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Call for Submissions: Environmental Violence Collection

Jan 17, 2022 | Environmental Studies and Sciences (ESS) Forum

From climate change to toxic pollution and the interactive effects of multiple pollution streams, human health is under siege. Human-produced environmental risks to health and…

Colombia: MPC Energy Solutions Breaks Ground on Second Solar Power Plant in Colombia

Jan 17, 2022 | PRNewswire

MPC Energy Solutions (MPCES) has commenced construction of Parque Solar Los Girasoles, a solar photovoltaic plant in Colombia that  will supply around 23 GWh a year – equivalent to…

Iraq: Rising Temperatures, Dying Cattle: Iraq Is Reeling from Climate Change [Video]

Jan 16, 2022 | PBS

Iraq is at the frontlines of the climate crisis, with temperatures rising twice as fast as the global average. It’s also a major oil producer…

Afghanistan: ‘We Are Struggling’: Two Former Officials at Afghan Women’s Affairs Ministry

Jan 16, 2022 | Emma Graham-Harrison

Gul Bano and Karima’s former offices are in the hands of the Taliban – and they fear for their lives.

Afghanistan: Taliban Forces Pepper-Spray Women’s Rights Protesters in Kabul

Jan 16, 2022 | Agence France-Presse

One woman reportedly taken to hospital after protest calling for right to work and education is stopped.

Ireland: Cabinet to Examine ‘Zero Tolerance’ Measures on Gender-Based Violence

Jan 16, 2022 | Harry McGee

Response to Ashling Murphy murder to centre on countering violence against women.

Climate Action and Security – Two Sides of the Same Coin

Jan 14, 2022

In November, the world came out of COP26 with a mixed bag of results. The 1.5 degrees target was kept alive, and 154 countries submitted revised…

Sudan: In Sudan, the Price of Revolution is Paid for by Women's Bodies

Jan 14, 2022 | Wini Omer

The rape of 13 women at a protest in Khartoum last month by security service personnel is explained by the long history of state-sanctioned sexual…

UK: Campaigner (Military and Climate Change)

Jan 13, 2022 | Conflict and Environment Observatory

The Conflict and Environment Observatory was launched in 2018 with the primary goal of increasing awareness and understanding of the environmental and derived humanitarian consequences…

Gender Day Gives Rise to the Forgotten Energy Providers in the Climate Conversation

Jan 13, 2022 | Philippe Benoit

The singular issue that emerged on Gender Day during during last year's COP26 was the need for disadvantaged women, who are the majority producers and users of biomass…

India: Exploring the Gender and Social Aspects of Climate Policies

Jan 13, 2022 | The Hindu

After joint initiative with GUCCI, WIA is preparing to hand over policy recommendations and strategy for climate action to the government.

Kazakhstan: Kazakhstan Unrest Highlights Tricky Terrain of Fuel Subsidy Cuts

Jan 13, 2022 | Charu Sudan Kasturi, Al Jazeera

The government announces a new policy that will increase fuel prices. Street protests break out. An unprepared administration cracks down with excessive force. That amplifies…

To Help Ensure Food and Economic Security in Afghanistan, Invest in the Skills of Young Women and Girls

Jan 12, 2022 | Nangyalai Attal

With the prevailing food security crisis in Afghanistan, the international community must invest in the significant potential of Afghan girls to increase their participation in…

Climate Change: Department of Homeland Security Announces Climate Change Professionals Program

Jan 12, 2022 | Homeland Security Today

Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the creation of a new Climate Change Professionals Program to recruit recent graduates and current federal employees to support…

Myanmar: Gold Extraction Escalating Near Suspended Myitsone Dam

Jan 12, 2022 | Kachin News Group

Under military rule, gold mining has increased around the suspended Myitsone Dam along the Mali hka and Irrawaddy rivers, and in Chipwi Township in Kachin…

How We Misunderstand the Magnitude of Climate Risks – and Why That Contributes to Controversy

Jan 12, 2022 | Peter Schwartzstein

The Syrian civil war has raged for almost a decade now, and in the climate security community it can feel as if we’ve spent at…

Environmental Peacebuilding: 2021 in Review

Jan 11, 2022 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

Do you remember January 1, 2021? We were so happy to have 2020 in the rear view mirror.  We were all exhausted, and hopeful for…

The Soldiers Came Home Sick. The Government Denied It Was Responsible.

Jan 11, 2022 | Megan K. Stack, New York Times

The soldiers with inexplicable breathing complaints started appearing in Dr. Robert F. Miller’s pulmonology clinic in 2004, the year after Baghdad fell to invading United…

Myanmar: Despite Sanctions, US Companies Still Importing Myanmar Teak, Report Says

Jan 11, 2022 | Sheryl Lee Tian Tong, Mongabay

U.S. timber companies imported nearly 1,600 metric tons of teak from Myanmar last year, circumventing sanctions and channeling millions of dollars in revenue to the…

Afghanistan: 500,000 Saplings Being Planted in Helmand Capital

Jan 11, 2022 | Rizwanullah Bilal, Pajhwok Afghan News

The Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock Department has started planting 500,000 saplings in the Bolan area of Lashkargah, capital of southern Helmand province...

Second International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding *GOING VIRTUAL*

Jan 10, 2022 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

The Organizing Committee for the Second International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding has decided to convert the hybrid format to an ostensibly virtual conference.

This announcement covers…

Climate Change Amplifies the Risks for Violent Conflicts in Africa

Jan 10, 2022 | Philip Osano

The potential for climate change to exacerbate violent conflict is manifest in Africa. Growing competition over natural resources will likely increase tensions on a continent…

No, There Will Not Be a War for Water

Jan 10, 2022 | Jeroen Warner and Sumit Vij

Some people falsely believe that the Afghanistan takeover by the Taliban during a drought increases the risk of violence over shared waters such as the…

Nigeria: Niger Delta Women Seek America, Britain’s Intervention to Avoid Conflict in Region

Jan 10, 2022 | Obinna Nwaoku

Woman advocating for the development of Niger Delta, under the aegis of Wailing Women of the Niger Delta (WWND), has written to the American and…

Climate Change: National Defense Authorization Act Cements DOD’s Climate Resilience Role

Jan 10, 2022 | Kylie Bielby, Homeland Security Today

On December 27, President Biden signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (NDAA). The NDAA authorizes fiscal year appropriations principally…

Colombia: Colombia’s New Anti-Deforestation Law Provokes Concern for Small-Scale Farmers

Jan 10, 2022 | Christina Noriega, Mongabay

Last year, when Colombia’s parliament approved a reform of the nation’s environmental crime laws, the legislation received stark opposition from a surprising assortment of environmentalists,…

Philippines Nationals: Environment and Natural Resources Sustainable Management (ENSM) Sub Group Leader

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

For more than four decades, FAO has been working with the Government of the Philippines, civil society, community-based organizations and the private sector to address…

South Sudan: Consultancy, Evaluation of a JPF-Funded Project

Jan 9, 2022 | Japan Platform

The Japan Platform (hereinafter referred to as "JPF") is an international emergency humanitarian aid organization which offers the most effective and prompt emergency aid in…

Mozambique: Consultancy to Support the WASH Emergency Responses in Cabo Delgado Related to Water Supply

Jan 9, 2022 | United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To…

Ethiopia or Tunisia: Scientist, Soil and Water Conservation Modeling

Jan 9, 2022 | International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas

The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) is a treaty-based international non-profit research organization supported by CGIAR.

ICARDA’s mission is to reduce…