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DRC: Congo Ends Oil Production-Sharing Agreements with Israeli Investor Gertler

Jun 20, 2021 | Reuters

Democratic Republic of Congo has ended production-sharing agreements for two oil concessions with companies controlled by Israeli investor Dan Gertler, the hydrocarbons ministry said in…

Climate Change: NATO Cracks Down on ‘Threat Multiplier’ Climate Change

Jun 19, 2021 | Kylie Bielby, Homeland Security Today

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has said its members have pledged to “significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions from military activities” adding that “the security…

Peace Agreements with a Gender Perspective Are Still an Exception, Not the Rule

Jun 18, 2021 | Laura Wise

At the Political Settlements Research Programme, we track the frequency and detail of how peace agreements include references to women, girls and gender, and our…

Climate Security and the US-Russia Summit

Jun 18, 2021 | Steve Brock and Roger Ullman

When Presidents Biden and Putin meet today on the shores of Lake Geneva they won’t be short of contentious topics to discuss. With the bilateral…

Climate Change: Newly Formed Australian Security Leaders Group Calls for Climate Security Risk Assessment

Jun 18, 2021 | Homeland Security Today

The recently established Australian Security Leaders Climate Group (ASLCG) says a whole-of-nation and security risk assessment is required. A security risk assessment would, the group…

Guterres - Bring Crimes of Sexual Violence in Conflict Out of ‘the Shadows’, Punish Perpetrators

Jun 17, 2021 | UN News

Sexual violence in conflict “reverberates down generations” and threatens both human and international security, the UN chief said on Thursday in his message for the…

Myanmar: Myanmar's Renewed War Scatters Tens of Thousands to Forests

Jun 17, 2021 | Reuters

The United Nations estimates nearly 110,000 people have been displaced in Myanmar's Kayah State by the recent violence. With new fighting in northern and western…

Afghanistan: Afghan Gov't Builds Water Canal in Restive District

Jun 17, 2021 | Xinhua

The Ministry of Rehabilitation and Rural Development has completed the work for building a water canal in the troubled Arghandab district of the southern Kandahar…

Guterres - Bring Crimes of Sexual Violence in Conflict Out of ‘the Shadows’, Punish Perpetrators

Jun 17, 2021 | UN News

Sexual violence in conflict “reverberates down generations” and threatens both human and international security, the UN chief said on Thursday in his message for the…

Afghanistan: Plant-Based Meth from Afghanistan Is Turning up All over the World

Jun 16, 2021 | Niko Vorobyov, Vice

Better-known for its vast poppy fields supplying up to 90 percent of the world’s heroin, Afghanistan’s new plant-based meth – which is cheaper and easier…

Iraq: Rise in Iraqi Cancer Cases May Be Linked to Wars, Environment

Jun 16, 2021 | Adnan Abu Zeed, Al-Monitor

Director of the Environmental Department in southern Iraq Walid Hamid said May 21 that “Ministry of Health statistics indicate that 2,000 cases of cancer are…

Conflict Minerals: US Plays Catch-up with EU on Conflict Minerals to Turn Page on Trump Era

Jun 16, 2021 | Africa Intelligence

Joe Biden and his advisors are busy making up for lost time after Donald Trump's lack of action relegated Washington to following Brussels' initiatives on mining…

Monitoring and Evaluation of Environmental Peacebuilding

Jun 15, 2021 | ELI, UNEP, and Environmental Peacebuilding Association

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association, the Environmental Law Institute, and the United Nations Environment Programme are collaborating on a project with the United States Institute…

Myanmar Junta Sells Resources to Neighbors in Exchange for ‘Legitimacy’

Jun 15, 2021 | Lin Htet Myat

The Myanmar military (also known as the Tatmadaw), since staging a coup on Feb. 1 against the elected National League for Democracy (NLD) government, has…

UK: Research Associate, Environmental Footprint of the US Military

Jun 15, 2021 | Lancaster University

Lancaster University is a collegiate public research university in Lancaster, Lancashire, England.

The University is accepting applications for a Research Associate to join this new initiative…

NATO and Climate Change: How Big Is the Problem?

Jun 15, 2021

The world's most powerful defence alliance agreed on Monday to step up efforts to tackle climate change for the first time.Nato - the North Atlantic…

Colombia: Colombia’s Increasing Wildfires Caused by Institutional Cattle Ranching and Land-Grabbing

Jun 15, 2021 | Mirage

Oxford and international research partners reveal institutionalised cattle ranching and land-grabbing are the key drivers of Colombia’s increasing wildfires, according to local stakeholders. The findings…

Afghanistan: Millions at Risk of Displacement as Afghanistan Faces Extreme Drought, Warns IRC

Jun 15, 2021 | International Rescue Committee

Severe drought in Afghanistan could trigger the displacement of thousands of families, according to the latest IRC assessment across five provinces in the West, South…

Yemen: New UN Aid Chief Rethinks Stranded Yemen Tanker Mission

Jun 15, 2021 | James Reinl, National

The UN’s incoming aid chief, Martin Griffiths, on Tuesday said he was considering new ideas for a long-delayed mission to repair an oil tanker stranded…

Stronger Together

Jun 14, 2021 | Hannah Elisabeth Kurnoth, Beatrice Mosello, and Janna Greve

What can climate security learn from the women, peace, and security (WPS) agenda? The two agendas share the need for urgent, context-specific, interdisciplinary responses, suggesting…

Sustaining a Climate for Peace

Jun 14, 2021 | Wilson Center

After years of derision under the Trump administration, NATO members are no doubt looking forward to the summit today as a harbinger of closer and…

From Rhetoric to Response: Addressing Climate Security with International Development

Jun 14, 2021 | Daniel Abrahams

Over the past decade, our understanding of how climate change affects conflict and security has advanced considerably. Yet, how to best address the overlapping challenges of climate…

Territorial Disputes in Central Asia on the Threshold of the 30th Anniversary of Independence

Jun 14, 2021 | Ermek Baisalov

The latest armed conflict on the border between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan was the bloodiest military clash in the region over the past 20 years. It…

Liberia: Liberia Switches to Direct Negotiations for Offshore Blocks

Jun 14, 2021 | Offshore

The Liberia Petroleum Regulatory Authority, in collaboration with the National Oil Company of Liberia is offering 33 offshore blocks for direct negotiations.

UK: Postdoctoral Researcher for the OMS Programme in Transboundary Resource Management

Jun 14, 2021 | Oxford University, School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography

The Institute for Science, Innovation and Society (InSIS) at the University of Oxford is looking to recruit a postdoctoral research fellow (12 months) for the…

How Does War Contribute to Climate Change?

Jun 14, 2021 | Eoghan Darbyshire and Doug Weir

Armed conflicts often halt or reverse economic development. Because of this, it is generally assumed that they lead to reductions in the emissions that contribute…

Lauren Risi

Project Director, Environmental Change and Security Program
Environmental Change and Security Program, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
United States
Jun 14, 2021

Lauren Herzer Risi directs the Wilson Center’s Environmental Change and Security Program(ECSP), which fosters a community of researchers and practitioners pursuing the connections between the…

Lebanon: Request for Trainer, Civil Society Programme - Positive Masculinities / Men Engage Approach Training of Trainer

Jun 13, 2021 | Search for Common Ground

Search for Common Ground is an international non-governmental organization that works to end violent conflict and build healthy, safe, and just societies. It is the…

DRC: Country Manager

Jun 13, 2021 | Natural Resource Governance Institute

The Natural Resource Governance Institute is an independent nonprofit organisation dedicated to improving countries' governance over their natural resources to promote sustainable and inclusive development.

Background: 

In…

South Sudan: Country Director

Jun 13, 2021 | Wildlife Conservation Society

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is a US non-profit, tax-exempt, private organization established in 1895 that saves wildlife and wild places by understanding critical issues,…