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Gender, Natural Resources, Climate, and Peace | |
Issue #246 – June 13, 2023 |
AnnouncementsJuly 18, 2023 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association The Environmental Peacebuilding Association® (EnPAx®) and the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies at Leiden University are pleased to announce the call for abstracts for the Third International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding.EnPAx Announces the Eighth Al-Moumin Award and Distinguished Lecture on Environmental Peacebuilding June 13, 2023 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association The Environmental Peacebuilding Association® (EnPAx®) is pleased to announce the recipients of the Eighth Al-Moumin Award for Thought Leadership in Environmental Peacebuilding, honoring outstanding contributions to the field. |
EventsFor more upcoming events on environmental peacebuilding, please visit our online calendar of events. Extended Dialogue on Forests, Livelihoods and Peace: Gender (A "Path to The Hague" Event) July 12, 2023 AHT GROUP and EnPAx Forest Interest Group online The Forest Interest Group of the Environmental Peacebuilding Association is holding bi-monthly meetings for the Extended Dialogue on Forests, Livelihoods and Peace. |
LibraryIn the last two weeks, 6 new publications were added to our online library of materials on environmental peacebuilding. Water-Related Conflicts: Definitions, Data, and Trends from the Water Conflict Chronology January 1, 2023 | Peter H. Gleick and Morgan Shimabuku Violence associated with freshwater resources has occurred throughout recorded history, with water triggering violence and armed conflict, water or water systems being used as weapons, and water or water systems becoming casualties during…Catastrophes, Confrontations, and Constraints: How Disasters Shape the Dynamics of Armed Conflicts January 1, 2023 | Tobias Ide A ground-breaking study on how natural disasters can escalate or defuse wars, insurgencies, and other strife. Armed conflict and natural disasters have plagued the twenty-first century.Human Migration and Natural Resources: Global Assessment of an Adaptive Complex System January 1, 2023 | Saleem Ali, Dominic Kniveton, and Riyanti Djalante As seen in the recent war in Ukraine and earlier wars and crises within the past decade in Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, Iraq and Venezuela the management of migration remains urgent, complex and sensitive…January 1, 2023 | Judith Nora Hardt, Cameron Harrington, Franziskus von Lucke, Adrien Estève, and Nicholas P. Simpson This book includes a systematic study of different framings of climate security & policy responses by United Nations Security Council members innovative framework & methodology that uses multiple security approaches including traditional, human,…Impacts of Climate Change on Defence-Related Critical Energy Infrastructure January 1, 2023 | Ricardo Tavares Da Costa, Elisabeth Krausmann, and Constantinos Hadjisavvas This ground-breaking study addresses for the first time the links between European Union defence, energy and climate change, proposing a set of concrete recommendations to defence decision-makers on climate change mitigation and adaptation.Military Responses to Climate Hazards (MiRCH) Tracker January 1, 2023 This map is based on a dataset regularly updated by CCS staff, based on publicly available information, tracking the date, location, actors, and circumstances of military deployments to climate-related hazards. |
JobsPlease visit our jobs page to view these positions and other job opportunities. Yemen: WASH CCCM Project Coordinator June 6, 2023 | ACTED For the past 30 years, international NGO Acted has been going the last mile to save lives.Mali: Senior Climate Security Adviser [Temporary] June 6, 2023 | United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali The Climate Security Mechanism (CSM) is an interagency initiative aiming to strengthen the capacity of the United Nations system to analyze and address the adverse impacts of climate change on peace and security.Syria: Programme Policy Officer (Accountability) June 6, 2023 | World Food Programme The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), a highly prestigious, reputable & world's largest humanitarian organization, operates in more than 120 countries and territories, bringing life-saving assistance in emergencies, building pathways to peace,…Senegal: Climate, Migration, Peace and Security Policy Scientist June 6, 2023 | Alliance of Bioversity International / International Center for Tropical Agriculture The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) delivers research-based solutions that harness agricultural biodiversity and sustainably transform food systems to improve people’s lives.Belgium: Climate and Environmental Peacemaking Analyst (Service contract) June 6, 2023 | European Institute of Peace Based in Brussels and active in over a dozen countries, the European Institute of Peace (www. eip.Ukraine: WASH Officer (Ukraine nationals) June 6, 2023 | United Nations Children's Fund UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential. |
International NewsIn the last two weeks, 32 international news items on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. The following is a sampling: Climate Change: New Climate Change Model Finds Nuanced Relationship between Temperature, Conflict February 20, 2023 | Phil Ciciora, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign A new framework for studying the intersection of climate anomalies and social conflicts finds a strong link between temperature fluctuations and aggregated global conflicts, in a paper co-written by a University of Illinois…Colombia: Cattle, Not Coca, Drive Deforestation of the Amazon in Colombia – Report February 19, 2023 | Luke Taylor, Guardian Cattle-ranching, not cocaine, has driven the destruction of the Colombian Amazon over the last four decades, a new study has found.China/DRC: China and Congo Butt Heads over 15-Year-Old $17 Billion Deal February 17, 2023 | Chinedu Okafor, Business Insider The Democratic Republic of Congo's state auditor has requested an additional $17 billion in investments from a 2008 infrastructure-for-minerals agreement with Chinese investors, which is presently being renegotiated.Nigeria: Farmers-Herders Conflict: 4,000 Lives Lost in Seven Years, Says ex-Minister February 14, 2023 | Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis, Punch A former Minister of Finance, Mansur Muhtar, has said no fewer than 4,000 Nigerians had lost their lives and thousands of others maimed as a result of the perennial conflict between herders and…Nigeria: Farmers, Herders, Others Meet in Abuja over Conflict February 14, 2023 | TVC News Crop Farmers, Professionals in livestock production and other stakeholders in agribusiness are gathering in Abuja to discuss how to end the conflicts between sedentary farmers and cattle herders.Myanamr: Illegal Gold Mining Expanding Unchecked under Junta in Myanmar’s Kachin State February 14, 2023 | Radio Free Asia A rapid expansion in illegal gold mining since the military coup is poisoning the water supply in Myanmar’s Kachin state and destroying the livelihoods of residents who say the ethnic Kachin group that…Africa/Ukraine/Russia: One Year Later - The Impact of the Russian Conflict with Ukraine on Africa February 13, 2023 | Bitsat Yohannes-Kassahun, Africa Renewal Addressing debt while bolstering agriculture, energy access and continental trade could ease burden on struggling economies.Indonesia/Timor Leste: Indonesia, Timor Leste Agree to Settle Land Border Negotiations February 13, 2023 | Rangga Jingga and Uyu Liman, Antara Indonesia and Timor Leste concurred on completing negotiations for the two remaining land border segments -- the Noel Besi-Citrana Segment and the Bidjael Sunan Oben Segment -- in 2023.Ukraine/Russia: Russia's New Water Pipeline System Will Connect to Ukraine's Donbas [Video] February 13, 2023 | Mirror Now Russia is building a 200-km water pipeline system that will reach Ukraine. The system would connect Russia's Rostav region that borders Ukraine's Donbas region.February 8, 2023 | Victoria Beaule, ABC News As officials around the world call for a transition to a greener economy, one city is being transformed to accommodate the growing demand for one important mineral: cobalt.Liberia: EU Bemoans Violations in Forestry Sector February 7, 2023 | Tina S. Mehnpaine, Observer The head of the European Union (EU) Delegation has described as worrisome the blatant violations that have marred the Liberian forestry sector in recent years denying Liberians, especially rural communities, the needed resources… |
Blogs & OpinionIn the last two weeks, 13 blogs & opinion pieces on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. Here is a sampling: The Taliban’s Opium Ban: A Success or a Failure? June 13, 2023 | Altaf Moti Afghanistan is the world’s biggest opium producer and a major source for heroin in Europe and Asia. Production spiraled over the past 20 years despite billions of dollars spent by the U.ELN Ceasefire Could Ease Environmental Degradation in Colombia June 12, 2023 | Conflict and Environment Observatory The new Colombian government is in the midst of an attempt to conclude its decades-long internal conflict, and a deal with the ELN forms a key part of its wider strategy.Conflict, Crisis, and Peacebuilding: Afghanistan and Regional Water Security June 12, 2023 | Elizabeth B. Hessami Gunfire erupted at the border of the Afghan Nimroz Province and Iran’s Sistan-Baluchistan Province on May 27, 2023, amid rising tensions over water rights, killing troops on both sides.Water on Boil: Weaponization of Water in Contemporary Geopolitics June 10, 2023 | Rahul M. Lad and Ravindra G. Jaybhaye A huge Kakhovka dam in the Russian-controlled area of southern Ukraine has been devastated on June 6, unleashing a flood of water in Southern Ukraine.Could the Nova Kakhovka Dam Destruction Become the ICC’s First Environmental Crimes Case? June 9, 2023 | Thomas Hansen Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, is likely right when he labels the Nova Kakhovka Dam destruction the “largest man-made environmental disaster in Europe in decades.When the Levee Breaks: Five Military Takeaways from the Kakhovka Dam’s Destruction June 8, 2023 | Timothy Heck and Zachary Griffiths The destruction of the Kakhovka dam on the Dnipro River has launched a wave of recriminations as both the Ukrainian and Russian governments blamed each other for the breach.Are We Ready for the Terror Threat Posed by El Niño? June 7, 2023 | Erin Sikorsky Imagine the U. S. government had credible information that a terrorist group was planning attacks in multiple cities across the globe.A Deadly Duo: Climate Change and Conflict Are Fuelling Nigeria’s Food Insecurity Crisis June 6, 2023 | Michael Ekwe The 2022 Global Food Security Index — which ranks countries based on food affordability, availability, quality and safety — ranked Nigeria 107 out of 113 countries.Water Diplomacy – A Tool for Peace and Well Being June 4, 2023 | Kiran Bhatt On March 22nd every year, World Water Day is celebrated. The theme for 2023 focused on accelerating changes to resolve the water and sanitation crisis as part of the Agenda 2030.The Horn of Africa Crisis: “The Challenge of a Generation” June 1, 2023 | CARE Across Kenya, Ethiopia, and Somalia, the Horn of Africa is experiencing the extreme effects of climate change. Compounded by other factors, the impacts on communities have been catastrophic. |
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Compiled by Carrie Hanks, Liz Hessami, Diana Quevedo, Major Stevens, Leslie Terrones, Diego Toledo, Sarah Xu, Leela Yadav, Milen Yishak, and Julie Yoon |
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