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Climate Change: DOD Analysis Highlights Geostrategic Risks of Climate Change
Oct 21, 2021
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US Department of Defense
The Defense Department released an unclassified version of the Defense Climate Risk Analysis report today. As the global and cross-cutting consequences of climate change increase…
Climate Change: Climate Change Poses a Widening Threat to National Security
Oct 21, 2021
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Christopher Flavelle, Julian E. Barnes, Eileen Sullivan, and Jennifer Steinhauer, New York Times
Worsening conflict within and between nations. Increased dislocation and migration as people flee climate-fueled instability. Heightened military tension and uncertainty. Financial hazards. The Biden administration…
Liberia: How FDA Allows a Foreign Family to Hoard Forests and Hurts Communities
Oct 21, 2021
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William Harmon and Varney Kamara
In 2018, the Bondi Mandingo Authorized Community Forest signed a logging agreement with Indo Africa Plantation Limited. The community agreed with the company to log in…
How Efforts to Combat Climate Change Created New Security Challenges in the Arctic
Oct 21, 2021
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Andrew Latham
In a little over a week, the parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will hold their annual meeting, dubbed COP26,…
South Sudan: Gender Equality and Gender-Based Violence Officer
Oct 20, 2021
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International Organization for Migration
IOM in South Sudan has a broad range of programming centered around three broad areas: humanitarian coordination and support; humanitarian response and resilience; and peacebuilding,…
Iraq: Gender Project Manager
Oct 20, 2021
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Oxfam
Oxfam is a global community who believe poverty isn’t inevitable. It’s an injustice that can be overcome. We are shop volunteers, women’s right activists, marathon…
Pakistan: Senior Research Officer (Gender and Social Inclusion)
Oct 20, 2021
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International Water Management Institute
The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) (www.iwmi.org) is looking for a dynamic, self-motivated individual to join as a Senior Research Officer (Gender and Social Inclusion),…
Call for Consultants: Gender Guidance for WASH Projects at WaterAid
Oct 20, 2021
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WaterAid
WaterAid is committed to ensuring that wherever we work in the world there is no tolerance for the abuse of power, privilege or trust. WaterAid…
Libya: GBV Specialist for the Delivery of Gender Training Package
Oct 20, 2021
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TRUST Consultancy & Development
Trust is looking for specialized trainers to conduct training in three locations in Libya: Tripoli, Sabha and Benghazi, over November and December 2021. This training…
What an Irrigation Project Reveals about Farmer-Herder Conflict in Northern Nigeria
Oct 20, 2021
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Daniel Adeoluwa Adeniyi
Clashes between herders and local farmers in several communities in Nigeria have increased in recent years. The conflict is impacting the economy negatively. Nigeria loses almost US$14…
Colombians Are Uniting around Land Reform. Here’s Why.
Oct 20, 2021
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Peter Coy
During Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to Colombia this week, the issue of land reform will be high on the agenda. Farmers’ lack of…
Afghanistan: Taliban Promise Cash, Land to Families of Suicide Bombers Who Attacked US and Afghan Soldiers
Oct 20, 2021
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Sarakshi Rai, The Hill
The Taliban have promised relatives of suicide bombers who attacked U.S. and Afghan soldiers land and cash reward, The Associated Press reports. Interior Ministry spokesman Saeed Khosty tweeted…
Egypt/Ethiopia/Sudan: Ethiopia Preps for Third Filling as Nile Dam Diplomacy Stalls
Oct 20, 2021
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Mohamed Saied, Al-Monitor
As negotiations remain stalled over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Ethiopia is beginning to make preparations for the third-stage filling of its mega hydroelectric dam on the…
Myanmar: Thousands of Civilians Displaced by Myanmar Military Raids Hit by Floods
Oct 19, 2021
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Irrawaddy
Civilians displaced from their homes by fighting in Gangaw Township, Magwe Region have been hit by floods, according to local sources. Thousands of displaced residents…
Iraq: The Last of the Marsh Arabs
Oct 19, 2021
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Leon McCarron, Noema Magazine
What happens to a community and ecosystem at the nexus of geopolitical tensions and climate change? And can 6,000 years of history save them?
Syria: Conflict Pollution Wrecking Syria Coast: Report
Oct 19, 2021
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Agence France-Presse
Leaks from moored tankers, underwater pipelines and wastewater systems are turning the Syrian coast into a major environmental hotspot, said a report released on Tuesday.…
South Sudan: UNHCR Responding to Worst Flooding in Decades in South Sudan
Oct 19, 2021
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UNHCR
Weeks of heavy rain have caused unrelenting floods, affecting more than 700,000 people across the country, UNHCR Representative in the country Arafat Jamal said on Tuesday.
The rains…
Sustainable Responses to Human Mobility, Climate Change, and Conflict
Oct 19, 2021
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Alice Chang
Significant progress has been made in understanding the impacts of climate change on migration and security. However, said Beatrice Mosello, a senior analyst at adelphi, generalized narratives that…
Palestine/Syria: Access to Natural Resources by Palestinians, Syrians Should Not Be Denied, Delegates Tell Second Committee
Oct 18, 2021
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UN
Israel’s ongoing occupation of the Palestinian territories and the Syrian Golan, colliding with the impacts of the COVID‑19 pandemic, have turned into a crisis within…
All Systems Go: Integrating Climate Security across the U.S. Government
Oct 18, 2021
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Shruti Samala
President Biden has taken an unequivocal position on climate change: The administration’s first order of business was to issue a series of executive orders aimed…
Colombia: Regional Manager, Latin America & Carribean
Oct 17, 2021
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Cooperazione Internazionale
Cooperazione Internazionale (COOPI) is an Italian humanitarian non-governmental organization founded in Milan in 1965. COOPI aims to help the world’s poorest to improve their access…
Yemen: WASH Program Manager
Oct 17, 2021
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Solidarités International
Solidarités International is a humanitarian organisation which provides aid and assistance to victims of war or natural disaster.
Solidarités International opened its mission in Yemen in 2017…
Libya: Technical Advisor for Water Resource Management
Oct 17, 2021
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Austrian Study Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution
The Austrian Study Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ASPR) is an independent, non-profit and non-partisan organization. It is engaged in research, education/training and practical…
South Sudan: ERT – WASH Manager
Oct 17, 2021
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Medair
Medair is a Swiss humanitarian aid organization that helps people affected by emergencies, natural disasters, displacement, conflict and provide health, nutrition, water, and shelter.
Role Overview
Provide leadership…
Sudan: Market Systems Development (MSD) Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Specialist
Oct 17, 2021
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Mercy Corps
Mercy Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better world is possible. In disaster, in hardship, in more than 40…
Legal Practitioner, Africa Just Energy Transition Initiative
Oct 17, 2021
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Natural Justice
Natural Justice and Earthjustice are partnering to leverage our collective experience in challenging fossil fuel projects and advocating for reforms in energy and electricity market…
Myanmar: Safeguards & Risk Manager
Oct 17, 2021
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World Wide Fund for Nature
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) an independent conservation organization, works to sustain the natural world for the benefit of people and wildlife. Working with others, WWF urgently seeks…
Filling Gender Gap in Agriculture: Viable Opportunities for Women
Oct 17, 2021
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Sorina Buzatu
Country life may be romantic, but regional development counts too. Digitalisation can help boost gender equality and curb rural poverty
Despite women playing a key role…
Afghanistan: Community Mobilizer (Hygiene Promoter – (WASH)
Oct 17, 2021
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Committed To Good
CTG stands for Committed To Good. With an ethical approach at the heart of all that we do, it is a description that makes us…
Somalia: Senior Environmental Advisor
Oct 17, 2021
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Nordic International Support Foundation
The Nordic International Support Foundation (NIS) implements a large range of projects together with donors and key national stakeholders to assist countries and communities to successfully emerge from conflict.
Background Information
Galmudug…