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Issue #320 – Apr 14, 2026 |
Announcements
March 30, 2026 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association The Environmental Peacebuilding Association (EnPAx) is pleased to announce that it has launched a new online Member Directory. The directory is streamlined and searchable.
March 25, 2026 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association At the Fourth International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding (16-19 June 2026), the Environmental Peacebuilding Association will present the Award for Best Student Paper on Environmental Peacebuilding.
March 17, 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. |
EventsFor more upcoming events on environmental peacebuilding, please visit our online calendar of events.
June 16, 2026 - 2026-06-19
Environmental Peacebuilding Association and University of Ottawa
An Intergenerational Perspective on Environmental Peacebuilding (A Path to Ottawa Event)
May 29, 2026
Environmental Peacebuilding Association
Nature and Wars Seminar 5: Research and Education in Wartime Conditions
May 5, 2026
University of Oulu
April 28, 2026
Oceans Futures, World Wildlife Fund
Nature and Wars Seminar 4: Pollution as a War Consequence
April 24, 2026
University of Oulu
Climate Finance as a Tool for Global Stability
April 21, 2026
Stimson Center and Green Climate Fund
Nature and Wars Seminar 3: Protected Areas in the Wartime
April 17, 2026
University of Oulu
Resolving Land Disputes: Communities and Governments Bridging Land Governance Institutions
April 16, 2026
Netherlands Enterprise Agency and the Land Portal Foundation
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LibraryIn the last two weeks, 10 new publications were added to our online library of materials on environmental peacebuilding. Teaching Materials: Water Diplomacy – Turning Rivers into Bridges
April 14, 2026 | Martina Klimes
How the War in Iran Is Reshaping the Energy Landscape
April 14, 2026 | Aisha Al-Sarihi
The US-Israel War on Iran and How War and Conflict Are Destroying the Environment
April 14, 2026 | Mehdi Leman
Environmental Provisions in Formal Peace Agreements: What Does the Literature Say?
April 14, 2026 | Richard Marcantonio, Gabrielle Penna, and Liam Gibson
April 14, 2026 | Sheryn See, Aaron Opdyke, and Susan Banki
Ecocide: Criminalising Serious Harm against the Environment
April 14, 2026 | Laura Burgers, Merle Kooijman, Stavros Evdokimos Pantazopoulos, and Christophe Paulussen
April 13, 2026 | Mohammad Alsalmi, Omar Alatawil Doaa Badran, Mahmoud Abdelhady, Naser Alsherman, and Ehab Alrousan
Climate Security, Migration and Fragility
April 2, 2026 | Teresa Talò
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JobsPlease visit our jobs page to view these positions and other job opportunities. Palestine: FEWS NET Country Technical Sr. Specialist-Conflict - West Bank April 13, 2026 | Chemonics The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) is an integrated set of activities funded by the United States Government (USG) and is intended to provide timely, accurate, evidence-based, and transparent food insecurity…CAR: FEWS NET Country Technical Lead - Central African Republic April 13, 2026 | Chemonics The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) is an integrated set of activities funded by the United States Government (USG) and is intended to provide timely, accurate, evidence-based, and transparent food insecurity…Republic of Congo: Program Manager April 13, 2026 | Wildlife Conservation Society WCS stands for wildlife and wild places. As the world’s premier wildlife conservation organization, WCS has a long track record of achieving innovative, impactful results at scale.Tchad: Directeur(trice) de Projet Climat et Environnement – N’Djaména April 13, 2026 | Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development Acted travaille avec 19 millions de personnes dans 43 pays au carrefour de l’humanitaire, du développement, et des programmes climatiques et environnementaux.Somalia: Senior Program Manager (Roving) April 13, 2026 | Secours Islamique France Secours Islamique France (SIF) is an international humanitarian NGO founded in 1991.Syria: Hydrological Specialist April 13, 2026 | Bonyan Organization Bonyan is an independent non-profit organization established in 2004 in Aleppo, Syria, and officially licensed in Turkey in 2014. Bonyan's response program focuses on three main areas: Education, Protection, and Livelihoods.Myanmar: Deputy Country Director - Programs (M/F) - Yangon April 13, 2026 | Solidarités International Solidarités International (SI) is an international humanitarian aid association which, since more than 40 years, has been providing assistance to populations affected by armed conflicts and natural disasters by meeting their basic needs…Colombia: Asistente de Agua Saneamiento e Higiene (ASH) April 13, 2026 | Danish Refugee Council El Consejo Danés para Refugiados (DRC por sus siglas en inglés) es una de las principales ONGhumanitarias del mundo, que trabaja en más de 40 países para proporcionar asistencia adecuada con un enfoque…Syria: Food Security and Livelihoods (FSL) Manager - Idleb April 13, 2026 | GOAL GOAL an International Humanitarian Organisation has had a presence in Turkiye since 2013 and has been contributing to the migrant response since 2016 with a focus on responding to needs in health service… |
International NewsIn the last two weeks, 22 international news items on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. The following is a sampling: Iran: Iran's Black Rain and the Health Shadow of Oil Wars
April 10, 2026 | Abraham Marshall Nunbogu, Rohit Ramchandani, Mehreen Shami, Wania Khan, and Kaveh Madani
Iran/Lebanon: World Food Programme Warns Lebanon Facing Food Security Crisis Due to Iran War
April 10, 2026 | Olivia Le Poidevin
Ukraine: One of Ukraine's Largest Wetlands May Be Destroyed for Peat Extraction, Activists Say
April 9, 2026
Water: A Rising Tide of Water Wars
April 7, 2026 | Cyril Zenda
Nigeria: Displaced Communities Cry out over Land Grabbing in Rivers
April 6, 2026 | Dennis Naku
Iraq: Drone Strikes Signal Escalating Threat to Iraqi Oil Sector
April 5, 2026
Iran/Kuwait: Kuwait’s Power, Water Plants Damaged as Iran Keeps Attacking Gulf States
April 5, 2026
Iran: War, Carbon, and Chokepoints: How the Iran Conflict Is Recasting Climate Politics
April 4, 2026 | Fitsum Abayineh
Sudan: Sweden Prosecutes Oil Company Executives for War Crimes in Sudan in ‘Trial of the Century’
April 2, 2026
April 2, 2026 | Wairimu Mwangi
March 31, 2026
March 31, 2026 | George Headley
Afghanistan: Kabul and Rainwater: An Opportunity Still Going to Waste
March 30, 2026
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Blogs & OpinionIn the last two weeks, 15 blogs & opinion pieces on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. Here is a sampling: April 13, 2026 | Elaine Donderer The European Citizen Science Association (ECSA)’s working group on citizen science in areas affected by armed conflicts was established in 2025, and ECSA’s March 2026 conference at the University of Oulu, Finland, was…The Due Regard Principle in IHL: Protecting the Environment amid Armed Conflict April 9, 2026 | Lydia Millar Environmental degradation remains one of the most persistent and under-addressed consequences of contemporary armed conflict. International Humanitarian Law (IHL) recognises these dangers and imposes a series of obligations to mitigate environmental harm.Blood Gold, State Failure, and the Political Economy of Violence in South Sudan April 8, 2026 | Stephen Dhieu Kuach The massacre at Khor Kaltan is not merely a security lapse. It is an indictment of a state that has abdicated its most basic responsibilities in governing natural resources.Attacks on Civilian Infrastructure – War Crime and Dangerous Escalation April 5, 2026 | William Keenan The bluntness of the threat is not the issue. The strategic and humanitarian implications are.War's Hidden Victim - the Environment April 3, 2026 | Khalid Mahmood Shafi As fires raged through Iranian oil depots following recent airstrikes, towering columns of black smoke rose above Tehran.April 2, 2026 | Sheree Bega As missiles, drones and military convoys dominate coverage of the unfolding US-Israel war with Iran, another, slower form of destruction is taking shape — one that threatens ecosystems, water, soil, air and the…Complicating Long-Term Stability: Water Security and the Iran War April 2, 2026 | Eleanor Greenbaum and Marcus King The World Resources Institute ranks Iran as the world’s 14th most water-stressed country, with 26 of its 31 provinces experiencing “extreme water stress.Oil Production in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region: Before the War and Now April 2, 2026 | Mahmood Baban Wednesday's drone strike on the Sarsang oil field in Kurdistan Region’s Duhok province - the latest in a series of attacks on energy infrastructure across Iraq and the Region - has accelerated what…Welcome to Our Silo, Environmental Peacebuilders! April 1, 2026 | Alexander Belyakov The debate is over. The environment is a peace issue. For too long, we have treated war, climate change, and planetary destabilization as separate crises. They are not. |
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Compiled by Buket Altınçelep, Maria Camilla Cadonici, Karishma Goswami, Amelie L'Henaff, Liz Hessami, Madeleine Loll, Kathleen McLean, and Milen Yishak |
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