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Gender, Natural Resources, Climate, and Peace | |
Issue #147 – August 27, 2019 |
AnnouncementsEnvironment + Conflict + Peace: A Photo Exhibition [Call for Submissions] August 26, 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.August 24, 2019 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association The submission period for Best Student Paper in Environmental Peacebuilding is extended through September 3, 2019.3 PhD Positions for ERC Project on Land Politics in Colombia, Ethiopia and Myanmar August 20, 2019 | Erasmus University Rotterdam Recent global commodity rushes have profoundly influenced societies across the globe. At least a quarter of a billion hectares of land have been affected, reshaping livelihoods and social and political relations.MOOC on Environmental Security and Sustaining Peace (Self-Paced Format, Starting September 23, 2019) August 12, 2019 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association Over the past two years, the massive open online course (MOOC) on Environmental Security and Sustaining Peace has attracted more than 17,000 participants from 176 countries around the globe. |
EventsFor more upcoming events on environmental peacebuilding, please visit our online calendar of events. 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.2019 Borlaug Dialogue International Symposium: "Pax Agricultura: Peace through Agriculture" October 16, 2019 - 2019-10-18 World Food Prize Des Moines, Iowa The Norman E.September 27, 2019 Environmental Peacebuilding Association webinar This webinar will take a closer look at current issues relating to water, security and peacebuilding in Afghanistan.Seminar: Dr. Geoff Dabelko and The Honorable Sharon Burke September 24, 2019 National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center Annapolis, MD Researchers and practitioners have investigated environment and natural resources connections to security outcomes in earnest for the past thirty years.Geoff Dabelko on WATH Radio to Discuss Global Environmental Issues September 4, 2019 WATH Radio Radio Show Geoff Dabelko, a professor in Ohio University’s Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs, will be the featured guest on the Party Line talk show with Dave Palmer on WATH radio from 9am…Analytical Tools for Identifying Water Conflict Risks August 29, 2019 adelphi, Deltares, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Germany, IHE Delft, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Netherlands, and World Resources Institute Stockholm, Switzerland This event will discuss how early warning tools can contribute to better policy responses for mitigating water conflict risks. |
LibraryIn the last two weeks, 16 new publications were added to our online library of materials on environmental peacebuilding. Here is a sampling of the new additions: Stop Military Conflicts from Trashing Environment January 1, 2019 | Sarah M. Durant and Jose C. Brito The United Nations’ International Law Commission is meeting this month to push forward a 2013 programme to protect the environment in regions of armed conflict (go. nature. com/2ewdyj).The Water Paradox: The Future of Water January 1, 2019 | Edward Barbier If water is valuable and scarce, why is it so poorly managed? Up to now, we have adopted only one approach to resolving this water paradox.Tapping our Potential: Women’s Water Leadership in the Nile Basin January 1, 2019 Cooperation over the shared water resources of the Nile Basin is essential to water security and development in the region.Shoring Up Stability: Addressing Climate and Fragility Risks in the Lake Chad Region January 1, 2019 | Janani Vivekananda, Martin Wall, Florence Sylvestre, Chitra Nagarajan, and Oli Brown The people of Lake Chad are caught in a conflict trap.How Can the Security Council Engage on Climate Change, Peace, and Security? January 1, 2019 | Jake Sherman There are no shortages of statistics and data on the increasing rapidity with which our climate is changing, or on its effects.Environmental Damage and Environmental Mediation: Italian Guidelines January 1, 2019 | Cinzia Ferrari, Francesca Maria Mancini, Giovanni Damiani, Veronica Dini, Mario Figliomeni, Luca Avellis, Stefania Marcheggiani, and Laura Mancini Environmental conflicts arise because of the possession and use of scarce resources, and, by their nature, they cannot be removed: the more we try to limit the engagement of the actors involved, the…January 1, 2019 | Claudia Marcela Orduz Rojas The third largest Brazilian metropolis - Belo Horizonte - accommodates local communities within its peri-urban area surrounding the Serra do Gandarela.Returns to Afghanistan in 2018: Joint IOM-UNHCR Summary Report January 1, 2019 2018 brought new and daunting challenges to Afghans on the move, seriously affecting the nation’s absorption capacity and the ability of returnees to find sustainable livelihoods.Weaponizing Vulnerability to Climate Change January 1, 2019 | Kimberley Anh Thomas and Benjamin P. Warner As scores of climate change adaptation measures are implemented around the world, there have been growing calls among academics and practitioners to also address the processes that underpin human vulnerability to climate change. |
JobsPlease visit our jobs page to view these positions and other job opportunities. Myanmar: Food Security and Livelihood Program Manager August 26, 2019 | Action Contre la Faim France Action Against Hunger is a global humanitarian organization which originated in France and is committed to ending world hunger.Nigeria: FSL Project Manager - WFP August 26, 2019 | INTERSOS The Boko Haram armed opposition insurgency started in 2009 and Maiduguri was the epicentre of the armed conflict. |
International NewsIn the last two weeks, 35 international news items on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. The following is a sampling: Namibia: Namibia Promotes Women's Rights in Accessing Communal Land to Ensure Food Security June 10, 2019 | Xinhua Namibian Juliana Uushona, 46, lost her husband four years ago and with his death, she also lost their property after her in-laws took everything.Afghanistan: The Impact of Illegal Drugs in Afghanistan on Political Settlement June 10, 2019 | Wadsam The result of a study conducted by the Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU) with the financial support of the European Union indicates that ongoing debates on the peace and reconciliation process have largely ignored the…India/Pakistan: Climate Wars? Major India-Pakistan Conflict Predicted over Ownership of Water June 9, 2019 | Nirad Mudur, New Indian Express A whole range of issues — unending cross-border terrorism and the radicalisation of youth in Kashmir being the most prominent among them — keep India and Pakistan in a volatile, eyeball-to-eyeball situation nearly…Venezuela: Venezuela's Mining Arc: A Legal Veneer for Armed Groups to Plunder June 8, 2019 | Bram Ebus, Guardian Venezuela claims to possess some of the largest untapped gold and coltan reserves in the world, and the country’s gold rush picked up when the president decreed the creation of a massive area…Syria: Syria Fighting Destroying Crops as Food Used as 'Weapon of War', UN Says June 5, 2019 | Mina Aldroubi, National Afghanistan: Glacial Melt Stokes Fears in Northeast Afghanistan June 5, 2019 | Naimatullah Ahmadi and Abubakar Siddique, Gandhara Melting glaciers in a remote Afghan province pose a major threat to the country’s water resources, climate, and economic prospects.Climate Change: Global Peace and Stability Depend on Climate Security June 5, 2019 | Government of the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Minister of State for Asia and the Pacific, Mark Field, highlighted the importance of factoring the risks of climate change into all Governmental decision-making at the Berlin Climate and Security…Climate Change: Germany Wants UN Security Council More Involved in Mitigating Climate Crisis June 4, 2019 | Alicia Prager, EURACTIV German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas launched a call for action on Tuesday (4 June) that aims to develop real solutions that would mitigate the security risks of climate change, including involving the UN’s…Climate Change: Germany Pushes Climate Change as Security Risk June 4, 2019 | Austin Davis, Deutsche Welle Floods, drought and mass migration: all factors why Germany has made the UN's response to climate change its priority at the Security Council.DRC: Cobalt: The Dark Side of a Clean Future June 4, 2019 | James Gordon, Raconteur An estimated 35,000 children work in perilous conditions to extract cobalt from the ground in the Democratic Republic of Congo.Iraq: Torching and Extortion: OSINT Analysis of Burning Agriculture in Iraq June 3, 2019 | Wim Zwijnenburg, Bellingcat In early May 2019, it was reported that agricultural areas of central and northern Iraq were being set ablaze — allegedly by remaining pockets of fighters from the so-called Islamic State.Afgahnistan: Nearly Half of Rural Afghans Face Food Insecurity: UN June 3, 2019 | Agence France-Presse Nearly half of all rural Afghans now face some level of food insecurity, a UN agency said Monday, as a historic drought and deteriorating security grip Afghanistan.Timor-Leste: The Looting of Timor-Leste’s Oil Wealth June 1, 2019 | Bardia Rahmani, Diplomat In development speak, a “white elephant” is a building project that is extremely expensive but that has little use or practical value. |
Blogs & OpinionIn the last two weeks, 5 blogs & opinion pieces on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. The Iraq-Turkey Pipeline Dispute: Opportunity in an Arbitration August 22, 2019 | Richard Kraemer Fatigue and frustration aside, U. S. focus and engagement in Iraq remains critical to the national- and energy-security interests of the United States and its allies.In Myanmar, Better Oversight of Forests a Vital Step in Transition to Rule of Law August 20, 2019 | Art Blundell For the first time, the Myanmar Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (MEITI) has opened the books to share information with the public on revenue Myanmar’s government collects from harvesting timber.Of Pine Trees & Payloads: Environmental Damage during an Armed Conflict August 19, 2019 | Sonia Ahmad Following the recent armed stand-off between two nuclear-armed states with a combined population of 1.Iraq and Kuwait Are Beginning a Beautiful Friendship August 15, 2019 | Bobby Gosh Last month, Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi declared that “the future prospects are far greater than the fears and obstacles between the two countries.A Generation in Limbo: Protracted Refugee Situations in Kenya Must Be Addressed August 15, 2019 | John Thon Majok The 1951 Refugee Convention spells out refugee rights, including the right to freedom of movement. Yet 68 years later, 15. |
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Compiled by Rollin Bresson, Alice Chen, Charlotte Collins, Adrienne Derstine, Kevin Eggert, Nina Hamilton, Liz Hessami, Baindu Idriss, Jacqueline Kessler, Elena Kochnowicz, Marie Mavrikios, Julia Monsarrat, Jasmin Muñoz, and Zabrina Welter |
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