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Gender, Natural Resources, Climate, and Peace | |
Issue #206 – November 30, 2021 |
AnnouncementsSecond International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding and the Omicron Variant November 29, 2021 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association® and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies Preparations for the Second International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding continue apace, with the start of the Conference two months away. The agenda is filling up and firming up.Register Now for the Second International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding! November 16, 2021 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association® and the Graduate Institute for International and Development Studies The Environmental Peacebuilding Association® (EnPAx™), the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, and our partners invite people to register for the 2nd International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding. |
EventsFor more upcoming events on environmental peacebuilding, please visit our online calendar of events. Second International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding February 1, 2022 - 2022-02-04 EnPAx™ and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies online The Environmental Peacebuilding Association® (EnPAx™) and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) are delighted to announce that the Second International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding will be held online on February 1-4, 2022, convened… |
LibraryIn the last two weeks, 7 new publications were added to our online library of materials on environmental peacebuilding. January 1, 2021 In this episode, Elsa examines one of the most controversial issues of the COP26 negotiations: article six.Shocks, Agricultural Livelihoods and Food Security January 1, 2021 This report shares an analysis of the effects of natural and man-made shocks in Somalia’s the agri-food system. It analyses the results of a field assessment conducted in August 2021.Roots of Peace in Afghanistan [Video] January 1, 2021 | Heidi Kuhn For more than 25 years, Heidi Kuhn, at the helm of Roots of Peace, has been dedicated to cultivating peace and to helping rebuild war-torn countries by turning the scourge of land-mined areas…How Climate Change Intersects with Global Security [Audio] January 1, 2021 | Nick Breeze and Chad Briggs In this episode of Shaping The Future, author Nick Breeze is speaking to Global Security expert, Dr. Chad Briggs at the University of Alaska Anchorage.Climate Change: The Greatest National Security Threat to the United States January 1, 2021 | Anatol Lieven Climate change presents threats to the United States and the wellbeing of its citizens that dwarf those from Russia, China, or Iran. U. S. government policies and priorities should be reoriented accordingly.January 1, 2021 | Grazia Pacillo, Bia Carneiro, Giuliano Resce, Giosue Ruscica, Alessandro Craparo, Ashleigh Basel, Julian Ramirez-Villegas, Harold Achicanoy, Victor Villa, Alexandra Krendelsberger, and Peter Läderach We live in a world of increasingly unpredictable, more frequent, and more extreme climate impacts, where the most vulnerable are also the most exposed to climate shocks and stressors and are less able…Building Sustainable Peace: Transforming Environmental Peacebuilding in Times of Climate Change January 1, 2020 | Christie Nicoson and Barbara Magalhaes Teixeira The Sustainable Development Goals outline a “shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future”. |
JobsPlease visit our jobs page to view these positions and other job opportunities. Nigeria: Market Access Specialist November 28, 2021 | One Acre Fund Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund supplies 1 million smallholder farmers with the agricultural services they need to make their farms more productive.Jordan: Communications and Content Development Officer November 28, 2021 | EcoPeace Middle East EcoPeace Middle East is a unique trilateral environmental organization. Our primary objective is the promotion of cooperative efforts to protect our shared environmental heritage.DRC: Program Manager, Okapi Wildlife Reserve November 28, 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…Switzerland: Intern - Environment Affairs November 28, 2021 | United Nations Environment Program 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…November 28, 2021 | University of Greenwich Are you an aspiring PhD candidate looking for your next challenge? Are you passionate about delivering innovative research in a field of growing importance to the world? |
International NewsIn the last two weeks, 31 international news items on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. The following is a sampling: Afghanistan: Profits and Poppy: Afghanistan's Illegal Drug Trade a Boon for Taliban August 15, 2021 | Jonathan Landay, Reuters The United States spent more than $8 billion over 15 years on efforts to deprive the Taliban of their profits from Afghanistan's opium and heroin trade, from poppy eradication to airstrikes and raids…Iraq/Kurdistan: Attack on Power Grid Shuts Down Major Water Pumping Station in Iraqi Capital August 14, 2021 | Kurdistan 24 Iraqi electricity towers were taken offline on Saturday after an attack, shutting down pumping stations delivering water to the western part of Baghdad, a government statement said.Afghanistan: Will Afghanistan’s Centuries-Old ‘Karez’ System of Irrigation Survive the Taliban August 13, 2021 | Rajat Ghai, DownToEarth The resurgent Taliban is on the victory march to Kabul. It has already taken provincial capitals as well as Afghanistan’s third-largest city of Herat.Climate Change: Climate Change Is Already Disrupting the Military. It Will Get Worse, Officials Say August 10, 2021 | Patrick Tucker, Defense One The Pentagon is in the midst of a massive, multi-year effort to better adapt to climate change and reduce greenhouse emissions.Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq, Kurdistan Region Look to Resolve Long-Standing Oil Dispute August 9, 2021 | Charles Kennedy, Oilprice.com The federal government of Iraq and the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan pledged on Sunday to cooperate in resolving their differences in energy issues, hoping to turn “a new page” on energy-related matters.Afghanistan: Drought Compounds Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan as Conflict Intensifies August 6, 2021 | Kanupriya Kapoor, Reuters Millions of Afghans are struggling to put food on the table as prolonged drought disrupts supplies in a country reeling from a surge in violence as U. S.Liberia: Port Authority Head in Dispute with River Cess Community over Customary Land August 5, 2021 | Eric Doue, Bush Chicken For months, residents in this area of Gbarsaw Clan have watched with increasing alarm as hundreds of men with heavy machinery have cut down trees and hauled them away.Myanmar: ‘Weapons, Power and Money’: How Rare Earth Mining in Kachin Enriches a Tatmadaw Ally August 3, 2021 | Juaman Naw, Emily Fishbein, and Ronja Pilgaard, Frontier Myanmar The leader of a Tatmadaw-controlled Border Guard Force in a remote region of Kachin State has emerged as a key player in the global rare earth trade, and has turned the territory under…August 2, 2021 | Bellingcat In late April, dozens were killed, hundreds were injured and thousands of civilians fled their homes during border clashes between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.DRC: Hard to Breathe: Gold Mining Damages Miners, Forests July 31, 2021 | Noella Nyirabihogo, Global Press Journal Mining has ravaged the soil that locals had used to farm. So instead, they join the hunt for gold. And the consequences continue to mount — especially for women.Mali: Building Resilience to Conflict and Climate Change in Mali July 30, 2021 | People in Need Rising temperatures, coupled with decreases in annual rainfall, granivorous bird attacks, armed conflict between the Malian Armed Forces and radical jihadists groups, the COVID-19 pandemic, and overall socio-political instability, have hampered Mali’s development…Iran: Is Iran on the Verge of Sparking a Water War? July 29, 2021 | The Week Years of mismanagement has left Iran facing “irreversible” water shortages that threaten to trigger conflict across the Middle East, an exiled former minister has warned.2021 Risk Award Recognizes Vietnamese Women Fighting Climate Change July 28, 2021 | UNDRR A mangrove restoration project in Vietnam which combines building the resilience of a disaster-prone coastal community with risk-themed theatre was announced today as the winner of the 2021 Risk Award.Yemen: Conflict and Economic Collapse in War-Torn Yemen Worsening Hunger Crisis July 28, 2021 | Lisa Schlein, Voice of America The World Food Program warns Yemen's already alarming hunger crisis is worsening due to ongoing conflict and a rapidly declining economy that are sending food prices soaring.Iraq: Iraq Oil Expert: Baghdad Shouldn't Replace Oil with Renewables July 26, 2021 | Tsvetana Paraskova, OilPrice.com It is not in Iraq's best interest to adopt renewable energy at the expense of fossil fuels, energy and oil expert Hamza al-Jawaheri told local Shafaq News Agency in an interview on Monday. |
Blogs & OpinionIn the last two weeks, 5 blogs & opinion pieces on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. Possible Wars for Water Underscore Import of Nepal’s Peace Zone Proposal November 26, 2021 | Anand Aditya “Nothing is so powerful as an idea whose time has come,” said Victor Hugo.GIZ Trains Stakeholders to Counter Illicit Movement of Minerals, Terrorist Financing, Others November 25, 2021 | Ishmael F. Menkor GIZ has trained several national stakeholders to counter the movement of illicit minerals, terrorist financing and money laundering, as well as illicit financial flows, within the Artisanal Smallscale Miners sector of Liberia.Timor-Leste Is Facing a Make-or-Break Moment November 24, 2021 | Avelino Dos Santos Da Costa Since the restoration of its independence in 2002, Timor-Leste has made tremendous progress in social capital (education and health), infrastructure (electricity and telecommunication), and in institutional frameworks such as security, defense and foreign…Climate Resilience and Conflict: Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships as a Way Forward? November 23, 2021 | Christopher Graham For groups that were already in disputes over land rights, territorial claims, and resource access or distribution, climate change increases the stakes – escalating or rehashing conflicts.The Challenge of Securing Access to Minerals for the Green Transition November 16, 2021 | Jewellord Nem Singh COP26 came to a close in Glasgow this weekend, with activists and developing country governments disappointed in the global ambition as laid out in the final agreement text. |
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Compiled by Buket Altınçelep, Hadeel Hamoud, Desirée De Haven, Liz Hessami, Anna Kasradze, Dylan Mathewson, Marie Mavrikios, Chau Minh Do, Eneas do Oliveiro, Diana Quevedo, Rachel Stern, Rachel Stromsta, Harriet Taberner, Yusraa Tadj, Diego Toledo, Sarah Xu, and Leela Yadav |
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