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Issue #158 – Jan 28, 2020 |
AnnouncementsJanuary 10, 2020 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association The Environmental Peacebuilding Association (EnPAx) aspires to have a Board of Directors that is diverse in terms of global geography, gender, race, ethnicity, culture, and professional and technical disciplines and experience. |
EventsFor more upcoming events on environmental peacebuilding, please visit our online calendar of events.
March 3, 2020
Disasters and Resilience Interest Group, Environmental Peacebuilding Association
February 18, 2020
Young Professionals Interest Group, Environmental Peacebuilding Association
Effects of Armed Conflicts on Local Environments: How Can Humanitarians Respond?
February 7, 2020
Pax and Chatham House
January 30, 2020 - 2020-06-23
Environmental Peacebuilding Association, UN Environment, ELI, Columbia University, Duke University, UC Irvine, UNDP, and SDG Academy
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LibraryIn the last two weeks, 13 new publications were added to our online library of materials on environmental peacebuilding. Here is a sampling of the new additions: Educating toward a Culture of Peace through an Innovative Teaching Method
January 1, 2020 | Silvia Guetta
Mapping and Analysing Cultural Ecosystem Services in Conflict Areas
January 1, 2020 | Frederico Santarém, Jarkko Saarinen, and José Carlos Brito
January 1, 2020 | Regina Neudert, Insa Theesfeld, Alexandre Didebulidze, Naiba Allahverdiyeva, and Volker Beckmann
The Helmand Food Report: The Illusion of Success
January 1, 2019 | David Mansfield and Matthew Longmore
January 1, 2019 | Maiah Jaskoski
Enduring Responses to War and Disaster: The Environmental Dimensions of Sustained Recovery
January 1, 2019 | Ken Conca and Anita van Breda
Disaster Risk Reduction in Conflict Contexts: An Agenda for Action
January 1, 2019 | Katie Peters
Climate Change and Global Security: Planning for Potential Conflict
January 1, 2019 | Charlotte Collins
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JobsPlease visit our jobs page to view these positions and other job opportunities. Sri Lanka: Environmental Engineering Technician - Senior Gender Assistant January 25, 2020 | UN Office for Project Services UNOPS in Sri Lanka is based in Colombo and is responsible for helping the Government of Sri Lanka and partner organizations deliver social and economic rehabilitation in areas affected by the 2004 tsunami… |
International NewsIn the last two weeks, 23 international news items on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. The following is a sampling: Egypt/Ethiopia: Former Egyptian Minister Calls for UN Security Council Intervention into GERD Crisis October 16, 2019 | Al Masry Al-Youm, Egypt Independent Former Egyptian Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamed Nasr Eddin Allam called on Tuesday for the UN Security Council to stop the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and evaluate…Colombia: Women in Colombia Defy Violence to Help Build Peace October 16, 2019 | Shauna Bowers, The Irish Times Although the Colombian peace accord was signed more than three years ago, domestic and gender-based violence remains all too familiar for women who attempt to challenge the patriarchal society.October 15, 2019 | FrontPage Africa Representatives from communities impacted by palm oil companies in Liberia and Indonesia have traveled to the Netherlands to convey their grievances to ABN Amro, the financier behind those companies.October 15, 2019 | Bill Bostock, Business Insider Vietnam outlawed Dreamworks' new animation "Abominable" on Sunday because it showed a map acknowledging China's claim to a disputed part of the South China Sea.October 15, 2019 | FrontPage Africa Liberia risks being delisted from the Extractives Industries Transparency Initiative, the global body which monitors transparency in oil and mining industries, in a move that will likely deal another blow to the shaky…Colombia: Women Defenders of Land, Environment, at Risk in Colombia October 15, 2019 | Oxfam Women defenders of land rights and the environment in Colombia are being attacked at an alarming rate, according to Oxfam’s partners in the country.Afghanistan: Hashish Replaces Poppy as Afghan Farmers' Illegal Crops October 13, 2019 | Xinhua Following the government's fight against poppy cultivation in Afghanistan, local farmers have mostly replaced the opium poppy with another profitable but illicit herb, the hashish, in the insurgency-battered and economically impoverished country.South Sudan: South Sudan to Replace Oil Pipelines after Leakage in Northern Region October 11, 2019 | Xinhua South Sudan said on Friday it will commence replacement of old oil pipelines after it lost about 2,000 barrels of oil in the recent oil spill in the Panakuc area of northern Ruweng…Conflict Minerals: Majority of Firms Fail at Conflict Minerals Due Diligence October 11, 2019 | Cecilia Jamasmie, Mining.com Nine years after the implementation of a law requiring publicly traded companies to ensure their raw materials don’t come from mines that use child labour or fund warlords or corrupt soldiers, companies’ efforts…Finland Wants to Lead Way in Gender-Equal Climate Policy October 11, 2019 | Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland On the International Day of the Girl, Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Ville Skinnari and upper secondary school student Priya Härkönen highlight the importance of girls and women in climate policy. |
Blogs & OpinionIn the last two weeks, 3 blogs & opinion pieces on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. How Climate Change Is Feeding Violent Extremism in the Horn January 26, 2020 | Peter Kagwanja Oddly, humour in Kenya’s social media space is drawing on perhaps the world’s deadliest link between climate change and conflict. “Never underestimate the power of nature and small people working together.January 24, 2020 | Eoghan Darbyshire Over the last four months of 2019, and based on the US Environmental Protection Agency’s standards, the embassy data reveals that the air at the Kabul site was classed as “good” for just…It's Time We Think beyond "Threat Multiplier" to Address Climate and Security January 21, 2020 | Josh Busby If you have even a passing familiarity with the climate and security literature, you undoubtedly have come across the phrase “threat multiplier. |
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Compiled by Alex Boyce, Rollin Bresson, Elen Bueno, Jasmine Chen, Charlotte Collins, Adrienne Derstine, Kevin Eggert, Flavia Eichmann, Giovanni Gio, Nina Hamilton, Desirée De Haven, Liz Hessami, Marie Mavrikios, Julia Monsarrat, Alex Paige, and Rachel Stromsta |
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