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No More ‘Environmental Loopholes’ for EU’s Militaries, Say Green Groups
Sep 30, 2021
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Laura Cole, ENDS Europe
Ursula von der Leyen’s call for more ‘political will’ to use Europe’s defence capabilities has reignited calls to end military exemptions to environmental legislation.
Addressing Masculinities and Gender Stereotypes to Prevent Violent Extremism and Terrorism
Sep 30, 2021
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Pablo Arrocha Olabuenaga
Fifteen years ago, the General Assembly unanimously adopted the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy (GCTS), which has served as the backbone for the efforts of States to…
Gambia: Migration, Environment and Climate Change (MECC) Study 1.0
Sep 30, 2021
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International Organization for Migration
The International Organization for Migration is an intergovernmental organization that provides services and advice concerning migration to governments and migrants, including internally displaced persons, refugees,…
Gambia: Migration, Environment and Climate Change (MECC) Study 2.0
Sep 30, 2021
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International Organization for Migration
The International Organization for Migration is an intergovernmental organization that provides services and advice concerning migration to governments and migrants, including internally displaced persons, refugees,…
Arts for Environmental Peacebuilding: Call for Artists and Creative Submissions
Sep 29, 2021
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Environmental Peacebuilding Association
For nearly a decade, the Environmental Peacebuilding Community of Practice has been critically examining the environment's role in peace and conflict, advocating for the productive…
DRC: Congo Reviews $6.2 Billion China Mining Deal as Criticism Grows
Sep 28, 2021
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Michael Kavanagh, Bloomberg
The Democratic Republic of Congo began reviewing a $6.2 billion minerals-for-infrastructure deal with China that’s faced growing criticism since President Felix Tshisekedi came to power…
Colombia: Colombia’s Aerial Fumigation Push Fuels Fear of Coca Conflict
Sep 28, 2021
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Steven Grattan, Al Jazeera
Henri is one of an unclear number of Colombian farmers harvesting coca illegally in the South American nation, the world’s biggest producer of cocaine according…
Food as a Pathway to Peace: COVID, Climate, and the Hunger-Conflict Nexus
Sep 28, 2021
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Shruti Samala
Food insecurity, as outlined in the 2021 ISD report, Peace Through Food: Ending the Hunger-Instability Nexus, cuts across multiple crises the world is facing today,…
Sudan: Sudan Protesters Agree to Resumption of Oil Exports
Sep 27, 2021
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Al Jazeera
Sudan’s government has reached an agreement with tribal protesters to allow the resumption of exports of landlocked South Sudan’s crude oil via a terminal on…
Liberia: What Is Happening with Logging Revenues? Forest Hour Brief
Sep 27, 2021
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Global News Network
Two months ago, on August 5, 2021, Andrew Y.Y Zelemen, the Facilitator at the Nation Union of Community Forest Development Committees (NUCFDC) appeared as Guest…
Climate Change: Speech by Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas at the Berlin Climate and Security Conference
Sep 27, 2021
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Federal Foreign Office
New York and the German county of Ahrweiler are far apart. But they both suffered the same fate this year: devastating floods killing dozens of…
USA: Professorship in International Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
Sep 27, 2021
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Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University
The Fletcher School, established in 1933 as the first exclusively graduate school of international affairs in the United States, seeks to hire a tenure-track Assistant…
Colombia: In Colombia, Legal Mining Proves a Win-Win for Environment, Traditional Communities
Sep 25, 2021
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Dimitri Selibas, Mongabay
In Colombia’s Chocó department, renowned by environmentalists for its abundant biodiversity, Afro-Colombian communities collect gold from rivers as part of an ancestral way of life.…
DRC: China, the US and a Twitter Tit-for-Tat over Congo Cobalt Contracts
Sep 25, 2021
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Jevans Nyabiage, South China Morning Post
When the president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo announced his decision, a former American diplomat was quick to offer support. J. Peter Pham,…
COP26: Women Must Be Heard on Climate, Say Rights Groups
Sep 25, 2021
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Fiona Harvey
Women must be enabled to play a greater role at the Cop26 summit, as the needs of women and girls are being overlooked amid the global…
South Sudan: South Sudan Warns It May Suspend Oil Output as Exports Blocked
Sep 24, 2021
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Okech Francis, Bloomberg
South Sudan’s government warned it may suspend oil output if port protests in neighboring Sudan that have blocked shipments of the landlocked nation’s crude continue.…
Afghanistan: Mapping Afghanistan’s Untapped Natural Resources
Sep 24, 2021
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Mohammed Hussein and Mohammed Haddad, Al Jazeera
Deep beneath the ground in one of the world’s poorest countries sits at least $1 trillion of untapped mineral resources, according to a report published…
Women and Climate Justice: It’s Time to Act
Sep 24, 2021
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Leocadia I. Zak and Susan Kidd
The headlines are clear. Human suffering from a changing climate is escalating and projections show clearly how it will worsen. Equally clear is the need…
Climate Change: UN: Climate Change Increases Risk of Violent Conflict
Sep 23, 2021
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Deutsche Welle
Climate change could heighten tensions on the ground in countries relying on shrinking natural resources, hiking up the risks of violent conflict, UN Secretary General Antonio…
Climate Change: Global Climate Crisis’ Dire Impact on Peace, Security Calls for Bolder Collective Action, Secretary-General Tells Security Council
Sep 23, 2021
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UN
Following are Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the Security Council high-level open debate on the maintenance of international peace and security: climate and security, held…
Climate Change: Security Council Sees Climate Change as a ‘Risk Multiplier’
Sep 23, 2021
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Environment News Service
“The climate crisis isn’t coming. It’s already here,” U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told the United Nations Security Council today in a special meeting…
Climate Change: Bringing Climate Security into UNSC Discourse Has Potential to Disrupt Nature of Overall discussions: India
Sep 23, 2021
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Press Trust of India
Dealing with the issue of climate security, which is just one aspect of climate change, in the UN Security Council is not desirable, India said…
Abyei Offers Lessons for the Region on Climate-Related Security Risks
Sep 23, 2021
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Kheira Tarif, Emilie Broek, and Katongo Seyuba
The conflict in Abyei—a disputed border region of farmland, desert and oil fields—has its origins in a long-running disagreement between two pastoralist groups, the local Ngok…
Environmental Peacebuilding Awards: Call for Submissions
Sep 23, 2021
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Environmental Peacebuilding Association
To honor outstanding contributions to environmental peacebuilding, the Environmental Peacebuilding Association sponsors awards for leaders, practitioners, and researchers. The Association is seeking nominations for awards to…
Zambia: Study Finds Gender Gap in Benefits of Plant Clinics
Sep 22, 2021
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Ijeoma Ukazu
Researchers assessed whether male and female farmers benefit equally from plant clinicsBoth achieve positive outcomes but these are disproportionately greater in men, the study foundWomen…
Climate Action Must Advance the Rights of Women and Girls
Sep 22, 2021
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Baroness Sugg
As an advocate for gender equality, I believe the most urgent change needed for women and girls is strong action on the climate crisis.
Today is…
It Makes Economic Sense for Women to Lead the Fight Against the Climate Crisis
Sep 22, 2021
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Oladosu Adenike
For the first time ever, the United Nations body whose mission is to promote and protect human rights around the world, passed a resolution recognising access…
Call for Proposals: PeaceCon@10, COVID, Climate, and Conflict: Rising to the Challenges of a Disrupted World (Deadline: 8th October 2021)
Sep 21, 2021
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Alliance for Peacebuilding and US Institute of Peace
In partnership with the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), the Alliance for Peacebuilding (AfP) is proud to announce the theme for PeaceCon@10, COVID, Climate,…
Harnessing Drones, Geophysics and Artificial Intelligence to Root out Land Mines
Sep 21, 2021
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Kevin Krajick, Columbia Climate School
Armed with a newly minted undergraduate degree in geology, Jasper Baur is in the mining business. Not those mines where we extract metals or minerals;…
Climate Crisis Exacerbates Military Legacy Contamination
Sep 21, 2021
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Wim Zwijnenburg
The hazardous remnants of war are re-emerging. They include unexploded ordnance (UXO) and other vestiges of war. These military hazards that climate change can “wake…