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Gender, Natural Resources, Climate, and Peace | |
Issue #252 – September 5, 2023 |
AnnouncementsSeptember 5, 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.Call for Papers: Special issue of The Journal of Social Encounters August 24, 2023 | Journal of Social Encounters "The Environment: Issues in Justice, Conflict and Peacebuilding" March 2024 issue. Essays on general themes or case studies are welcome. Deadline for abstracts: October 15, 2023.Call for Artistic Submissions / Third International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding August 7, 2023 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association and the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies at Leiden University The Environmental Peacebuilding Association® (EnPAx®) and the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies at Leiden University are pleased to announce the call for art for the Third International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding. |
EventsFor more upcoming events on environmental peacebuilding, please visit our online calendar of events. Launch of "Environment and Security" October 3, 2023 Environmental Peacebuilding Association and SAGE online The Environmental Peacebuilding Association and SAGE will convene an online launch of Environment and Security.MOOC on Environmental Security and Sustaining Peace October 2, 2023 - 2023-12-15 Environmental Peacebuilding Association, Environmental Law Institute, Duke University, UC-Irvine, UNEP, Columbia University, and the SDG Academy online EnPAx and its partners are delighted to announce that we are offering our massive open online course (MOOC) on "Environmental Security and Sustaining Peace" for a fourth time!Catastrophes, Confrontations, and Constraints: Book Launch September 29, 2023 Environmental Change and Security Program Washington, DC and online Geopolitical competition and civil war are on the rise.September 22, 2023 - 2024-04-30 Institute for Environmental Diplomacy and Security, University of Vermont Hybrid A consortium of about a dozen organizations representing both global South and North has recently coalesced and been recognized by the UNGA to work towards setting up a new UN Convention on Conserving…The Peace Piece: Primers for Peace at CoP28 (A Path to The Hague Event) September 21, 2023 Geneva Peacebuilding Platform online Climate change and environmental degradation are already increasing insecurity and conflict risks around the world.Eighth Al-Moumin Award and Distinguished Lecture on Environmental Peacebuilding – CEOBS and PAX September 19, 2023 Environmental Peacebuilding Association Utrecht, Netherlands; London, UK; and online 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.September 13, 2023 EnPAx Forest Interest Group online Join the next Extended Dialogue for an enlightening discussion on “Mediating Forest Conflicts”.Public Consultation on the Third International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding September 12, 2023 Environmental Peacebuilding Association and the Grotius Center for International Legal Studies at Leiden University online Everyone interested in the Third International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding is invited to join a public consultation on Tuesday, September 12. |
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: Mapping Grain Seizure and Extraction under Russian Occupation Authorities January 1, 2023 A new investigation exposes how Ukrainian collaborators are helping the Russian government seize grain from Ukraine’s occupied territories.January 1, 2023 | Perla Rivadeneyra, Luisa Scaccia, and Luca Salvati In the current accelerated process of global warming, forest conservation is becoming more difficult to address in developing countries, where woodlands are often fueling the illegal economy.Climate Change Actions in Conflict Affected Contexts: Insights from Myanmar after the Military Coup January 1, 2023 | Maria Kyed and Justine Chambers Violent conflict and state oppression in Myanmar demonstrates the importance of placing conflict analysis and people-centred approaches at the centre of international programming on climate change and environmental protection.January 1, 2023 Objective: To protect the livelihoods and improve the food security of vulnerable livestock-keeping and farming households.Report Launch: Environmental Cooperation Between Israel and its Arab and Muslim Neighbors [Video] January 1, 2023 | Mohammed Mahmoud, Nimrod Goren, Gidon Bromberg, Galit Cohen, and Dov Khenin As environmental challenges become a priority for countries across the Middle East and the Mediterranean, this creates new opportunities for regional environmental cooperation, including between Israel and its neighbors.Analysis: How NATO Should Move Forward on Emissions Reporting January 1, 2023 | Linsey Cottrell In July 2023, NATO published its latest Climate Impact Assessment, together with a methodology for reporting greenhouse gases, and a compendium of its members’ current best practice on military emissions.Immovable Objects? Impediments to a UN Security Council Resolution on Climate Change January 1, 2023 | Matt McDonald The security implications of climate change are increasingly acknowledged in academic scholarship and in national security strategy documents.Climate Change and Security Research: Conflict, Securitisation and Human Agency January 1, 2023 | Alex Arnall Climate change has increasingly been understood as a security problem by researchers, policymakers and media commentators.January 1, 2023 | Jona Huber, Ignacio Madurga-Lopez, Una Murray, Peter C. McKeown, Grazia Pacillo, Peter Laderach, and Charles Spillane The Central American Dry Corridor (CADC) is among the most climate-vulnerable regions worldwide.Climate, Women, and Conflict: Rebel Groups’ Armed Activities after Major Disasters January 1, 2023 | Tobias Ide This study builds long-anticipated bridges between the literature on (i) climate/disaster security, (ii) women, peace, and security, and (iii) rebel group behavior. |
JobsPlease visit our jobs page to view these positions and other job opportunities. USA: Environmental Security Program Internship September 4, 2023 | Stimson Center The Stimson Center's paid internship program offers a professional and educational experience in discovering the way in which non-profit organizations can contribute to the understanding of issues in international peace and security.Kenya: Senior Programme Assistant (Environmental Peacebuilding) September 4, 2023 | International Organization for Migration: Somalia Established in 1951, IOM is a Related Organization of the United Nations, and as the leading UN agency in the field of migration, works closely with governmental, intergovernmental and non-governmental partners.September 4, 2023 | Norwegian Refugee Council The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee.Ukraine: Programme Policy Officer September 4, 2023 | World Food Programme The World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian organization saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity, for people recovering from conflict, disasters…Italy: Fellow, Climate Insecurity and PVE September 4, 2023 | United Nations This junior entry-level position is located within the Counter-Terrorism Programme of UNICRI, within the framework of a project aiming to understand the interconnected challenges and develop strategies in climate security, gender, and the…South Africa: Researcher - Climate Security Specialist, Pretoria, South Africa September 4, 2023 | Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, a CGIAR Research Center, is seeking a dynamic & multi skilled Climate Security Specialist.Ethiopia: WASH Coordinator Ethiopia Jigjiga September 4, 2023 | Norwegian Refugee Council The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee.Ukraine: Livelihoods and Food Security Officer Ukraine Odessa (for nationals only) September 4, 2023 | Norwegian Refugee Council The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee.USA: Research Fellow (General), Center for Climate and Security August 23, 2023 | Council on Strategic Risks The Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) is a nonprofit, non-partisan security policy institute devoted to anticipating, analyzing and addressing core systemic risks to security in the 21st century, with special examination of the… |
International NewsIn the last two weeks, 21 international news items on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. The following is a sampling: May 27, 2023 | Iran Front Page Clashes have broken out between Iranian border guards and Afghanistan’s Taliban forces on the joint border between the two countries, media reports say.Afghanistan/Iran: Iran, Afghanistan Exchange Heavy Cross-Border Fire over Water Dispute May 27, 2023 | TRT World Two Iranian border guards and one Afghan soldier have been killed after Afghanistan and Iran exchanged heavy gunfire in the border area, sharply escalating rising tensions between the two nations amid a dispute…DRC: DR Congo Accuses Rebel Forces of Looting Its Natural Resources [Video] May 24, 2023 | CGTN Africa The Democratic Republic of Congo has again made a formal complaint to the International Criminal Court over what it claims is the systematic looting of its natural resources in eastern parts of the…May 24, 2023 | Hamza Hendawi, National Egypt rebuked Ethiopia on Wednesday for branding their dispute over a Nile dam being built by Addis Ababa as an Arab-African conflict, saying the Horn of Africa country had no right to speak…Afghanistan/Iran: Iran Says Taliban Must Adhere to Water Treaty to End Deepening Dispute May 24, 2023 | Iran International Tehran's water dispute with the Taliban must be solved through arbitration, says the country's vice president for legal issues who claimed the Afghan fundamentalists were not acting according to agreed terms.China/DRC: China and the DRC Are Set to Sign a $6 Billion Infrastructure-for-Minerals Agreement May 23, 2023 | Chinedu Okafor, Business Insider Africa Felix Tshisekedi, the president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, will go to China from May 24 to May 29 and is scheduled to meet with President Xi Jinping to discuss and…Cambodia: Cambodian Land Activists Arrested for Allegedly Inciting Farmers to Hate the Rich May 23, 2023 | Sopheng Cheang and Grant Peck, Associated Press Three Cambodian land rights activists who were arrested on charges of plotting against the government planned to provoke a peasant revolution by teaching farmers about class divisions between rich and poor, an official…Liberia: Logging Company Exports US$2.7M Logs, Ignoring Contract with Local Community May 23, 2023 | Jacob S. Tweh Jr. and Paul M. Kanneh, Observer A Liberia Forest Media Watch (LFMW) investigation has revealed that Horizon Logging Company Limited exported a whopping 10,355 cubic meters of logs via the Greenville Port between August and November 2022, despite not…Afghanistan: Helmand Residents Say Crops Dying as Musa Qala River is Dry May 23, 2023 | Najibullah Sahil, TOLOnews The residents of Musa Qala district in southeastern Helmand province are facing a dire situation as the only river in the district has recently dried up.May 21, 2023 | Jacob S. Tweh, Jr and Paul M. Kanneh, Global News Network On 4th May 2021, Horizon Logging Company Limited signed a Commercial Use Contract (CUC) with residents of Konobo Community Forest in Grand Gedeh County to harvest logs.Colombia: Sustainable Agriculture Is Building Peace in Colombia May 21, 2023 | Eurasia Review In areas of Colombia once controlled by guerillas, conflicts over land continue and deforestation has risen considerably. |
Blogs & OpinionIn the last two weeks, 8 blogs & opinion pieces on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. Here is a sampling: Why the Africa Climate Summit Can’t Afford to Overlook Conflict September 4, 2023 | Nazanine Moshiri African leaders aren’t just pleading for help on climate change, they’re offering solutions too – but as they do so it’s critical to understand the role the issue is playing in fueling conflict,…The Unseen Battlefield: How Climate Change Fuels Global Tensions September 3, 2023 | SOFREP It’s not just about sweltering summers or dwindling polar ice. The effects of climate change are as complex and far-reaching as the issue itself.The Space for Iraqi Climate Activism Is Dangerously Small, and Shrinking August 30, 2023 | Maha Yassin Iraq is at the deadly intersection of multiple major climate and environmental crises.August 30, 2023 | Sarah Njeri By the time the shooting stops the UN predicts that Ukraine will be one of the most mine-contaminated countries in the world.How Iran's 'Miscalculation' Opened the Way for Taliban's Territorial Claims August 29, 2023 | New Arab In August 2021, the Taliban fighters seized control of the entire country through a rapid military campaign after a two-decade war.Mineral Wealth: An Important Factor in the Afghanistan Crisis August 26, 2023 | Rakesh Giri Goswami World history is full of evidence that says that wars over centuries were not fought only for prestige, but to show valour. |
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Compiled by Carrie Hanks, Liz Hessami, Nilisha Patel, Sophia Rockwell, Sarah Shahabi, Aianna Siembab, Major Stevens, Diego Toledo, Sarah Xu, Leela Yadav, Milen Yishak, and Julie Yoon |
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