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Gender, Natural Resources, Climate, and Peace | |
Issue #185 – February 9, 2021 |
AnnouncementsFebruary 9, 2021 | International Committee of the Red Cross and International Federation of the Red Cross On Tuesday, February 9th, 2021 from 9am-10am and 4pm-5pm CET the ICRC and IFRC will be co-hosting an open consultation with the Humanitarian Sector.Road to Geneva Announces Series of Initiatives to Strengthen Environmental Peacebuilding February 8, 2021 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association The Environmental Peacebuilding Association has launched a series of initiatives designed to strengthen environmental peacebuilding.Historic Special Issue on Environmental Peacebuilding Now Available (Open Access) January 26, 2021 | International Affairs and Environmental Peacebuilding Association International Affairs just published the first-ever special issue dedicated solely to environmental peacebuilding.Registration Open for the Conference on “Environmental Governance for Peace in Colombia” January 26, 2021 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association On March 18, 2021, the Conference on “Environmental Governance for Peace in Colombia” will bring together diverse perspectives to share experiences and learning on environmental peacebuilding in Colombia. |
EventsFor more upcoming events on environmental peacebuilding, please visit our online calendar of events. The Role of the Judiciary in Protecting the Environment—A Conversation with the Colombian Judiciary March 19, 2021 ELI, Global Green Growth Institute, and Universidad Externado online This webinar will examine the role of the judges in protecting the environment.Environmental Governance for Peace in Colombia (A Road to Geneva Event, Colombia Arc) March 18, 2021 - 2021-03-19 Duke University Center for International and Global Studies/Rethinking Diplomacy Program, Global Green Growth Institute, ELI, and Environmental Peacebuilding Association online This conference and policy dialogue will examine ways to improve environmental governance and legality of natural resource management to support peace in Colombia.March 2, 2021 Forest Interest Group, Africa Interest Group, and the Young Professionals Interest Group of the Environmental Peacebuilding Association online The Forest Interest Group, Africa Interest Group, and the Young Professionals Interest Group of the Environmental Peacebuilding Association will be hosting a networking event for people – students, junior professionals, senior professionals, and…February 25, 2021 Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies & Ansari Institute for Global Engagement with Religion (both at the University of Notre Dame); Environmental Peacebuilding Association; and Young Evangelicals for Climate Action online In a world of virtual conversations, it can be easy to talk, but often harder to act.Environment, Peace, and Conflict: Opportunities and Risks for the New Administration February 24, 2021 Environmental Peacebuilding Association and the Wilson's Center Environmental Change & Security Program (ECSP) online The new Biden administration faces a variety of challenges and a rapidly changing environment will exacerbate many of the challenges.February 18, 2021 Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, Young Evangelicals for Climate Action, and Environmental Peacebuilding Association online Colonialism is a structure that has oppressed indigenous communities and communities of color for generations. Simultaneously, it has degraded the environment through extraction, development, and overconsumption.February 18, 2021 Duke Center for International and Global Studies, Environmental Peacebuilding Association, Environmental Law Institute, Global Green Growth Institute, and Duke University Nicholas School of the Environment online “Junior Scholars in Conversation: Comparative Dimensions of Environmental Peace Building” marks the closing of the Colombia Arc series, providing a discussive format to engage scholars in conversation on comparative interstate environmental peace building.The Impacts of COVID-19 on the Field Research of PhD Candidates and Postdocs February 18, 2021 Environmental Peacebuilding Association Disasters and Resilience Interest Group and International Association of Impact Assessment Disasters and Conflict Section online The COVID-19 Pandemic has disrupted almost all aspects of normal life.February 11, 2021 Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies & Ansari Institute for Global Engagement with Religion (both at the University of Notre Dame); Environmental Peacebuilding Association; and Young Evangelicals for Climate Action online This event was recorded and can be viewed here: https://www. youtube. com/watch?February 10, 2021 International Association of Genocide Scholars, Raphaël Lemkin Genocide Prevention Program, and Environmental Peacebuilding Association online This event was recorded and can be viewed here: https://www. youtube. com/watch?Global Water Security Forum: Water Governance - Challenges from a Gender Perspective The UNESCO Chair on Sustainable Water Security in the FIU Institute of Environment & the Steven J. |
LibraryIn the last two weeks, 31 new publications were added to our online library of materials on environmental peacebuilding. Here is a sampling of the new additions: Food and Water Insecurity as Causes of Social Unrest: Evidence from Geolocated Twitter Data January 1, 2021 | Ore Koren, Benjamin E. Bagozzi, and Thomas S. Benson Research often fails to account for the specific pathways by which climatic factors can cause social unrest.How Russia Approaches the Environment, Peace and Security January 1, 2021 | Nina Lesikhina This report seeks to understand Russia’s longstanding objections to addressing the environmental dimensions of peace and security in international fora and policy debates.Canada’s Practice on the Protection of the Environment in Relation to Armed Conflicts January 1, 2021 | Stavros Pantazopoulos and Doug Weir This report outlines Canada’s practice on the Protection of the environment in relation to armed conflicts, or PERAC.Climate-Related Security Risks in the 2020 Updated Nationally Determined Contributions January 1, 2021 | Elise Remling and Amar Causevic Nationally determined contributions (NDCs) are the central instrument for states to communicate their contribution to the 2016 Paris Agreement on climate change and reflect their wider approach to climate mitigation and adaptation.Environmental Peacebuilding from Below: Customary Approaches in Timor-Leste January 1, 2021 | Tobias Ide, Lisa R. Palmer, and Jon Barnett Environmental peacebuilding is the integration of natural resource management into conflict prevention, resolution and recovery so as to support peace and environmental sustainability.January 1, 2021 | Ousseyni Kalilou Environmental stress contributes to food insecurity, poverty, forced migration and violent conflict in the Sahel, with climate change aggravating the situation.January 1, 2021 | Mirza Sadaqat Huda The geopolitical and geophysical realities of south Asia create a deep sense of paradox.Ethno-Religious Conflict and Sustainable Development in Nigeria January 1, 2020 | Peace N. Ngwoke and Ezichi A. Ituma This article examines the extent to which ethno-religious conflicts have affected sustainable development in Nigeria.January 1, 2020 | María Gabriela Merlinsky The purpose of this paper is exposing the authors' approach in the study of environmental conflict, and show illustrations from their research work on the conflict over the environmental restoration of the Matanza-Riachuelo…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.Beyond Internal Conflict: The Emergent Practice of Climate Security January 1, 2020 | Joshua W. Busby The field of climate and security has matured over the past 15 years, moving from the margins of academic research and policy discussion to become a more prominent concern for the international community.Causes and Consequences of Conflict among Agricultural Water Beneficiaries in Iran January 1, 2020 | Masoud Bijani, Dariush Hayati, Hossein Azadi, Vjekoslav Tanaskovik, and Frank Witlox This study aimed to analyze the causes and consequences of agricultural water conflicts among agricultural water beneficiaries in the irrigation network of Doroodzan dam, Iran. |
JobsPlease visit our jobs page to view these positions and other job opportunities. February 6, 2021 | Concern Worldwide Concern Worldwide is an Irish-based non-governmental, international, humanitarian organisation dedicated to the reduction of suffering and working towards the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in the world’s poorest countries.February 6, 2021 | UNDP Iraq suffers from extremism in its environmental conditions that lead to floods in winter and droughts in summer, and climate change is one of the important causes of this extremism, which needs an…Syria: Protection Program Manager February 6, 2021 | Cooperazione Internazionale Cooperazione Internazionale (COOPI) is an Italian humanitarian non-governmental organization founded in Milan in 1965.CAR: Community Conservation and Livelihoods Coordinator February 6, 2021 | Wildlife Conservation Society The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is a US non-profit, tax-exempt, private organization established in 1895 that saves wildlife and wild places by understanding critical issues, crafting science-based solutions, and taking conservation actions that…CAR: National Consultant, Specialist in Fisheries / Fish Farming and Forest Resources February 6, 2021 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN Governments around the world have implemented a wide range of prevention and mitigation measures to control and contain the spread of Covid-19 and limit its health, economic and social consequences.Tel Aviv: Investment and Entrepreneurship Officer February 6, 2021 | EcoPeace Middle East EcoPeace Middle East is a unique organization that brings together Jordanian, Palestinian, and Israeli environmentalists. Our primary objective is to promote cooperative efforts to protect our shared environment. |
International NewsIn the last two weeks, 10 international news items on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. Colombia: The End of Colombia's Civil War Had an Unintended Effect: Deforestation September 25, 2020 | Megan Janetsky and Steven Grattan, Vice Colombia’s armed conflict, which lasted more than 50 years, fueled bloodshed in remote zones like these, as leftist guerrillas, right wing paramilitaries and armed forces clashed.Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq Says Minister’s Comments ‘Distorted’ after KRG Denies Oil Smuggling Allegations September 25, 2020 | Kurdistan 24 The Iraqi government said on Thursday that remarks made by its finance minister alleging oil smuggling in the Kurdistan Region were “distorted” after authorities in the autonomous region firmly denied and condemned the…Solomon Islands: Why Are There Unexploded Bombs in the Pacific Islands? September 24, 2020 | James Massola, Sydney Morning Herald How on Earth was a piece of unexploded ordnance (known as UXO) from World War II discovered in suburban Honiara, the capital of the Solomon Islands – 75 years after the war ended?Afghanistan/Tajikistan: Afghanistan and Tajikistan Step up Environmental Cooperation September 24, 2020 | UN Environment The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the Republic of Tajikistan have taken an important step in strengthening joint efforts to protect their unique, shared mountain ecosystem of the Panj Amu Darya river basin…Afghanistan: Authorities Sound Alarm Bells over Winter Pollution September 22, 2020 | Afghanistan Times With winter season around the corner, authorities have sounded alarm bells over excessive pollution urging households and polluters including factories to start using filtering equipment.Afghanistan: The Taliban, at Least, Are Striking Gold in Afghanistan September 22, 2020 | Lynne O’Donnell and Mirwais Khan, Foreign Policy For decades, Afghanistan’s untapped mineral wealth has been touted as the country’s trillion-dollar El Dorado.Colombia: US to Assist Colombia in the Development of Its Mining Industry September 20, 2020 | Valentina Ruiz Leotaud, Mining.com The US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, announced that his office will launch a program to provide technical assistance for the development of Colombia’s mining industry.September 20, 2020 | Lee Chen, Mizzima Chinese demand for treasured rosewood does more than lead to deforestation in Southeast Asia and Africa.Afghanistan: Authorities to Clamp Down on Illegal Mining in Parwan September 20, 2020 | Afghanistan Times Officials in Parwan province assure to prevent illegal mine extractions.Colombia: How Colombia Regulators became Purveyors of Illegal Wood September 18, 2020 | César Molinares and Natalia Moreno, InSight Crime In Santander, Colombia, timber traders corrupted regulatory, police and judicial systems on their way to trafficking untold amounts of wood from the state. |
Blogs & OpinionIn the last two weeks, 6 blogs & opinion pieces on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. Pan-African Response to COVID-19: New Forms of Environmental Peacebuilding Emerge February 9, 2021 | Ousseyni Kalilou, Elaine (Lan Yin) Hsiao, and Fakunle Aremu Early predictions about COVID-19’s impacts on Africa suggested that the continent would be a disaster zone marked by weak medical systems collapsing under strain and undemocratic states failing to provide social services to destitute populations.…Water Wars Special: How IUU Fishing Increases the Risk of Conflict February 7, 2021 | Sam Cohen and Steve Floyd This month, the Biden administration made some early pronouncements on Chinese activity in the Taiwan Strait and reassured Japan that the U. S. is committed to its security.Leverage COVID-19 Data Collection Networks for Environmental Peacebuilding February 7, 2021 | Carsten Pran Environmental peacebuilding could benefit from COVID-era data innovation. A well-documented obstacle environmental peacebuilders face is a lack of shared, empirical datasets among parties engaged in, recovering from, or descending into conflict.A Climate Security Plan for America Part 2: Assess Climate Risks February 7, 2021 | Erin Sikorsky If the first pillar of the Climate Security Plan for America is all about leadership, the second pillar is about ensuring those leaders have the information they need to take decisive, effective action.The Biden Administration & Climate Security: Week Two February 7, 2021 | Francesco Femia and Caitlin Werrell “This executive order I’m signing today…makes it official that climate change will be the center of our national security and foreign policy.Without the Right Partnerships, EU Legislation Is Dead on Arrival February 7, 2021 | Boukje Theeuwes Over the course of the next year, we expect the Von Der Leyen Commission, with the backing of the major groupings of the European Parliament, to make strides on European sustainability policies and… |
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Compiled by Rosabella Bojin, Amber Bosse, Elen Bueno, Alex Caplan, Maya Cohen, Claire Doyle, Bay Hanson, Desirée De Haven, Liz Hessami, Andrew Light, Marie Mavrikios, Charly McConaghy, Rachel Mural, Anna Rossi, Tracy Stein, Rachel Stern, and Rachel Stromsta |
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