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China/Philippines: ‘Only Pirates Do This’: Philippines Accuses China of Using Bladed Weapons in Major South China Sea Escalation
Jun 20, 2024
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CNN
The Philippines has accused China’s Coast Guard of launching a “brutal assault” with bladed weapons during a South China Sea clash earlier this week, a…
Afghanistan: Taliban Earn Nearly $90 Million from Mining, Oil Fields in Two Months
Jun 20, 2024
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Amu TV
In less than two months, the Taliban has generated nearly $90 million, equivalent to 63.9 billion Afghanis, from mining and oil field extractions in Afghanistan,…
Colombia: The Landmark Ruling against Chiquita Exposes the Failure of Voluntary “Corporate Social Responsibility”
Jun 20, 2024
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Manpreet Kaur Kalra and Anna Canning
Last week, Chiquita Brands International — one of the world’s largest banana distributors — was found liable in a Florida court for financing a Colombian paramilitary group. The ruling marks a landmark…
Colombia: Colombia Faces Severe Food Insecurity Due to Conflict, Extreme Weather Patterns
Jun 20, 2024
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StringersHub
More than 4.5 million people in Colombia are facing severe levels of food insecurity, particularly in rural areas, due to armed conflicts, low income and…
The Hidden Crisis of Lake Chad: How Environmental Degradation Fuels Boko Haram
Jun 20, 2024
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Eleonora Cammarano
Situated in Central Africa, Lake Chad was once a flourishing freshwater reservoir that sustained the lives of more than 30 million people across Chad, Cameroon,…
Forests: How Effective Is the EU’s Marquee Policy to Reduce the Illegal Timber Trade?
Jun 19, 2024
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Mike Gaworecki, Mongabay
It’s extremely difficult, perhaps impossible, to determine the full extent of the illicit production and trade of timber worldwide. Illegal loggers and the shadowy networks…
Risks and Restoration: Land as a Driver of Conflict and Cooperation
Jun 19, 2024
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Beatrice Mosello and Mary Potts
Land is crucial to people’s livelihoods, health and wellbeing, culture and identity. So disputes over access to or use of land are a prominent feature…
Gendered Perspectives on Maritime Security: An Ocean of Opportunity for Caribbean Island States
Jun 19, 2024
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Marisa O. Ensor
Maritime security constitutes a geopolitical, legal, and environmental issue of critical importance. For small island developing states (SIDS), maritime security has also emerged as a…
Israel/Palestine: Gaza Conflict Has Caused Major Environmental Damage, UN Says
Jun 18, 2024
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Gloria Dickie and Alison Withers, Reuters
The conflict in Gaza has created unprecedented soil, water and air pollution in the region, destroying sanitation systems and leaving tons of debris from explosive…
DRC: What $7 bn ‘Minerals-for-Infra’ Pact with China Could Mean for Democratic Republic of Congo
Jun 18, 2024
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Manavi Sharma, ThePrint
Ties are ‘extractive’ given vast cobalt reserves in DRC and China’s bid to leverage its ability to fund infra in one of world’s least developed…
Colombia: Desperate to Heal the Soil, Colombia’s Smallholder Farmers Go Regenerative
Jun 18, 2024
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Masha Hamilton, Rockefeller Foundation
Sugarcane now accounts for 88.5 percent of the permanent crops in this region. Monoculture crops, which cover some 80 percent of agricultural land globally, are…
Ukraine/Russia: Russia’s War with Ukraine Accelerating Global Climate Emergency, Report Shows
Jun 18, 2024
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Oluwole Ojewale, Institute for Security Studies
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is the world’s leading cobalt producer, contributing around 70% to global production. However, complex levels of organised crime…
Climate Change, Conflict, and Gender Inequality in the MENA Region
Jun 18, 2024
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Zeina Moneer
The Middle East and North Africa is one of the world’s most gender unequal regions; it will take an estimated 140 years for MENA countries to establish parity…
Sudan: Water Crisis Batters War-Torn Sudan as Temperatures Soar
Jun 16, 2024
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Agence France-Presse
War, climate change and man-made shortages have brought Sudan — a nation already facing a litany of horrors — to the shores of a water…
Palestine: Palestinian Children Battle a Deadly Foe in Gaza — Starvation
Jun 14, 2024
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Corky Siemaszko and Courtney Kube, NBC News
Every morning, while the Israelis lay siege to Gaza, a battalion of Palestinian children carrying pots, plastic bottles, buckets and even empty paint cans mobilizes…
Israel/Palestine: UN: More Than Half of Cropland in Hungry Gaza Is Damaged
Jun 14, 2024
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Reuters
More than half of Gaza's agricultural land, crucial for feeding the war-ravaged territory's hungry population, has been degraded by conflict, satellite images analyzed by the…
Climate Change: Where’s the Water?
Jun 14, 2024
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Robert Hunziker, Good Men Project
The world’s megacities are on a knife’s edge of water stress. Climate change is clobbering water resources and testing the nerves of the world, especially…
Afghanistan: Maimana Solar-Powered Water System Benefits 2700 Families
Jun 14, 2024
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Qutbuddin Kohi, Pajhwok Afghan News
A solar-powered clean drinking water supply system has been installed in the first district of Maimana city.
Counting the Climate Costs of Warfare
Jun 14, 2024
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Evan George
There are calls for nations to disclose their military-related greenhouse gas emissions as researchers try to tally the climate impacts of war in Ukraine and…
Global Rush for Farmland Could Trigger World War, Documentary Argues
Jun 14, 2024
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Saul Elbein
A global network of powerful entities, fueled in part by Wall Street, is buying up land and water around the world. This global land rush…
Israel/Palestine: UNOSAT and FAO Reveal Substantial Increase in Damage to Gaza's Cropland amid Ongoing Conflict
Jun 13, 2024
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UN International Training and Research Center
The United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT), in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), has released an update on the…
Kiwa Initiative Promotes Gender Equality in Nature-Based Solutions for Land Restoration
Jun 13, 2024
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IUCN
As we celebrate World Environment Day, this event is very important for communities around the world who are closely connected to the health of our…
$8.6 Million Grant Approved to Boost Non-Oil Revenue in South Sudan
Jun 13, 2024
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Radio Tamazuj
The management of the African Development Bank Group has approved a grant funding of $8.6 million to South Sudan to advance the second phase of…
Women Leaders from Chile and Colombia Share Their Experience in Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding
Jun 12, 2024
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Daniel Sandoval
In Cauca, Indigenous Mapuche women from the Araucanía region in Chile, Nasa and Misak women from Colombia and local women leaders shared their experiences as…
Swiss Parliament Defies ECHR on Climate Women's Case
Jun 12, 2024
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Imogen Foulkes
Swiss women who won a historic ruling on climate change at the European Court of Human Rights say they feel shocked and betrayed by their…
Low-Income Countries Host 75% of EJAtlas' Environmental Conflicts
Jun 12, 2024
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Mirage
The Environmental Justice Atlas (EJAtlas), created by researchers at the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB), has documented…
Conflict, Climate, and Hunger: The Dynamics of Food Insecurity in Nigeria
Jun 12, 2024
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Oladosu Adebola Oluwaseun
Food insecurity remains a pressing issue in Nigeria, a country with significant agricultural potential yet plagued by various socio-economic challenges. Despite efforts to achieve food…
With Oil Exports Disrupted, What Lies Ahead for South Sudan?
Jun 12, 2024
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Alan Boswell and Edmund Yakani
In this episode of The Horn, Alan talks with Edmund Yakani, executive director of the Community Empowerment for Progress Organization, about South Sudan's widening fiscal…
Colombia Land Invasion: Thousands Face Eviction for Illegal Occupation [Video]
Jun 12, 2024
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Al Jazeera
Wooden shacks cover the 378 hectares of the Santa Helena ranch, currently Colombia’s largest land invasion. In the past two months, about 7,000 families have…
Climate Change and Gender Roles: Women’s Active Role in Adaptation
Jun 12, 2024
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Sarah B. Barnes
“The success or failure of any adaptation strategy or action highly depends on the understanding of the capacities of a community or an individual to…