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Call for Abstracts — Symposium on Environmental Peacebuilding in Mountain Areas: Bio-cultural Diversity and the Arts of Living on Damaged Slopes

Oct 13, 2026 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association and Unit for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Innsbruck

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association (EnPAx) and the Unit for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Innsbruck invite abstracts for a three-day symposium on…

Request for Proposals to Host the Sixth International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding

Oct 12, 2026 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

The Board of Directors of the Environmental Peacemaking Association® (EnPAx®) invites proposals to host the Sixth International Conferences on Environmental Peacebuilding in 2030. 

This RFP provides…

Remote: Consultancy – Food Insecurity and Armed Groups

Oct 12, 2026 | Geneva Call

Geneva Call is a neutral and independent humanitarian organization working to improve the protection of civilians in armed conflict. The objective of the consultancy is…

Libya: Disaster Preparedness ECHO Project Coordinator

Oct 12, 2026 | Norwegian Red Cross

North Africa is increasingly vulnerable to climate-related hazards, environmental degradation and socio-economic pressures. In Libya, these risks are compounded by fragile infrastructure, institutional fragmentation, displacement…

Chad: TCA - Coordinateur Terrain (H/F)

Oct 12, 2026 | Solidarités International

(SI) est une association d’aide humanitaire internationale qui, depuis plus de 40 ans, porte secours aux populations victimes de conflits armés et de catastrophes naturelles…

Yemen: Country Director

Oct 12, 2026 | ZOA International

ZOA is an international NGO supporting people who have lost everything due to armed conflict or natural disaster. Together we can come to their aid…

Syria: WASH Project Officer – Deir ez-Zor

Oct 12, 2026 | IYD International Humanitarian Relief Association

IYD is a Turkish, non-governmental, and non-profit organization which has no political association working in various fields of humanitarian relief and development. IYD was established…

Syria: Senior Project Officer (Assistant to the Chief of Party)

Oct 12, 2026 | Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development

Founded in Afghanistan, against the backdrop of a forgotten crisis, Acted’s mission is to save lives and support people in meeting their needs in hard-to-reach…

Nepal: Coordinator - United Nations University (UNU) Hub [Fixed-Term Project Position]

Oct 12, 2026 | International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development

The UNU Hub at ICIMOD is a newly established collaborative platform that advances research, education, and partnerships to strengthen the resilience of mountain communities in…

Somalia: Expression of Interest: Annual Resilience Measurement - SomReP

Oct 12, 2026
World Vision

Somali Resilience Programme (SomReP) is a consortium of seven international NGOs and one local NGO whose aim is to tackle the challenge of mitigating the…

Kenya: Regional Programme Specialist (Regional Responses to Climate Displacement)

Oct 12, 2026 | International Organization for Migration

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is the UN Migration Agency. With 175 member states, it is committed to the principle that humane and orderly…

Afghanistan: FAO Warns of Increased Rainfall and Flood Risks in Afghanistan

Oct 11, 2026
Hasht-e-Subh Daily

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has forecast that above-average rainfall could support rain-fed wheat cultivation while also increasing the risk of flash…

Ecocide: Iran FM Calls for Intl. Accountability for Environmental Destruction in Conflicts

Oct 11, 2026 | Hamid Babaee
Fars

Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araqchi announced Iran’s readiness to join collective efforts to prevent large-scale environmental destruction, strengthen regional cooperation, and enhance international accountability…

Ecocide: Araghchi: Nature Has No Voice; World Must Not Let Environment Be Silent Victim of War

Oct 11, 2026
Iranian Students' News Agency

Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi has stressed that the environment should no longer be considered a silent victim of war, calling for international accountability…

Afghanistan: Mushroom Farming Provides New Income Opportunities in Kandahar

Oct 10, 2026 | Ataullah Omar
TOLOnews

The Kandahar Department of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock says mushroom farming requires less labor and generates higher income.

From Commodities to Conflict: Fueling Sudan’s War Economy

Oct 9, 2026 | Alessandra Bajec

This paper examines Sudan’s war as a self-sustaining political economy embedded in regional and global supply chains. It argues that the conflict persists as armed…

Colombia: Colombia's Celsia Puts US$26mn Solar Park before Environmental Authorities

Oct 9, 2026
Bnamericas

Colombian energy group Celsia filed an environmental impact study (EIS) for a solar project worth 82bn pesos (US$26mn) in Córdoba department. The 19.9MW Montelíbano plant…

Liberia: The Resource Curse! —Sirleaf Challenges a Century-Old Concession Model to Finally Break the Cycle

Oct 9, 2026 | William Q. Harmon and David A. Yates
Observer

Former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has reopened one of the country’s oldest and most consequential economic debates—why a country endowed with extraordinary natural resources has…

Environmental Community Organising (ECO) Fellowship [Deadline: October 15, 2026]

Oct 9, 2026 | ArtPeace: Earth

The ECO Fellows Program is a funded, hands-on training opportunity for young leaders who are interested in nature, peace, and collective action for sustainable justice.The…

Call for Papers: The Role of Militaries in Global Sustainability: Linkages, Impacts, Activities, and Operations

Oct 9, 2026 | Cambridge University Press

Global environmental change is accelerating and compounding conflict and security risks. More frequent and intense disasters are displacing people, rising demand for land and minerals…

Kenya: Turkana Women Turn Prosopis-Infested Land into Irrigated Vegetable Farms

Oct 8, 2026 | Peter Gitonga
Kenya News Agency

The triple planetary crisis – climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution – has very real and very unequal impacts on women, girls and gender-diverse people.

This…

Russia’s Plan to Target Ukraine’s Water Supply Would Set a Dangerous Precedent

Oct 8, 2026 | Brynn Tannehill

Russia is reportedly preparing to strike Ukraine’s water and electrical infrastructure this winter, as the war stalls, Russian casualties mount and more of its jet-powered…

Resilient Food Systems and the Nature-Climate-Conflict Nexus

Oct 8, 2026 | Lauren Herzer Risi and Carolyn Gruber

Food systems depend on healthy ecosystems as much as they depend on a stable climate and peace. Yet the distinction between an ecological signal and…

Afghanistan: UNICEF Reports Positive Impact of Water and Health Investments in Parwan

Oct 8, 2026 | Mohammad Farhaad
Hasht-e-Subh Daily

Tajudeen Oyewale, the representative of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Afghanistan, says that investment in the water and health sectors in Parwan Province…

Food Security: Armed Conflict Accelerates Global Cropland Loss: Study

Oct 8, 2026
Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters

Armed conflict accelerates cropland loss, and the effects can persist for years after conflict begins and vary substantially with conflict severity and social conditions, according…

Falkland Islands: How an Oil Project Reignited UK-Argentina Falklands Dispute

Oct 8, 2026 | Arthur Sullivan
Deutsche Welle

Argentina and the UK once fought a war over the Falkland Islands. Now, the multibillion-dollar Sea Lion oil project has reignited old tensions, with Buenos…

Afghanistan: Kabul Faces Water Crisis as Groundwater Could Run Dry by 2030

Oct 8, 2026 | Fidel Rahmati
Khaama Press

Afghanistan’s capital is facing a deepening water crisis, with groundwater levels falling sharply and nearly half of the city’s boreholes already dry, raising fears that…

New Data Reveal Weakening Emissions Reporting and Rising Military Spending

Oct 7, 2026 | Grace Alexander

The case for mandatory military emissions reporting under the UNFCCC is growing stronger with every flood and heatwave.

Argentina: POSCO Inauguration: From an Area of Conflict to Opportunity and Cooperation

Oct 7, 2026
Panorama Minero

On the occasion of the inauguration of Plant II, and with Stages III and IV under way, Catamarca Governor Raúl Jalil and Salta Governor Gustavo…

Pakistan: Pine Nut Forests under Threat in South Waziristan

Oct 7, 2026 | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Khyber News

Centuries-old pine nut forests in Angoor Adda, part of Tehsil Birmal in Lower South Waziristan, are being cut down without restraint. Residents say the illegal…