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Colombia: Petro Calls for Dialogues to Analyze Land Problems in Cauca

Jul 23, 2022 | California18

The president elect Gustavo Petro spoke after the recent disturbances of public order that occurred after the irregular occupation of sugar mill properties in the…

Liberia: Liberia’s Forest Communities to Take Driver’s Seat in Management and Conservation of Natural Resources in New Project

Jul 22, 2022 | Global News Network

The Forestry Development Authority together with the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on 22 July 2022 ,launched a…

Call for Submissions: International Science Prize 2023: Climate Change and Conflicts

Jul 22, 2022 | Hans Günter Brauch Foundation for Peace and Ecology in the Anthropocene

The Hans Günter Brauch Foundation (HGBS) supports two prizes on peace, ecology and the Anthropocene and of linkages between these themes. The annual International Science…

Call for Tenders: Environmental Peacebuilding

Jul 22, 2022 | forumZFD

The Academy for Conflict Transformation, a department of the Forum Civil Peace Service (forumZFD), is looking for a facilitator to conduct an online training on…

Climate Change: Why Climate Change Could Spark Conflict

Jul 21, 2022 | Jack Graham, Thomson Reuters Foundation

From record-breaking and deadly heatwaves in western Europe to a severe drought in the Horn of Africa, the impacts of climate change are becoming increasingly…

Ukraine’s Critical Minerals and Europe’s Energy Transition: A motivation for Russian Aggression?

Jul 21, 2022 | Andrei Covatariu

Europe’s long-term strategy to phase out fossil fuel use has endangered Russia’s main source of state revenue, forcing the Kremlin to focus on acquiring, one way or…

USA: Internships, Environmental Change and Security Program

Jul 21, 2022 | Wilson Center

The Wilson Center is a nonpartisan forum bridging the divide between research and policy decisions, particularly in the context of foreign policy. Wilson Center activities…

USA: Agents of Change Youth Fellowship

Jul 21, 2022 | Wilson Center

The Wilson Center is a nonpartisan forum bridging the divide between research and policy decisions, particularly in the context of foreign policy. Wilson Center activities…

USA: Policy Specialist, Climate and Security Risk

Jul 21, 2022 | UNDP

UNDP is the knowledge frontier organization for sustainable development in the UN Development System and serves as the integrator for collective action to realize the…

Apply Now for the "Gender, Conflict, and Peacebuilding" Course

Jul 21, 2022 | Swisspeace and the University of Basel

This course examines the relationship between gender, violent conflict, and peacebuilding. Participants will consider how war and militarism are highly gendered phenomena that impact men…

Afghanistan/Pakistan: The Afghan Refugees Turning Barren Soil into Fertile Land in Balochistan

Jul 20, 2022 | Hazar Khan Baloch, Independent

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) estimates that there are around 300,000 people displaced in refugee camps in the southwestern region of Balochistan…

Myanmar: Myanmar Military’s Land Mine Use Amounts to War Crimes: Amnesty

Jul 20, 2022 | Agence France-Presse

Myanmar junta troops are committing war crimes by laying land mines on a “massive scale” around villages where they are battling anti-coup fighters, rights campaign…

Libya: Libya Says Oil Exports Resumed after Monthslong Hiatus

Jul 20, 2022 | Samy Magdy, Associated Press

Libya resumed oil exports Wednesday, ending a hiatus that lasted months. The resumption came after the country restarted production at oil fields following the firing…

Liberia: Land Tension Sparks Again in Ganta

Jul 19, 2022 | Ishmael F. Menkor, Observer

Another wave of land tension has sparked again in Ganta just days after President George Weah and his Cabinets ended their Nimba trip. This comes…

Somalia: For Somalia, Nature Is Key to Lasting Peace

Jul 19, 2022 | Modern Diplomacy

Just over two years ago, Christophe Hodder was selected as the first UN Climate Security and Environmental Advisor to Somalia. Since then, he had spearheaded…

Sudan: Sudan’s Gold Mining Effects Health of Many Due to Toxic Chemicals Left behind

Jul 19, 2022 | Middle East North Africa Financial Network

Sudanese mother Awadya Ahmed has wondered for long why her youngest kid Talab was born blind and paralyzed, now she accused the loads of toxic…

Ukraine: Ukraine’s Farmers become the Latest Target of Russian Missiles

Jul 19, 2022 | Dalton Bennett, Washington Post

Fires are the latest scourge that farmers face in the Mykolaiv region. With the planting season delayed by fighting to retake the area from occupying…

Water Diplomacy Can Learn from Realist Ideas

Jul 19, 2022 | Sumit Vij, Jeroen Warner, Mark Zeitoun, Christian Bréthaut

As Russia’s war in Ukraine continues and nations are returning to behaviors best explained by realism, we are wrestling with these trends’ longer-term implications on water…

India Legislators Vote for President, Tribal Woman Likely to Win

Jul 18, 2022 | Al Jazeera

India: In a First, Eight Women in Team of NDRF’s Rescuers

Jul 18, 2022 | The Times of India

If a pregnant woman gets stuck in any flooded area in the state and is unable to reach the hospital for delivery, now women in…

Food May Be the Ultimate Weapon in the 21st Century

Jul 18, 2022 | Hal Brands

President Joe Biden’s administration is reportedly rewriting its National Security Strategy, which the White House is required to send to Congress annually, to account for the lessons…

Consultancy: Identify Priority Issues and Actions Necessary for Strengthening the Role of Women in Conservation of Aquatic Biodiversity and Environmental Management in Africa

Jul 17, 2022 | African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources

The African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR), a specialized technical office of the Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy and Sustainable Environment…

Switzerland: Programme Manager, Gender and Climate Change

Jul 17, 2022 | Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance

Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance is dedicated to improving the security of states and their people within a framework of democratic governance, the rule…

Mozambique: Project Officer, Women, Peace, and Security

Jul 17, 2022 | UN Women

The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, also known as UN Women, is a United Nations entity working for gender…

Nigeria: Terms of Reference (ToR) End Line of Girls’ Education Project in Conflict-Affected Areas in Northeastern Nigeria (International Consultant).

Jul 17, 2022 | Save the Children

The Save the Children Fund, commonly known as Save the Children, was established in the United Kingdom in 1919 to improve the lives of children…

Syria and Iraq: International Consultancy, Developing Knowledge Papers Related to the Repatriation, Rehabilitation, and Reintegration of Women Returnees from Conflict Zones