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South Sudan: Consultancy, Evaluation of a JPF-Funded Project
Jan 9, 2022
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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…
Iraq: International Vegetable Production and Farmer Field School Specialist
Jan 9, 2022
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FAO's office for Iraq is responsible for developing, promoting, overseeing and implementing agreed strategies for addressing countrywide food, agriculture and rural development. It develops and…
Jordan: Communications and Content Development Officer
Jan 9, 2022
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EcoPeace Middle East
EcoPeace Middle East is a unique trilateral environmental organization. Our primary objective is the promotion of cooperative efforts to protect our shared environmental heritage. In…
Italy: Forced Migration Consultant
Jan 9, 2022
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
The Office of Emergencies and Resilience (OER) is responsible for ensuring FAO's efforts to support countries and partners in preparing for and effectively responding to…
Sweden: Director, Water Resources Cooperation Department
Jan 9, 2022
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Stockholm International Water Institute
SIWI is a policy institute that generates knowledge and informs decision-making towards a water wise world. SIWI conducts research, builds institutional capacity, and provides advisory…
Germany: Senior Advisor, Climate Diplomacy
Jan 9, 2022
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adelphi
adelphi is the leading independent think-and-do tank in Europe for climate, environment and development. We are some 280 strategists, thought leaders and practitioners working at the…
Switzerland: Geneva Internship Program (Spring/Summer 2022)
Jan 9, 2022
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International Institute for Sustainable Development
The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) is an award-winning independent think tank working to accelerate solutions for a stable climate, sustainable resource management, and…
Canada: Program Assistant, Resilience Program
Jan 9, 2022
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International Institute for Sustainable Development
The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) is an award-winning independent think tank working to accelerate solutions for a stable climate, sustainable resource management, and…
Philippines: International Consultant, Agribusiness and Value Chain Management
Jan 9, 2022
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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…
USA: PhD-Level 3-Year Graduate Research Assistantship (GRA) Call for Applications
Jan 8, 2022
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Kent State University, School of Peace and Conflict Studies
Kent State University’s (KSU) School of Peace and Conflict Studies (SPCS) began as the Center for Peaceful Change as a living memorial to the May…
Liberia: Armed Men Attack GMCS Mining Site in Rivercess County
Jan 6, 2022
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FrontPage Africa
Cogent information reaching this paper revealed that several gunmen allegedly headed by Mr. Moses Mayer, Traditional Council Inspector of Rivercess County at about 1:00am on…
Tackling Militarism’s Contribution to the Climate Emergency
Jan 5, 2022
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Doug Weir
The past year saw the dial finally shift on reducing the carbon bootprint of the military. Since the topic was excluded from international climate processes by the…
Can We Predict Climate Change Impacts on Future Peace and Security?
Jan 5, 2022
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Halvard Buhaug and Nina von Uexkull
Analytical challenges notwithstanding, it is therefore not only a natural, but also a necessary step for conflict research to catch up with the rapid developments…
Norway to Prioritise Women, Peace, Security at Security Council Meet
Jan 5, 2022
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Tribune India
A “signature event” on addressing violence targeting women in peace and security processes to be held.
Afghanistan: Taliban Halts Iron Ore Extraction amid Talks with Russians on Gas Refineries
Jan 5, 2022
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WION
The Taliban government has reportedly declared a ban on the extraction of iron ore in the country. The development comes after videos on social media…
Iraq: Drone Attack on Iraq Base Foiled, 2nd One in 24 Hours: Coalition
Jan 4, 2022
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Al Jazeera
For the second time in 24 hours, a United States-led coalition fighting ISIL (ISIS) in Iraq says it has foiled a drone attack on a…
Wildlife: Understanding Human-Elephant Conflict and Vulnerability in the Face of Climate Change
Jan 4, 2022
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Yves Ducrot, Ritz Herald
Human-wildlife conflict is a central issue in the conservation sciences. Whether it is reintroducing wolves into key ecosystems of the southwestern U.S.—which is having an…
Merging the Environmental and Security Sectors in Climate Risk Responses
Jan 3, 2022
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Alexis Eberlein
Environmental security notions have evolved over the past 30 years. Once a sub-field of Security and Peace Studies focusing on how environmental issues correlate with…
Request for Proposals to Host the Third and Fourth International Conferences on Environmental Peacebuilding
Jan 3, 2022
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Environmental Peacebuilding Association
The Board of Directors of the Environmental Peacebuilding Association® (EnPAx™) hereby requests proposals to host the next two International Conferences on Environmental Peacebuilding. The Third…
Netherlands: Record Numbers of Women to Be in New Government in Holland
Jan 3, 2022
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Maya Oppenheim
Women to fill 14 of 29 ministers and secretaries of state roles.
Azerbaijan: Combatting Stereotypes to Prevent Violence Against Women in Azerbaijan
Jan 1, 2022
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UN News
Azerbaijani activist Maryam Majidova is fighting to improve gender equality in her country, and address the daily challenges faced by women and girls.
Year in Review: The Top Climate & Security Stories of 2021
Dec 31, 2021
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Joon Hwang
2021 was a momentous year for climate security. From President Biden’s Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad, to NATO’s Climate…
Militaries Are among the World’s Biggest Emitters. This General Wants Them to Go Green.
Dec 30, 2021
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Michael Birnbaum
Convinced that someone needed to shake awake Britain’s security establishment about the risks of climate change, Nugee asked to be tasked with one final mission…
Poverty, Displacement and 300 Storms: How 'Climate Violence' Threatens Iraq
Dec 29, 2021
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Safaa Khalaf
As water flows in rivers decline dramatically, Iraq is expected to become one of the world’s most water-stressed countries by 2040, with a forecasted rating of 4.6 out…
Ukraine: Ukraine’s Water Wars
Dec 29, 2021
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Politics.co.uk
Anatoli Malyuk and his team of fifteen fitters are responsible for the maintenance of 300 kilometres of water pipeline. It supplies three million people downstream…
Iraq: After the Wars in Iraq, ‘Everything Living Is Dying’
Dec 29, 2021
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Lynzy Billing, Inside Climate News
As far back as 2005, the United Nations had estimated that Iraq was already littered with several thousand contaminated sites. Five years later, an investigation…
Colombia: Why Are So Many Environmental Activists Being Killed in Colombia?
Dec 28, 2021
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Victoria Seabrook, Sky News
Since 2018 the number of massacres in Colombia has grown constantly, with 2020 recording the highest number since 2014, according to the United Nations. And…
Chile: Chile Writes a New Constitution, Confronting Climate Change Head on
Dec 28, 2021
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Somini Sengupta, New York Times
Rarely does a country get a chance to lay out its ideals as a nation and write a new constitution for itself. Almost never does…
Afghanistan: Roundup: Afghan Authorities Dig Deep to Create Mining Jobs in Baghlan
Dec 28, 2021
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Xinhua
Since the U.S. military withdrawal, Afghanistan has suffered crisis upon crisis as the economy withers away. The country now faces a life-or-death battle against poverty…
The Defense Department’s Role in the New Sustainability Executive Order
Dec 27, 2021
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Erin Sikorsky
On Dec. 8, President Biden announced a new executive order, Catalyzing Clean Energy Industries and Jobs Through Federal Sustainability, which directs the federal government to…