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South Sudan: South Sudan at High Risk of Hunger, Disease Due to Extreme Flooding
Nov 24, 2021
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East African
South Sudan is staring at a catastrophic humanitarian crisis as extreme floods hit the country for the third consecutive year. Humanitarian agencies are warning that…
Timor-Leste Is Facing a Make-or-Break Moment
Nov 24, 2021
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Avelino Dos Santos Da Costa
Since the restoration of its independence in 2002, Timor-Leste has made tremendous progress in social capital (education and health), infrastructure (electricity and telecommunication), and in…
Solomon Islands: Securing Land Rights for Sustainable Peace
Nov 23, 2021
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UNDP
The UN Development Programme in Solomon Islands has supported the Government’s Customary Land Recording programme conducted by the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Survey in…
Liberia: Liberia Loggers Felling Trees Outside Concession as Government Stands by
Nov 23, 2021
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James Giahyue, Mongabay
Civil society groups say logging companies are exploiting weak monitoring and enforcement of Liberia’s forestry laws. A new briefing highlights the illegal harvest of as…
Climate Resilience and Conflict: Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships as a Way Forward?
Nov 23, 2021
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Christopher Graham
For groups that were already in disputes over land rights, territorial claims, and resource access or distribution, climate change increases the stakes – escalating or…
Liberia: Sixty-Nine Percent of Ministry of Mines and Energy Field Inspectors Are Volunteer GAC Audit Finds
Nov 22, 2021
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FrontPage Africa
A performance audit conducted by the General Audit Commission (GAC) on the Generation of Revenue from Artisanal Mining Activities in Liberia show that there has…
Israel/Jordan: Israel, Jordan Sign Climate Cooperation Agreement in Dubai
Nov 22, 2021
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Lahav Harkov, Jerusalem Post
Israel and Jordan signed an agreement to work together to meet the challenges of climate change, mediated by the United Arab Emirates and the US,…
Liberia: Man Killed in Nimba for Snail Hunting
Nov 22, 2021
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Ishmael F. Menkor, Observer
The death of a 42-year-old man has been reported in Nimba County as a result of an argument that ensued over snail hunting. Solomon Gaye…
Climate Resilience and Conflict: Multi-stakeholder Partnerships As A Way Forward?
Nov 22, 2021
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Christopher Graham
In recent years, there has been an outpouring of evidence that climate change is intensifying and driving conflict situations around the world. The socio-ecological consequences of climate…
Myanmar: Burmese Rubies: Costly and Controversial
Nov 22, 2021
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Nazanin Lankarani, New York Times
Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, has long been a producer of some of the world’s priciest gemstones: pigeon’s blood rubies. Known by their deep, natural…
Gender Equity and Climate Change are Intertwined
Nov 22, 2021
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Angely Mercado
The climate change conference COP26 which ended last week tackled a number of issues that intersect with addressing the climate crisis—including a full day dedicated…
DRC: Tshisekedi Orders Mining Licences Audit
Nov 21, 2021
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Al Jazeera
Felix Tshisekedi, president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has demanded a ban on issuing and trading mining permits until the country’s mining…
Afghanistan: In Hard Times, Afghan Farmers Are Turning to Opium for Security
Nov 21, 2021
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Thomas Gibbons-Neff and Taimoor Shah, New York Times
The decision to destroy his entire orchard is one Abdul Hamid and many other Afghan farmers in the district are making to earn an income…
Afghanistan- Working with the Taliban for Women’s Rights: It’s Like Speaking to Fish about Land!
Nov 21, 2021
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Gavi Klein
The fight does not lie in convincing them of progressive ideals; the fight is to get the best outcome for those directly impacted by Taliban…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan’s Farmers, Herders Desperate for Seed, Food and Cash
Nov 20, 2021
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Saudi Gazette
“Catastrophic and famine-like conditions” hang over Afghanistan’s farmers and herders, whose needs continue to worsen with the onset of winter, UN humanitarians said on Friday.…
DRC: A Power Struggle over Cobalt Rattles the Clean Energy Revolution
Nov 20, 2021
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Dionne Searcey, Michael Forsythe, and Eric Lipton, New York Times
Just up a red dirt road, across an expanse of tall, dew-soaked weeds, bulldozers are hollowing out a yawning new canyon that is central to…
Saudi Arabia: Yemen's Houthis 'Attack Saudi Cities, Oil Facilities'
Nov 20, 2021
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New Arab
Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi movement said on Saturday it had fired 14 drones at several Saudi Arabian cities, including at Saudi Aramco facilities in Jeddah. The…
Conflict Minerals: Problem with “Conflict Minerals” Extraction
Nov 19, 2021
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Christoph Vogel and Josaphat Musamba, Taarifa
In the early 2000s, activists began to campaign against the extraction of “conflict minerals”—a catchall term for gold and the “three Ts” (tin, tantalum, and…
China/Tibet: China Could Be Preparing for 'Water War' in Asia after Completing Serial Dams in Tibet
Nov 19, 2021
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Indo-Asian News Service
While concerns over the impact of climate change are rising, the problem has got aggravated due to the multiple dams that China is building to…
Understanding the Nexus Between Gender, Climate and Conflict Is Crucial for International Peace and Security
Nov 18, 2021
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Michelle Onello
Understanding the nexus between gender, climate and conflict is crucial for developing successful policies to combat climate change and resolve conflicts, and women must meaningfully…
Bhutan/China: Chinese Landgrab on Bhutanese Territory, 4 Villages Built on 1 Year
Nov 18, 2021
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Vishnu Som, NDTV
New satellite images tweeted out by a leading satellite imagery expert on Chinese military development, shows purported construction of Chinese villages in Bhutanese territory over…
Iraq: Residents Say Longstanding Oil Industry Practice Is Killing Them [Video]
Nov 18, 2021
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Jomana Karadsheh, CNN
Oil is a major driver for the world's climate crisis but in Iraq's province of Basra, residents and officials say it's causing a local environmental…
Afghanistan: In Afghanistan, Climate Change Drives an Uptick in Child Marriage
Nov 17, 2021
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Ruchi Kumar, Undark
Child marriage is not a new phenomenon in South Asia, and despite attempts to legislate against it, the practice remains common across Afghanistan. Reports suggest…
Why Women’s Participation is Essential to Achieve Global Climate Targets
Nov 17, 2021
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Joanna Collingwood, Georgia Kremmyda, and Modupe Olufunmilayo Jimoh
We are engineers and scientists. We happen to be women, but first and foremost we are citizens of this planet who believe that immediate action…
Women’s Land Rights Are Necessary to Build Climate-Resilient Futures
Nov 17, 2021
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Juliet Schulman-Hall
COP 26, the UN Conference on Climate, ended last Friday, after world leaders made several collective pledges to the climate crisis on issues like deforestation,…
Women’s Land Rights Are Necessary to Build Climate-Resilient Futures
Nov 17, 2021
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Juliet Schulman-Hall
COP 26, the UN Conference on Climate, ended last Friday, after world leaders made several collective pledges to the climate crisis on issues like deforestation,…
Promoting Gender and Climate Smart Investment
Nov 16, 2021
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Katja Silva-Leander and Kongkona Sarma
Climate change is set to cause unimaginable disruption unless immediate action is taken, and its impacts will disproportionately affect women — increasing inequality. In many…
The Challenge of Securing Access to Minerals for the Green Transition
Nov 16, 2021
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Jewellord Nem Singh
COP26 came to a close in Glasgow this weekend, with activists and developing country governments disappointed in the global ambition as laid out in the…
Register Now for the Second International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding!
Nov 16, 2021
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Environmental Peacebuilding Association® and the Graduate Institute for International and Development Studies
The Environmental Peacebuilding Association® (EnPAx™), the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, and our partners invite people to register for the 2nd International Conference…
To Tackle Instability and Conflict, It’s Time to Elevate Hunger as a National Security Priority
Nov 15, 2021
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Kelly McFarland and Alistair Somerville
Food has long been a weapon of war, and the prospect of starvation is a powerful motivator for citizens to take up arms. The humanitarian…