prolong dry…
Ukraine: Energy Crisis Sparked by Ukraine War to Speed up Green Transition - IEA
Oct 26, 2022
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Noah Browning, Reuters
The drop in Russian fossil fuel exports after its Ukraine invasion this year will transform the global energy landscape for decades and can help to…
Ukraine/Russia: Russia Accused of Sabotaging Ukraine Water Pipe to Mykolaiv
Oct 26, 2022
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Viktoriia Zhuhan and Nader Ibrahim, BBC News
For six months, homes in Ukraine's southern coastal city of Mykolaiv have been without clean drinking water. Military and UN experts have told a BBC…
Myanmar: Myanmar Junta Now Stripping Rohingyas of Land Ownership
Oct 26, 2022
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Dhaka Tribune
In what can be dubbed as the latest nail in the coffin of Rohingya's existence in the Rakhine state, the Myanmar junta has officially started…