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Gender, Natural Resources, Climate, and Peace | |
Issue #190 – April 20, 2021 |
AnnouncementsApril 14, 2021 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association; Geneva Peacebuilding Platform; Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies; Geneva Water Hub, University of Geneva; and UN Environment Programme The Environmental Peacebuilding Association and partners have extended the deadline for submitting proposals for presentations, panels, roundtables, and posters at the Second International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding.April 6, 2021 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association and United Nations Environment Programme New big data systems and novel technologies, including earth observation, social media, artificial intelligence, blockchain and crowd-sourcing, have become critical to monitor and address natural resources management, environmental degradation, climate change, and human security.… |
EventsFor more upcoming events on environmental peacebuilding, please visit our online calendar of events. Invitation to Register: Promoting Peace in the Age of Compound Risk May 4, 2021 - 2021-05-07 Stockholm International Peace Research Institute and Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs online Under the theme ‘Promoting Peace in the Age of Compound Risk’, the 2021 Stockholm Forum will explore novel approaches and solutions to promoting peace in the age of interconnected political, social, economic and…Securitizing Youth: Young People’s Roles in the Global Peace & Security Agenda April 29, 2021 Young Professionals Interest Group and Gender Interest Group, Environmental Peacebuilding Association online Today’s generation of youth is larger than it has been at any other time in human history.April 22, 2021 Water, Peace and Security partnership and Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs online "Earth Day 2021" on Thursday 22 April represents an opportunity to challenge world leaders to act more decisively on climate change for what it truly is: a pressing global security threat to everyone,…EnPAx™ Webinar: The Past and Future of Energy Developments in East Africa April 22, 2021 Environmental Peacebuilding Association and Peace Research Institute Oslo online Welcome to a webinar featuring Christopher Gore (Ryerson University) and Godber Tumushabe (Associate Director at the Great Lakes Institute for Strategic Studies), who will speak about past and future developments in energy in… |
LibraryIn the last two weeks, 10 new publications were added to our online library of materials on environmental peacebuilding. Here is a sampling of the new additions: A Climate Security Plan for NATO: Collective Defence for the 21st Century January 1, 2021 | Erin Sikorsky and Sherri Goodman Since its founding in 1949, the core organising principle of NATO has remained the same: collective defence. An attack against one is an attack against all.January 1, 2021 | Olivia Griesser, Laura Huelsemann, Sam Rudnick, and Saskia Soedarjo A growing number of people need humanitarian assistance, which is intended to save lives, alleviate suffering and restore human dignity during and after manmade crises and disasters caused by natural hazards.The Environmental Impact of Syria’s Conflict: A Preliminary Survey of Issues January 1, 2021 | Roba Gaafar The Syrian conflict has had devastating human and economic consequences, but it also greatly damaged the environment in the country.Food Systems for Peace and Security in a Climate Crisis January 1, 2021 | Peter Läderach, Grazia Pacillo, Philip Thornton, Diego Osorio, and Dan Smith Two thoughts should shape policy on food and peace.Blood and Diamonds: Germany’s Imperial Ambitions in Africa January 1, 2021 | Steven Press Diamonds have long been bloody. A new history shows how Germany’s ruthless African empire brought diamond rings to retail display cases in America—at the cost of African lives.Defending the Future: Gender, Conflict and Environmental Peace January 1, 2020 | Keina Yoshida, Hannah Bond, and Helen Kezie-Nwoha This report focuses on the gendered impact of climate change and how this intersects with women and girls’ right to peace.January 1, 2020 | Matthew I. Mitchell In recent decades, land reforms throughout the African continent have been complex, controversial and conflictual. Though widely varied in terms of its economic objectives, land reform is fundamentally political.Ordinary Geographies: Care, Violence, and Agrarian Extractivism in “Post‐Conflict” Colombia January 1, 2020 | Eloísa Berman Arévalo and Diana Ojeda In Colombia’s agrarian spaces, war and extractivism are deeply entangled. |
JobsPlease visit our jobs page to view these positions and other job opportunities. Panama: Intern, Environment Affairs April 19, 2021 | UN Environment Programme The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) 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 Nations…April 19, 2021 | Cooperazione Internazionale COOPI Cooperazione Internazionale is a humanitarian, non-confessional and independent organization founded in 1965 in Milan, Italy.April 19, 2021 | Wildlife Conservation Society WCS is an international NGO headquartered at Bronx Zoo in New York City working to save wildlife and wild lands and to meet global challenges in over 50 countries in Africa, Asia, the…Afghanistan: WASH Technical Assistant April 19, 2021 | Norwegian Refugee Council The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee.Nigeria: WASH Core Competency Specialist April 19, 2021 | Norwegian Refugee Council The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee.CAR: Cross-Border Anti-Poaching Coordinator April 19, 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…DRC: Head of Monitoring, Evaluation, Adaptation & Learning, Okapi Wildlife Reserve April 19, 2021 | Wildlife Conservation Society The Wildlife Conservation Society is an international NGO headquartered at Bronx Zoo in New York City working to save wildlife and wild lands and to meet global challenges in over 50 countries in…Mozambique: Head of Field Office April 19, 2021 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger and improve nutrition and food security.April 19, 2021 | Committed To Good CTG stands for Committed To Good. With an ethical approach at the heart of all that we do, it is a description that makes us proud. |
International NewsIn the last two weeks, 28 international news items on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. The following is a sampling: Myanmar: Myanmar Migratory Bird Census to Be Taken by Locals January 3, 2021 | Phyo Wai Kyaw, Myanmar Times The Asian migratory bird census which is usually conducted yearly will be taken in collaboration with local communities in Myanmar this year, said Daw Thiri Daewi Aung, executive director at Biodiversity and Nature…Myanmar: 35 Landslides Occurred in Hpakant Jade Land, Claimed 206 Lives Last Year January 1, 2021 | Sit Ko Naing Tun, Eleven A total of 35 landslides occurred in Lonekhin-Hpakant jade land in Hapkant Township, Moenyin District, Kachin State, in 2020 killing 206 people and seriously injuring 71 others, according to the Township General Administration…Cambodia: Land Grabs in Protected Forests Rampant in Cambodia January 1, 2021 | New Straits Times Land grabs and encroachment on protected forest are becoming more rampant in northern Cambodia, said environmental activists.December 28, 2020 | Marc Kodack, Council on Strategic Risks Supporting sustainable range management and training activities on military installations will be challenged by climate change, both in the near term and many years into the future.Liberia: Lack of Funds in Liberia Hampers Legal Enforcement of Rural Land Rights December 27, 2020 | Darlington Porkpa, RFI In the two years since the long-awaited Land Rights bill was passed, it was supposed to give local communities direct ownership to their land, but a lack of awareness and little funding have…DRC: Chinese Companies Are Betting Heavily on Democratic Republic of Congo’s Mines December 27, 2020 | Jevans Nyabiage, South China Morning Post Chinese companies are betting big on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)’s mining industry as copper prices surged to a seven-year high driven by China’s strong recovery and the push for electric cars.Myanmar: More Myanmar Dams Are Running Dry Ahead of Summer Months December 25, 2020 | Aung Thant Khaing, Myanmar Times More dams in Myanmar that are supposed to irrigate farms and generate electricity are running low of water and likely to be of little use during the coming summer months.Colombia: Colombia’s Forests Lurch between Deforestation and the Hope for a Sustainable Future December 24, 2020 | Dimitri Selibas, Mongabay High-altitude Andean forests, low-altitude basal forests, cloud forests, dry forests, mangroves: 52% of Colombia’s landmass is covered in forest, and it is the second most biodiverse country in the world, home to 58,312…December 23, 2020 | FrontPage Africa The Government of Liberia, through the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) and its partners, conducted a one-day National Multi-stakeholder Information-Sharing meeting bordering on the gazettement of the Krahn-Bassa Proposed Protected Area (KBPPA).DRC: DRC Minister of Mines Joins Cobalt Action Partnership December 23, 2020 | Responsible Business Alliance The Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI), as the Partnership Lead of the Cobalt Action Partnership (CAP), today with CAP Implementing Partners announced that His Excellency Professor Willy Kitobo Samsoni, National Minister of Mines of…Peru: In an Oil Spill’s Aftermath in Peru, New Voices Lead an Indigenous Fight for Justice December 18, 2020 | Francesca Garcia Delgado and Vanessa Romo (Adapted by Genevieve Belmaker), Mongabay When more than 2,300 barrels of oil spilled into Peru’s Marañón River near the community of Cuninico in 2014, it spurred women of the community into prominent roles as leaders seeking justice.December 16, 2020 | IDH – The Sustainable Trade Initiative Although the global pandemic caused difficulties and required flexibility, the Cocoa, Forests & Peace Initiative in Colombia has achieved significant progress over the past year. |
Blogs & OpinionIn the last two weeks, 6 blogs & opinion pieces on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. Leveraging the Environment and Natural Resources for Peacebuilding April 19, 2021 | Anum Farhan Understanding the linkages between the environment, conflict and peacebuilding is key to building and sustaining peace in post-conflict societies.How the Defense Department Can Move from Abstraction to Action on Climate Change April 17, 2021 | Samuel Brannen, Sarah Ladislaw, and Lachlan Carey One week after he was sworn in as president, Joe Biden directed his secretary of defense to make climate change a central priority.The US Military Is Poisoning Communities across the US with Toxic Chemicals April 17, 2021 | David Bond One of the most enduring, indestructible toxic chemicals known to man – Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF), which is a PFAS “forever chemical” – is being secretly incinerated next to disadvantaged communities in…The Arctic Is a Place of Unusual International Cooperation. Can That Last? April 17, 2021 | Larry Luxner For decades, Norway’s policy towards neighboring Russia has balanced “between deterrence and reassurance” and combined “firmness and predictability,” says Ine Eriksen Søreide, the country’s minister of foreign affairs. “This policy remains unchanged.From ENMOD to Geoengineering: The Environment as a Weapon of War April 17, 2021 | Gabriela Kolpak With climate change accelerating, there is increasing pressure to develop new technologies that could suck CO2 from the atmosphere or block the sun’s heat.There’s No Military Solution to Yemen’s SAFER Oil Tanker Crisis April 17, 2021 | Doug Weir There are growing calls for the UN Security Council to authorise a military-backed response to the crisis over the SAFER oil tanker off the coast of Yemen, in order to prevent an environmental… |
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Compiled by Ally Amavisca, Rosabella Bojin, Ford Brodeur, Elen Bueno, Maya Cohen, Claire Doyle, Hadeel Hamoud, Bay Hanson, Desirée De Haven, Liz Hessami, Anna Kasradze, Marie Mavrikios, Rachel Mural, Anna Rossi, Rachel Stern, and Rachel Stromsta |
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