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Translating Urgency into Action on Water, Climate, and Security

May 7, 2021 | Ratia Tekenet

“We need to devote our full attention to the relationship between water, climate, and security, increase understanding of the issue, and take urgent action,” said…


Improving Resource Governance and Building Sustainable Peace

May 7, 2021 | Stacy D. VanDeveer

In a recently published piece in World Development, Florian Krampe, Farah Hegazi and Stacy D VanDeveer explore the potentially dramatic benefits of improved environmental and…


The Environmental Cost of the War on Tigray

May 7, 2021 | Teklehaymanot G. Weldemichel

It has been more than  six months since the Ethiopian regime of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, the 2019 Nobel Peace Laureate, declared a full-scale war…


Four Months into Brexit, the UK and France Have Resorted to Gunboat Diplomacy over Fish

May 6, 2021 | Luke McGee, CNN

Take a glance at the British media and you'd be forgiven for thinking that the UK was preparing for war with France. On Wednesday night,…


Philippines: Tausug Women in Conflict Areas Find Solution to Food Security

May 5, 2021 | Liza Abubakar-Jocson, Manila Bulletin

A simple gardening program in Sulu is bringing soldiers and residents together to address the root of poverty and conflict in island communities. Tausug women…


Afghanistan: At Least 19 Killed after Flash Floods in Western Afghanistan

May 5, 2021 | Anadolu Agency

At least 19 people were killed in flash floods caused by heavy downpour in Afghanistan's western Herat province, the country's officials said Tuesday. Heavy rains…


Climate Justice and Gender Justice: An Essential Pairing to Get Resilience Right

May 5, 2021 | Molly Middlehurst and Tamar Eisen

Young women activists from around the world have been leaders in the movement to combat climate change — organizing protests, rallies, strikes, sit-ins and lawsuits…


Peace Is Possible in Afghanistan

May 5, 2021 | Mirwais Wakil and Anthony Pahnke

Few have hope for Afghanistan. Those in favour of the United States government’s decision to withdraw forces from Afghanistan see no pathway to victory by…


Iraq: Circular Solution to Mosul’s Conflict Debris Launched

May 4, 2021 | UN Environment Programme

Mosul – Iraq’s second largest city – suffered massive devastation during the conflict with the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). An estimated…


Myanmar: Political Instability Puts Myanmar’s Biggest Mangrove Forest at Risk

May 4, 2021 | Burma News International

Wun Paik mangrove forest, the biggest of its kind in Myanmar, has seen increased logging since the military coup in February, according to Ramree Township…


EnPAx Icon Pre-registration Notice: Symposium with Three 2-Hour Meetings in June 2021 on Securing Clean Water in Transboundary Indus, Jordan, Mekong and Amazon Basins through Science and Environmental Diplomacy

May 4, 2021 | University of Vermont and Environmental Peacebuilding Association

Participants in this Road to Geneva symposium will deliberate upon ongoing community-based science and environmental diplomacy approaches to identify cooperative, yet feasible scientific, technological, legal,…


EnPAx Icon Kelly Bridges

JD Candidate
University of Chicago Law School
United States
May 4, 2021

Kelly Bridges is the Senior Associate at Global Water 2020, where she supports water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) advocacy work throughout the developing world. She…


In Colombia, Indigenous Lands Are Ground Zero for a Wind Energy Boom

May 3, 2021 | María Paula Rubiano

The northernmost tip of South America, home to the Indigenous Wayúu people, is the epicenter of Colombia’s nascent wind energy industry. But Wayúu leaders are…


Examining the Interconnected Threats to a Biodiversity Hotspot in Columbia

May 3, 2021 | Daniel Henryk Rasolt

Sumapaz is the world's largest páramo — a type of high-altitude moorland ecosystem found in the South and Central American neotropics that functions as a…


“Land Is Now the Biggest Gun”: Climate Change, Conflict, and the Telling Case of Karamoja, Uganda

May 3, 2021 | Daniel Abrahams

Whether and how climate change drives conflict has driven considerable debate over the past decade. Yet understandings of climate-conflict remain general, and in many respects,…


Syria: Environment and Climate Change Programme Officer (based in Jordan)

May 2, 2021 | ACTED

Since 1993, as an international non-governmental organization, ACTED has been committed to immediate humanitarian relief to support those in urgent need and protect people’s dignity,…


USA: Monitoring Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Lead

May 2, 2021 | Natural Resource Governance Institute

For the one billion people living in poverty in resource-rich countries, the oil, gas and mining sectors have failed to deliver on the promise of…


Peru: Los Servicios Profesionales de Consultoría para “Propuesta de Instrumentos Complementarios para la Comisión Binacional para la Gestión Integrada de los Recursos Hídricos de las Cuencas Transfronterizas entre la República del Ecuador y la República d

May 2, 2021 | International Union for the Conservation of Nature

La UICN, Unión International para la Conservación de la Naturaleza y los Recursos Naturales, ayuda al mundo a encontrar soluciones pragmáticas para nuestros desafíos más…


Yemen: Consultancy on Fish Hatchery Business Development

May 2, 2021 | Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe

Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe (DKH) is a recognized cooperation partner of ECHO, the Office for Humanitarian Aid of the European Commission, as well as of EuronAid, a…


UK: Monitoring Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Lead

May 2, 2021 | Natural Resource Governance Institute

For the one billion people living in poverty in resource-rich countries, the oil, gas and mining sectors have failed to deliver on the promise of…


Nigeria: Consultancy, Imagining a Future beyond Oil

May 2, 2021 | Natural Resource Governance Institute

For the one billion people living in poverty in resource-rich countries, the oil, gas and mining sectors have failed to deliver on the promise of…


Yemen: Consultancy on Energy-Efficient Cook Stoves and Solar Food Driers

May 2, 2021 | Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe

Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe (DKH) is a recognized cooperation partner of ECHO, the Office for Humanitarian Aid of the European Commission, as well as of EuronAid, a…


USA: Research Associate, Hydrology and Climate Change, Biological and Environmental Engineering

May 2, 2021 | Cornell University

The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University embraces diversity and seeks candidates who will contribute to a climate that supports students, faculty,…


Syria: WASH Advisor for Whole of Syria

May 2, 2021 | Relief International

Relief International (RI) is a leading nonprofit organization working in 16 countries to relieve poverty, ensure well-being and advance dignity. They specialize in fragile settings,…


Israel: Finance and Operations Manager

May 2, 2021 | EcoPeace Middle East

EcoPeace Middle East is a unique organization that brings together Jordanian, Palestinian, and Israeli environmentalists. Our primary objective is to promote cooperative efforts to protect…


Africa de l'Ouest: Mission de consultation pour l’appui technique à l’équipe du PREE en matière de gouvernance des ressources naturelles, de droits et de gestion des conflits, ainsi qu’en matière de planification et gestion intégrée des ressources naturel

May 2, 2021 | International Union for the Conservation of Nature

Le Comité français de l'UICN est le réseau des organismes et des experts de l'Union internationale pour la conservation de la nature en France.

I- Contexte et Justification Du PREE

1.1-Contexte…


Kyrgyzstan/Tajikistan: Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan Agree New Ceasefire after Border Clashes

May 1, 2021 | Al Jazeera

Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have agreed what they called a complete ceasefire after reports of fresh shooting and troop build-ups in the aftermath of border clashes…


Rights Watch: Turkey's Cutting off Euphrates Waters Is War Crime

May 1, 2021 | Olfa Haj Mansour

The Turkish occupation state wages a water war on the regions of north and east Syria, and resorts to locking up the Euphrates water, which…


Afghanistan: La Niña Looms Large over One-Third of Afghan Population Acutely Food Insecure Today

Apr 30, 2021 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN

One in three Afghans are acutely food insecure, according to the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report released by the Government of the…


China/India/Kyrgyzstan/Tajikistan: Press Review: What Sparked the Tajik-Kyrgyz Conflict and China Beating India in S. Asia

Apr 30, 2021 | TASS

A conflict over a disputed water distribution facility on the border between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, which broke out on the morning of April 29, quickly…