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Gender, Natural Resources, Climate, and Peace | |
Issue #180 – December 1, 2020 |
AnnouncementsNovember 30, 2020 | Environmental Law Institute, Global Green Growth Institute, Environmental Peacebuilding Association, UNDP, Externado de Colombia University, and Duke University’s Center for International and Global Studies and Nicholas School of the Environment Abstracts are sought for presentations and posters to be delivered at a conference and policy dialogue on “Environmental Governance for Peace in Colombia.Seeking Information on Monitoring and Evaluation in Environmental Peacebuilding Environmental Law Institute The Environmental Law Institute (ELI) is collecting and synthesizing information on monitoring and evaluation (M&E) practices in environmental peacebuilding. |
EventsFor more upcoming events on environmental peacebuilding, please visit our online calendar of events. Introduction to Conservation Conflict Transformation — 2-Hour Webinar January 12, 2021 Center for Conservation Peacebuilding online Do you have a complex conservation challenge? Is social conflict complicating or impeding your efforts to create positive change or achieve conservation goals?Human Rights-Based and Conflict Sensitive Approaches in Forestry – Cases from Myanmar and Indonesia December 10, 2020 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Environmental Peacebuilding Association – Forest Interest Group (FIG) online The number of conflicts related to natural resources is increasing.Consultation on Monitoring and Evaluation Toolkits for Environmental Peacebuilding December 8, 2020 Environmental Law Institute, Environmental Peacebuilding Association, and UN Environment Programme online The Environmental Law Institute, in partnership with the Environmental Peacebuilding Association and the UN Environment Programme, and with support from the United States Institute of Peace to take stock of approaches and lessons…December 7, 2020 Geneva Peacebuilding Platform and Environmental Peacebuilding Association online This event was recorded and can be viewed here: https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=ueC67Mdzy1Y&feature=youtu.Pandemics, Peace, and Justice: Shaping What Comes Next December 7, 2020 - 2020-12-09 Alliance for Peacebuilding online The Alliance for Peacebuilding is thrilled to announce the event page and registration are live for PeaceCon 2020, Pandemics, Peace, and Justice: Shaping What Comes Next.FAO Open Foris Tools in Action in the Myanmar National Forest Inventory December 3, 2020 Food and Agricultue Organization of the UN online The Open Foris initiative has been instrumental in supporting more than 45 countries in the development of transparent, relevant and sustainable National Forest Monitoring Systems.La Gouvernance de la Terre au Sahel (A Road to Geneva Event) December 2, 2020 Initiatives of Change Switzerland and Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs in partnership with the Geneva Center for Security Policy, Initiatives for Land, Lives, and Peace, Environmental Peacebuilding Association, and Global EverGreening Alliance online Gouvernance de la terre au Sahel: Comment catalyser la sécurité et la résilience climatique par la restauration des terres ?Climate Change & Environmental Security in the Mediterranean Sea December 2, 2020 Konrad Adenauer online Climate change is increasingly becoming a national security problem for the international community and for the countries of the Mediterranean Sea in particular. |
LibraryIn the last two weeks, 21 new publications were added to our online library of materials on environmental peacebuilding. Here is a sampling of the new additions: Climate Change, Relocation and Peacebuilding in Fiji: Challenges, Debates, and Ways Forward January 1, 2020 | Volker Boege and Ria Shibata The purpose of this Policy Brief is not to document the proceedings of the workshop in detail.January 1, 2020 | Wim Zwijnenburg, David Hochhauser, Omar Dewachi, Richard Sullivan, and Vinh'Kim Nguyen Investigation of the environmental impacts of armed conflict has been made easier in recent years with the development of new and improved methods for documenting and monitoring environmental damage and pollution.International Environmental Crimes: Examining the Ontology, Typology, and Ecology January 1, 2020 | Eliseus Wilson Wars within the international community have spawned severe destruction to the environment throughout human history. The last few years have witnessed how the environment has been targeted and harmed severally.Environmental Justice and Peacebuilding Practices in Ethiopia January 1, 2020 | Mengistu A. Dibaba This paper is intended to show the nexus of the issue of environmental justice and peacebuilding practices in Ethiopia.The Environment in Warfare-Related Policy Making: The Case in Ukraine January 1, 2020 | Richard Marcantonio and Kristina Hook In the chaotic reality of wars and armed conflicts, environmental issues are often downgraded in long lists of policy priorities.January 1, 2020 This report shares the results of a study of the first round of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) conducted by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), with contributions from the UNFCCC secretariat.Fears for Militarisation of Climate Change: Should We Be Concerned? January 1, 2020 | Louise van Schaik, Tobias von Lossow, Maha Yassin, and Anouk Schrijver he debate on how climate change and security are related is confronted by those fearing unnecessary securitisation and others being cautious about the topic of security stretching to issues beyond the abuse of…Revisiting the Contested Role of Natural Resources in Violent Conflict Risk through Machine Learning January 1, 2020 | Marie K. Schellens and Salim Belyazid The integrated character of the sustainable development goals in Agenda 2030, as well as research in environmental security, flag that sustainable peace requires sustainable and conflict-sensitive natural resource use.Integrating Conflict, Lobbying, and Compliance to Predict the Sustainability of Natural Resource Use January 1, 2020 | Jeremy J. Cusack, A. Bradley Duthie, Jeroen Minderman, Isabel L. Jones, Rocio A. Pozo, O. Sarobidy Rakotonarivo, Steve Redpath, and Nils Bunnefeld Predictive models are sorely needed to guide the management of harvested natural resources worldwide, yet existing frameworks fail to integrate the dynamic and interacting governance processes driving unsustainable use. |
JobsPlease visit our jobs page to view these positions and other job opportunities. Myanmar: Wildlife Crime Global Policy Coordinator November 29, 2020 | World Wide Fund for Nature As a part of World Wide Fund for Nature, WWF-Myanmar was established in 2014 with the aim to support Myanmar’s development ambitions with a focus on spatial planning and biodiversity conservation in parallel…Myanmar: Programme Coordinator November 29, 2020 | International Union for Conservation of Nature IUCN is a membership Union composed of both government and civil society organisations.Syria: Hygiene Promotion Team Leader November 29, 2020 | GOAL GOAL an International Humanitarian Organisation has had a presence in Turkey 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, 23 international news items on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. The following is a sampling: July 24, 2020 | Adnan Bahiya, Ecologist Covid-19 and the fall in oil prices has pushed Iraq towards calamity, underlining the urgency of ending the country's fossil fuel dependency.Diamond Development Initiative Becomes Part of Resolve July 24, 2020 | Rob Bates, JCK The Diamond Development Initiative (DDI), the Ottawa, Canada–based group that works on issues affecting artisanal diamond miners, will now become part of Resolve, the Washington, D. C.Myanmar: Many Myanmar Mining Firms Fail to Name Politically Connected Owners: Global Witness July 22, 2020 | Nan Lwin, Irrawaddy At least 10 companies in Myanmar have failed to identify “politically exposed persons”—those with links to high-ranking present or former military officials and ethnic armed groups—among their owners, according to a new Global…Liberia: Liberia Responds to COVID-19 Impact on the Oil Industry July 22, 2020 | William Q. Harmon, Observer The Government of Liberia, through the Liberia Petroleum Regulatory Authority (LPRA), has made significant adjustments to its bid evaluation criteria for the 2020 Offshore Licensing Round for the Harper Basin.Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq's Tussle with Semi-Autonomous Kurdish Region Seen Complicating Energy Policy July 21, 2020 | Dania Saadi, S&P Global Platts Iraq's federal government has a complicated energy relationship with the Kurdish region that is unlikely to be resolved due to differences within the semi-autonomous entity itself and Baghdad's own struggle with OPEC+ compliance,…South Africa Warns UN Security Council about Violence Against Women in Occupied Western Sahara July 19, 2020 | Sahara Press Service South Africa warned the UN Security Council about the increasing violations of human rights in occupied Palestine and Western Sahara, in particular the hostilities permanently committed against women.Yemen: How a Decaying Oil Tanker became a 'Massive Floating Bomb' Risking Millions of Lives in Yemen July 18, 2020 | Campbell MacDiarmid, Telegraph Time is running out to prevent an “environmental disaster waiting to happen” in the Red Sea, the UK and the UN warned this week, as a dispute over a decaying oil tanker off…South Sudan: Local Communities Demand Implementation of Petroleum Laws July 17, 2020 | Patrick Godi, Gurtong In the face of surging coronavirus cases in South Sudan and its crippling effects, communities living in the oil producing areas have said they’re are not safe and at high risk from the…July 15, 2020 | Kyaw Myo, Irrawaddy The Defense Ministry says it has no plan to return the farmland it confiscated for a sugar mill project in Sagaing Region’s Kantbalu Township or give additional compensation to the land’s original owners.Climate Change: Climate, Weather, and Resilience in the NDAA July 14, 2020 | Laura Leddy, American Security Project In recent weeks, the House and Senate have progressed on the FY2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The House Armed Services Committee passed the House bill (H. R.Afghanistan: Fish Farming Booms in S. Afghan Province July 14, 2020 | Xinhua The Afghan Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock has been supporting local farmers in southern province of Kandahar in raising fish to cater to the growing food demand in Afghan markets. |
Blogs & OpinionIn the last two weeks, 6 blogs & opinion pieces on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. Climate War in the Sahel? Pastoral Insecurity in West Africa Is Not What It Seems November 30, 2020 | Leif Brottem As violence in Mali and Burkina Faso reached a ten-year high this year, the West African Sahel appears to be experiencing the perfect storm of climate stress, resource degradation, and violent extremism.Fire, Conflict and Land Systems in the Middle East November 27, 2020 | Lina Eklund Since 2019, the author has been involved in a Marie Curie project on fire and conflict in the Middle East: FIRE – Fighting Insurgency Ruining the Environment.The Environmental Cost of Conflict November 26, 2020 | Naghi Ahmadov On 9 November, the leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a Russia-brokered agreement to end the military operations in Karabakh that had started on 27 September and inflicted massive losses on the Armenian…Deforestation, Dying Rivers Leading to Water Wars November 25, 2020 | Michael A. Bengwayan An eerie calm exists over the villages of Fedelisan, Sagada and Dalican of Bontoc of Mountain Province, Philippines.Re-Envisioning Climate Action to Sustain Peace and Human Security November 17, 2020 | Catherine Wong, Stephen Gold, Samuel Rizk, and Cassie Flynn A combination of crisis, conflict, climate change and COVID-19 means that we live in truly unprecedented times.Global Water Security & Sanitation Partnership (GWSP) – Rising to the Challenges of 2020 November 16, 2020 | Jennifer J. Sara The year 2020 has been shaped by interlocking crises: the COVID-19 pandemic that threatens to roll back years of hard-won development progress, the struggles of delivering the water-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and… |
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Compiled by Rosabella Bojin, Amber Bosse, Elen Bueno, Alex Caplan, Miriam Dangasuk, Jordan Dieni, Claire Doyle, Matthew Gallagher, Giovanni Galli, Bay Hanson, Desirée De Haven, Liz Hessami, Ellen Johnson, Avak Kahramanian, Andrew Light, Christopher Marchesano, Marie Mavrikios, Charly McConaghy, Anna Rossi, and Rachel Stern |
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