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Addressing the Environmental and Humanitarian Challenges of Landmines
Jul 5, 2024
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Inna Chefranova, EU Today
The pervasive use of landmines in conflicts around the world has become a universal issue, impacting numerous countries and posing significant challenges for decades. Landmines…
Cross-Cutting Themes and Priorities of the Environmental Compact for the Green Future of Ukraine
Jul 5, 2024
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Andriy Demydenko
In February 2024, the High-Level Working Group on the Environmental Consequences of War, which includes Ukrainian and European officials, signed an Environmental Compact for Ukraine. The…
Taliban’s Approach to Natural Disasters
Jul 3, 2024
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Pupsa Kumari, Mahonar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses
Climate change is one of the most important challenges in the 21st century and has unfavourable consequences, including droughts, floods, storms, decrease in rainfall, landslides,…
Taliban’s Approach to Natural Disasters
Jul 3, 2024
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Puspa Kumari
Climate change is one of the most important challenges in the 21st century and has unfavourable consequences, including droughts, floods, storms, decrease in rainfall, landslides,…
Conflict, Land Dispossession, and the Struggle for Gender Equality in Cameroon
Jul 2, 2024
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Dean Peacock
This interview with Lotsmart Fonjong is part of series of interviews by WILPF to reflect on the original research produced by the Mobilising Men for Feminist Peace…
Diseases Spread in Gaza amid Water and Sewage Crisis
Jul 2, 2024
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Tareq Abu Azzoum, Al Jazeera English
A lack of clean water and sanitation combined with the heat of summer is fuelling the spread of infectious diseases. It’s putting additional pressure on…
Not Yet Uhuru: DRC a Victim of Its Immense Mineral Wealth
Jul 2, 2024
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Veronica Mente, The African
On this occasion of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) 64th anniversary of independence from colonisation, it is important to take the opportunity to highlight…
A Roadmap For a Greener, Gender-Inclusive Future
Jul 2, 2024
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Nathalie A. Gabala and Emmanuel Nyirinkindi
Many companies in emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs) are now prioritizing climate action and advancing gender inclusiveness. However, there are still too few bringing…
Towards a Common Vision of Climate, Peace, Security and Migration in Zimbabwe
Jul 1, 2024
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Giulia Caroli, Cedric De Coning, Gracsious Maviza, Joram Tarusarira, Henintsoa Onivola Minoarivelo, and Nqobile Moyo
Zimbabwe is one of the countries in Southern Africa most affected by climate variability and change. This year, Zimbabwe experienced its worst drought in decades, affecting…
South Sudan: Antelope Poaching on rise in South Sudan
Jun 29, 2024
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Associated Press
Seen from the air, they ripple across the landscape — a river of antelope racing across the vast grasslands of South Sudan in what conservationists…
South Sudan: Antelope Poaching on Rise in South Sudan
Jun 29, 2024
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Voice of America
Seen from the air, they ripple across the landscape — a river of antelope racing across the vast grasslands of South Sudan in what conservationists…
In Cameroon, Breaking Barriers for Women in Restoration
Jun 29, 2024
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Monica Evans & Laurianne Mefan
Restoring land and reducing its degradation is crucial for Cameroon’s sustainable development and long-term resilience. Over 70 percent of the population depend on agriculture for…
South Sudan: Block 1,2,4 Oil Fields Vandalized in Recent Inter-communal Violence
Jun 29, 2024
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Michael Daniel
The Ministry of Petroleum said some oil facilities in the region encompassing Unity State and Ruweng Administrative Area were vandalized and operation was affected following…
Women Lead Sustainable Livestock Farming near the Colombian Amazon Rainforest
Jun 28, 2024
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Sean Mattson
Women in Colombia’s Amazon Rainforest biome highly value trees on their small-scale livestock farms. Better integration of farmers' motivations to conserve the environment could support…
Renewable Energy as a Tool for Peace: Emerging Opportunities and New Challenges
Jun 28, 2024
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Energy Peace Partners
Renewable energy can offer a multi-pronged solution that can provide numerous benefits, especially in fragile countries: those most affected by conflict and climate risks, and…
UN Action on Gender and Climate Faces Uphill Climb As Warming Hurts Women
Jun 28, 2024
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Daisy Clague
In poor households without taps, the responsibility for collecting water typically falls on women and girls. As climate change makes water scarcer and they have…
Tackling Gender Disparity in Land Ownership in FCT
Jun 27, 2024
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Emmanuel Chisom
Land is one the most valued properties in the world. It is not for nothing that famous economic scholar, Adam Smith, classified it as one of the…
Health Equity and Gender Equality in a More Violent World
Jun 26, 2024
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Valerie Percival
Violence and instability are rising around the world. Researchers recorded 2022 as the "deadliest year since the Rwandan genocide in 1994" and 2023 as experiencing the highest number of…
How to Advance Peace and Security Through a Climate and Gender Lens? Reflections From Youth at the UN Women’s GEN-Forum 2024
Jun 25, 2024
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Clare Steiner & Khaing Su Lwin
The unfolding triple crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution in the Asia-Pacific region has critical implications for human security, conflict, and inequality. Climate…
How to Make Locally Led Climate Adaptation Finance More Gender Responsive
Jun 25, 2024
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Ntezi Mbabazi & Rose Pinnington
Northern donors are making efforts to fund local actors more directly and enable greater local leadership, notably within climate adaptation programming aiming to promote gender equality. And…
Remote: Social Inclusion Research Opportunity
Jun 25, 2024
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Environmental Law Institute
The Environmental Law Institute is seeking Visiting Researchers (graduate degree holders or professionals), Law Clerks (current law students), and Research Interns (current or recent undergraduates)…
South Sudan: South Sudan Revenge Attack Sparked by Cattle Raid Kills 17
Jun 24, 2024
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Reuters
A revenge attack triggered by a cattle raid earlier this month has killed at least 17 people in northern South Sudan and forced oil workers…
Barriers to the Engagement of Women in UN Peace Operations
Jun 24, 2024
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Eleanor Gordon
Women’s meaningful participation in peace operations is critical to building sustainable peace. Yet, women continue to be marginalised, especially in senior roles, because of organisational,…
Flowing Together: Peace and Conflict’s Role in Socio-Hydrology
Jun 24, 2024
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Stefan Doring, Kyungmee Kim, and Ashok Swain
In an era where water scarcity and disputes over water rights increasingly shape global politics, understanding the nexus between water and peace is more critical…
Wars Cause Widespread Pollution and Environmental Damage − Here’s How to Address It in Peace Accords
Jun 23, 2024
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Richard Marcantonio and Josefina Echavarria Alvarez
Few agreements include environmental provisions, and even fewer see them carried out, even though research shows that many drivers of conflict can be directly or…
Niger: Coup-Hit Niger Was Betting on a China-backed Oil Pipeline as a Lifeline. Then the Troubles Began
Jun 22, 2024
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Associated Press
A China-backed pipeline that would make Niger an oil-exporting country is being threatened by an internal security crisis and a diplomatic dispute with neighoring Benin,…
Afghanistan: Climate Change Impacting Eradicating of Poppy Cultivation
Jun 22, 2024
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TOLOnews
The Washington Post reported that climate change is a serious challenge to eradicating drug production in Afghanistan. According to the report, climate change has made…
South Sudan: Illegal Poaching Threatens to Wipe out South Sudan’s Elephants and Other Wildlife
Jun 21, 2024
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Patrick Oyet, Channel News Asia
Nimule is one of six national parks and more than 10 game reserves covering over 13 per cent of South Sudan’s terrain. Many of the…
As Climate Change and Conflict Increase, New IUCN Reports Says Conservationists Need to Better Consider How They Engage with Migration and Displacement of Both Human and Other Species
Jun 21, 2024
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International Union for Conservation of Nature
In a thought-provoking new report titled "Planet on the Move", IUCN’s Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP) underscores the need for a paradigm…
“Now What?” Addressing the Climate-Gender-Security Nexus at NATO
Jun 20, 2024
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Siena Cicarelli and Cori Fleser
At the 2021 Brussels Summit, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) endorsed its first-ever Climate Change and Security Action Plan, with the aim to “mainstream…