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Gender, Natural Resources, Climate, and Peace | |
Issue #212 – February 22, 2022 |
AnnouncementsFebruary 7, 2022 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association The Second International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding featured 77 roundtables, panels, and other sessions. Most of those sessions were recorded and posted on the EnPAx YouTube channel:https://www. youtube. com/playlist? |
EventsFor more upcoming events on environmental peacebuilding, please visit our online calendar of events. Climate Change and Environment Disaster Risk Reduction: Gender Equality at the Center of Solutions March 14, 2022 Commission on the Status of Women Online The sixty-sixth session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place from 14 to 25 March 2022.Climate Sensitive Programming for Sustaining Peace March 9, 2022 - 2022-04-06 United Nations System Staff College and adelphi online This five-week course equips participants with the tools to conduct localized climate risk assessments and integrate them into programmatic planning throughout the stages of a peacebuilding programme life-cycle (from early warning and response to… |
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: Climate Security in the Bay of Bengal January 1, 2022 | Angshuman Choudhury, Siddharth Anil Nair, Ashutosh Nagda, and Garima Maheshwari The Bay of Bengal (BoB) region is emerging as an important focal point for climate security risks. This is largely due to a multi-layered interplay of geopolitical, geostrategic, and climate-related regional dynamics.Managing Environmental Conflict: An Earth Institute Sustainability Primer January 1, 2022 | Joshua D. Fisher Conflicts frequently arise over environmental issues such as land use, natural resource management, and laws and regulation.Oil Price Shocks and Conflict Escalation: Onshore vs. Offshore January 1, 2021 | Jørgen Juel Andersen, Frode Martin Nordvik, and Andrea Tesei The authors reconsider the relationship between oil and conflict, focusing on the location of oil resources.Opportunities for Danish Stabilisation Policy to Engage with Climate-and Livelihood-Related Conflict January 1, 2021 | Peers Schouten This DIIS Working Paper focuses on identifying evolving notions of fragility that could strengthen Danish stabilisation efforts in the Horn and Sahel.Climate, Conflict, and International Law in the Middle East and Beyond January 1, 2021 | Usha Natarajan The last time there was this much carbon dioxide in our atmosphere was three and a half million years ago.January 1, 2021 | Roz Price This review shows a breadth of resilience and livelihood programming in Afghanistan, especially aimed at agriculture and livestock.Solutions of Contemporary Problems of Environmental Safety as a Component of National Security January 1, 2021 | L.M. Popova, S.A. Skochko, and O.V. Nesterenko One of the priorities of the national interests of each country is to ensure environmental security as a component of national security.Perspectives on Transformational Change in Climate Risk Management and Adaptation January 1, 2021 | Teresa M. Deubelli and Reinhard Mechler In the context of strong evidence on mounting climate-related risks and impacts across the globe, the need for 'transformational change' in climate risk management and adaptation responses has been brought forward as an… |
JobsPlease visit our jobs page to view these positions and other job opportunities. February 21, 2022 | Choco4Peace Choco4Peace is a multi-institutional movement that supports constructing and sustaining peace by generating positive socioeconomic and environmental outcomes in post-conflict regions through the empowerment of women, youth, indigenous and other at-risk people in the cacao…February 20, 2022 | One Acre Fund Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund supplies 1 million smallholder farmers with the agricultural services they need to make their farms vastly more productive.February 20, 2022 | Action Against Hunger Action Against Hunger is implementing the GFFO-funded regional project “Multisectoral humanitarian response to the deteriorating nutrition situation, focusing on severely affected crisis contexts in sub-Saharan Africa” in six countries.Climate Environment & Health Programme Manager February 20, 2022 | Médecins Sans Frontières Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international humanitarian aid organization that provides assistance in more than 60 countries to populations in distress, to victims of natural or manmade disasters and to victims of…February 20, 2022 | United Nations Development Programme The United Nations Development Programme is a United Nations organization tasked with helping countries eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth and human development.Consultant, Climate Justice Research and Mapping in Africa February 20, 2022 | American Friends Service Committee The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is a Quaker organization that includes people of various faiths who are committed to social justice, peace, and humanitarian service.Myanmar: Consultancy Assignment for Water Stewardships Initiatives February 20, 2022 | World Wildlife Fund for Nature WWF-Myanmar was established in 2014 and is working to conserve the country’s biodiversity and build a sustainable future for people and wildlife.London, The Hague, and Nairobi: Climate and Peace Advocacy Advisor February 15, 2022 | International Alert For over 30 years, International Alert has been working to build positive peace and reduce violence, working across conflict lines and with all parties to conflicts. |
International NewsIn the last two weeks, 18 international news items on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. The following is a sampling: Myanmar: Myanmar Jade Traders Squeezed between Junta and Rebels November 5, 2021 | Agence France-Presse Myanmar jade traders are running from junta troops and dodging rebel attacks to sell dwindling volumes of the green gemstone, as the billion-dollar industry loses its shine months on from the coup.Colombia: Deforestation Rising in Colombia 5 Years after Peace Deal November 4, 2021 | Manuel Rueda, Associated Press Deforestation has risen in Colombia since the country’s largest guerilla group signed a historic peace deal with the government five years ago and withdrew from remote areas of the country, a report by…Sudan: Sudan’s Political Crisis Could Complicate Nile Dam Dispute November 3, 2021 | Ayah Aman, Al-Monitor Less than 24 hours after the coup by Sudanese army chief Lt. Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on Oct.Iraq: The Massive Challenge of Climate Action in Oil-Dependent Iraq November 1, 2021 | Lizzie Porter, New Statesman Oil provides 90 per cent of Iraq’s revenue. Even as farmland dries up, fractured governance makes reform seem almost impossible.Afghanistan: Afghanistan’s Saffron Growers Worried Taliban Will Ban Heavily Female Workforce October 31, 2021 | Arshad Mehmood, Media Line Saffron has the potential to help ameliorate Afghanistan’s dire economic difficulties.East Africa: Climate Change Pressure Fueling Conflict in Horn of Africa October 31, 2021 | Francis Mureithi, Nation Communities in the Horn of Africa have been urged to address challenges occasioned by climate change, which threatens to exacerbate both the frequency and severity of extreme weather events and undercut significant development…COP26: Why Are Women Still Missing at the Top Climate Table October 30, 2021 | Bonnie Chiu When the global face to climate action is Greta Thunberg, it can appear that women and girls are well represented at the top table. As the U. K.Half of Syria Has Been Displaced by War. Now Record Drought Threatens Millions More October 30, 2021 | Bel Trew, Independent Today Syria is in the grips of the worst drought in 70 years.Afghanistan: Exclusive - 'Women Encouraged to Work in Pine Nut Industry': Taliban to WION October 28, 2021 | Anas Mallick, WION Pine nuts, popularly known as Afghanistan's 'export gold', are one of the major sources of support for the country's economy, especially at a time like this when the Taliban-controlled nation is grappling for stability.…Sierra Leone: From ECOWAS to New York: Beny Steinmetz Diamonds on Trial in Three Jurisdictions October 27, 2021 | Africa Intelligence People living close to the Koidu diamond mine in Sierra Leone fear the dismissal of a domestic court case against Beny Steinmetz's company Octea, which they accuse of violence and pollution.Can COP26 Become a Turning Point for Gender Responsive Climate Action? October 26, 2021 | Mohammad Naciri, Samantha Hung, Sun-Ah Kim Any meaningful international effort to address climate change must have women and girls at its center.October 25, 2021 | Janice Dickson, Globe and Mail More than half of Afghanistan’s population – 22. 8 million people – will face extreme hunger over the winter months as the country plunges deeper into a worsening food crisis. |
Blogs & OpinionIn the last two weeks, 3 blogs & opinion pieces on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. How Can Climate Finance Work Better for Fragile and Conflict-Affected Regions? February 10, 2022 | Catherine Wong and Yue Cao Climate change often hits the hardest and is felt most profoundly in fragile and conflict-affected settings, which suffer high vulnerability and low investments in coping capacity and adaptation.Environmental Peacebuilding: Science Meets Constructive Resistance February 8, 2022 | Sawssan Abou-Zahr Four years prior to the October 17th 2019 Revolution, people in Lebanon took to the streets seeking sustainable solutions for the so-called garbage crisis.Why Militaries Shouldn’t Be Exempt from EU Battery Laws February 8, 2022 | Conflict and Environment Observatory The EU Green Deal and 2050 carbon neutrality targets are set to drive forward a low-carbon economy reliant on battery-powered technology. |
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Compiled by Desirée De Haven, Liz Hessami, Grace Fitzgerald, Carrie Hanks, Dylan Mathewson, Marie Mavrikios, Chau Minh Do, Teresa Paterson, Diana Quevedo, Rachel Stern, Rachel Stromsta, Harriet Taberner, Yusraa Tadj, Diego Toledo, Joe Uprichard, Sarah Xu, Leela Yadav, and Julie Yoon |
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