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Gender, Natural Resources, Climate, and Peace | |
Issue #145 – July 30, 2019 |
AnnouncementsElections for the EnPAx Board of Directors: Call for Nominations July 30, 2019 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association The Environmental Peacebuilding Association (EnPAx) will be holding its inaugural elections for its Board of Directors later this year and is seeking interested candidates to serve as part of the Association’s leadership beginning…Environment + Conflict + Peace: A Photo Exhibition [Call for Submissions] July 24, 2019 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association A group exhibition to elevate diverse conversations on the dynamics between environmental issues, the causes and impacts of conflict, and peacebuilding.July 23, 2019 | Geopolitics and Energy Research Group The Geopolitics and Energy Research Group (GERG) will be holding an international conference on renewable electrification in geopolitical conflict settings from December 18 to 20, 2019 in Jerusalem. |
EventsFor more upcoming events on environmental peacebuilding, please visit our online calendar of events. November 18, 2019 Chatham House London, UK The quality and quantity of water can define the health and sustainability of entire communities, ecosystems, and industries.First International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding October 23, 2019 - 2019-10-25 Environmental Peacebuilding Association University of California, Irvine The Environmental Peacebuilding Association is proud to announce that the First International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding will be held October 23-25, 2019 at the University of California Irvine.Webinar: Energy Diplomacy: The Economic and Environmental Impacts of an Oil Shortage August 21, 2019 REMI Webinar A closure of the Strait of Hormuz seems more and more likely as tensions between Iran and the United States escalate. |
LibraryIn the last two weeks, 20 new publications were added to our online library of materials on environmental peacebuilding. Here is a sampling of the new additions: January 1, 2019 | McKenzie F. Johnson Over the last two decades, the international community has focused on building green institutional capacity in the Global South to foster human security across societies marked by rapid environmental change.January 1, 2019 | Helene Botreau and Marc J. Cohen The food price crisis of 2007–08 had devastating impacts for the world’s poorest people, especially for smallholder farmers and in particular for women, who face discrimination and a heavy burden of household responsibility.January 1, 2019 Two years after the prolonged 2016/2017 drought destroyed livelihoods and displaced almost one million Somalis - but also triggered a massive and successful scale up in humanitarian response to avert famine - severe…Nigeria: Borno State Woodfuel Supply and Energy Demand Assessment 2013-2018 January 1, 2019 Globally, the number of conflicts is increasing which is the main cause of much of the recent deterioration of the global food security situation. This situation is exacerbated by climate related shocks.January 1, 2019 | Dr. Daniel Ruiz Lopez Dr Daniel Ruiz Lopez presents 'Transboundary environmental peacebuilding in the Great Lakes Region of Africa' at the 2019 OxPeace conference.A Confluence of Crises: On Water, Climate, and Security in the Middle East and North Africa January 1, 2019 | Johan Schaar The Middle East and North Africa region (MENA) faces simultaneous crises of security, water scarcity and climate change.Oil, the Arab-Israel Dispute, and the Industrial World: Horizons of Crisis January 1, 2019 | J.C. Hurewitz One of the most stubborn global problems in the last quarter of the twentieth century, a problem that affects the rich states and the poor, the industrial and the nonindustrial, is the use…January 1, 2019 | Daniel Beland, Catarina Ianni Segatto, and Andre Lecours This paper explores the fiscal politics of oil revenue in Brazil and Canada, two oil-rich federal countries that have different constitutional arrangements for revenue allocation and where constituent unit governments have different powers…January 1, 2019 | Anna Khalfaoui and Constantinos Yiallourides This chapter provides an overview of some of the most significant maritime boundary disputes in Africa, both past and ongoing, and the interplay between these disputes and the exploration and exploitation of seabed…The Senkaku Islands Dispute: Four Reasons of the Chinese Offensive - A Japanese View January 1, 2019 | Koichi Sato This article introduced China’s four reasons of offensive to the Senkaku Islands: the first reason China’s natural resources demand; the second reason historical issues with Japan that have some relationship to Chinese people’s…Climate Change, Land and Resource Governance, and Violent Extremism: Spotlight on the African Sahel January 1, 2019 | Mark Freudenberger, Jolyne Sanjak, Nicholas Tagliarino, and Nigel Thomson Focusing on the African Sahel, this issue brief examines the ways in which weak land and resource governance—especially when coupled with environmental triggers, resource scarcity, and other factors—can in some cases fuel the…January 1, 2019 | Morten Hartvigsen The objective of this paper is to present the FAO experiences of supporting member countries related to land consolidation from 2000 on, but also to reflect on the lessons learned and the way… |
JobsPlease visit our jobs page to view these positions and other job opportunities. Panama: Intern - Disasters and Conflicts Programme July 30, 2019 | UN Environment The United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United…Brazil: Brazil Faith, Peace and Climate Organizer July 30, 2019 | 350.org 350. org is building a global grassroots movement to solve the climate crisis.July 30, 2019 | Trócaire Trócaire is an Irish development agency that was established in 1973 by the Catholic Bishops of Ireland.Ethiopia: Gender and Climate Change Resilience: E-Volunteer July 18, 2019 | Cuso International Gender and climate change intersectionality is becoming an increasingly relevant topic in the development arena. |
International NewsIn the last two weeks, 45 international news items on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. The following is a sampling: Sudan/South Sudan: South Sudan Concerned Sudan Turmoil Could Hurt Oil Exports May 17, 2019 | Paul Burkhardt, Bloomberg South Sudan, recovering from a civil war in which 400,000 people died and and a quarter of the population was displaced, is concerned that an uprising in neighboring Sudan could threaten its oil…Climate Change: EU Security Community Considers Climate Security May 16, 2019 | Planetary Security Initiative Climate-related security issues were prominently discussed in Brussels. Luxembourg Minister of Defense François Bausch addressed the topic in a meeting with his counterparts in the Foreign Affairs Council.Iraq: The Exodus Begins as Foreign Oil Companies Exit Iraq on Security Concerns May 15, 2019 | Julianne Geiger, OilPrice ExxonMobil is starting to evacuate its engineers working on Iraq’s West Qurna 1 field due to security concerns, according to Al Arabiya.Afghanistan: Casualty of War: Deforestation and Desertification in Afghanistan May 15, 2019 | Austin Bodetti, New Arab While gridlock is keeping the Taliban and the United States from reaching a political settlement to the war in Afghanistan, a lacklustre peace process represents just one of many issues confronting the country.Somalia: Online Course Inspires Former Envoy to Counter Environmental Degradation in Somalia May 15, 2019 | UN Environment An interview with Abshir H Abshir is Executive Director, Centre for the Rule of Law and Development.May 14, 2019 | UN The Security Council extended the mandate of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) until 15 November today, deciding also to reduce its authorized troop ceiling to 3,550 and increase its authorized police ceiling…Iraq: Iraq Reveals Big Corruption File in Basra Oil Contracts Involving Two Int. Companies May 13, 2019 | Sangar Ali, Kurdistan 24 Iraq’s Commission of Integrity on Monday revealed corruption marred contracts between the state-run Basra Oil Company and two international firms over the purchase of loading arms.Myanmar: Plan under Way to Increase Forest Coverage Areas May 11, 2019 | Eleven The Forest Department is working to designate 30 per cent of the country’s total area as reserved forests and protected public forests and 10 per cent as protected area, said Thaung Naing Oo,…Afghanistan: National Procurement Commission Cancels Takhar Mining Contract May 10, 2019 | Wadsam Afghanistan Business News The National Procurement Commission (NPC), has canceled the contract for exploration of Nuraba gold in mine in Chahab District of northern Takhar province.Liberia: Civil Society Breaking Barriers with Land Rights Law in Bong Communities May 9, 2019 | FrontPage Africa Communities in the Suakoko District in Bong County are breaking traditional barriers around the ownership of land, thanks to a project being run by three civil society organizations to assist communities in six…Colombia: Goldman Prize Winner Survives Armed Attack on Afro-Colombian Social Leaders May 9, 2019 | Taran Volckhausen, Mongabay Renowned environmental activist and Goldman Prize winner Francia Márquez has survived an attack against a meeting of Afro-Colombian human rights defenders by unknown gunmen in southwest Colombia.South Sudan: South Sudan Seeks to Achieve Sustainable Food Security within 2 Years May 6, 2019 | Xinhua South Sudan said on Monday it aims to achieve sustainable food security within two years amid prevailing peace.In Hindsight: Negotiations on Resolution 2467 on Sexual Violence in Conflict May 2, 2019 | What's in Blue On 23 April, Germany convened a high-level open debate on sexual violence in conflict, a key event of its April presidency (S/PV. 8514).Iraq: Rains Like No Other: Iraq Is Tested in Era of Climate Change May 2, 2019 | Philip Issa, Associated Press After years of meager rains and scorching summers, the wettest winter in a generation has revived Iraq's famous rivers and filled its lakes, bringing welcome relief to a country facing severe water challenges…In Hindsight: Negotiations on Resolution 2467 on Sexual Violence in Conflict May 2, 2019 | What's In Blue On 23 April, Germany convened a high-level open debate on sexual violence in conflict, a key event of its April presidency (S/PV. 8514).Afghanistan: Heat Signatures Help Track Down Old and Still Deadly Land Mines April 30, 2019 | Sid Perkins, Science News for Students Even when a war is over, the killing can continue. Land mines left behind in former conflict zones can still claim casualties. |
Blogs & OpinionIn the last two weeks, 9 blogs & opinion pieces on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. Here is a sampling: Iraqi Kurdistan's Energy Reserves: Investor's Paradise or Poisoned Chalice? July 25, 2019 | Energy Reporters When Masrour Barzani, who recently became the prime minister of semi-autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan, named long-serving Iraqi Kurdish natural resources minister Ashti Hawrami his deputy prime minister for energy affairs, he signalled the singular importance…What's in the New China-Vietnam South China Sea Tensions? July 22, 2019 | Prashanth Parameswaran Over the past few weeks, another round of tensions has been simmering between China and Vietnam over energy resources in the South China Sea.Oil Probably Won't Cause a War with Iran, but It Certainly Adds Fuel to the Blaze July 20, 2019 | Jeff Colgan Iran, Britain and the United States are engaged in a struggle for control over the flow of oil through the Persian Gulf.Colombia Can't Beat Coca Production from the Air. It Needs Rural Investment and Reform July 19, 2019 | Christopher Sabatini and Victoria Gaytan Four years after Colombia suspended the controversial policy of aerial fumigation to kill coca plants, President Iván Duque is hoping to restart it.When Climate Change Meets Positive Peace July 17, 2019 | Marisa O. Ensor Climate change is being increasingly framed as a security issue—a “threat multiplier” that can amplify the risks of breakdowns in peacefulness.UN Lawyers Approve 28 Legal Principles to Reduce the Environmental Impacts of War July 16, 2019 | Stavros Pantazopoulos This year is a defining one for the laws protecting the environment in conflict.War's Physical Toll Can Last for Generations, as It Has for the Children of the Vietnam War July 16, 2019 | Michael Palmer History often focuses on the immediate death toll of war. But hostilities can have longer-term consequences on a population’s health. |
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Compiled by Rollin Bresson, Charlotte Collins, Adrienne Derstine, Kevin Eggert, Marisa Ensor, Nina Hamilton, Liz Hessami, Baindu Idriss, Jacqueline Kessler, Marie Mavrikios, Julia Monsarrat, Jasmin Muñoz, and Zabrina Welter |
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