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Gender, Natural Resources, Climate, and Peace | |
Issue #262 – January 23, 2024 |
AnnouncementsJoin the Listserv for the Third International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding! January 8, 2024 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association Join the Google Group to receive targeted information on the Third International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding, to be held in The Hague, Netherlands, from 19-21 June 2024, with a day of pre-conference events… |
EventsFor more upcoming events on environmental peacebuilding, please visit our online calendar of events. Third International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding June 18, 2024 - 2024-06-21 Environmental Peacebuilding Association and the Grotius Center for International Legal Studies at Leiden University The Hague, Netherlands and online The Environmental Peacebuilding Association® (EnPAx®) and the Grotius Center for International Legal Studies at Leiden University are delighted to announce that the Third International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding will be held on June 19-21, 2024.…Seminar and Book Launch: Corporate Sustainability, Peace and the Environment March 1, 2024 Sustainability Law, University of Oslo Oslo, Norway and online This seminar brings together the international law discourse on environmental peacebuilding and the corporate law and corporate governance stream of research on corporate sustainability.Environmental Peacebuilding: The Year in Review and the Year Ahead January 30, 2024 Environmental Peacebuilding Association online The Environmental Peacebuilding Association will host its annual year-in-review roundtable on “Environmental Peacebuilding: The Year in Review and the Year Ahead. |
LibraryIn the last two weeks, 15 new publications were added to our online library of materials on environmental peacebuilding. Here is a sampling of the new additions: January 1, 2024 | Martijn C. Vlaskamp This paper investigates public support for national policies that hold companies accountable for their actions abroad, focusing on the extraction of natural resources.On (In-)Secure Grounds: How Military Forces Interact with Global Environmental Change January 1, 2024 | Anselm Vogler Military forces contribute to, struggle with, and respond to global environmental change. This entangles them ambiguously with their ecological environment. This article reviews these entanglements in two steps.Violent and Vibrant: Mexico's Avocado Boom and Organized Crime January 1, 2024 | Romain Le-Cour-Grandmaison and Paul Frissard Martinez The growing consumption of avocados globally has increased interest in the social, economic and environmental impacts of avocado production in Mexico, and in the political-criminal networks that have expanded around the industry.Mining and Violence in Latin America: The State’s Coercive Responses to Anti-Mining Resistance January 1, 2024 | Moises Arce and Camilo Nieto-Matiz The expansion of mining and conflict violence are closely related phenomena, but there is widespread variation in the coercive responses state actors embrace to subdue resistance to mining.Climate Finance and Conflict: Adaptation amid Instability January 1, 2024 | Clionadh Raleigh, Andrew Linke, Sam Barrett, and Elham Kazemi Conflict and climate change might be present in the same areas and expose communities that struggle with these dual risks, but they do not co-occur in consistent or predictable ways.Exploring the Worldwide Impact of COVID-19 on Conflict Risk under Climate Change January 1, 2023 | Xiaolan Xie, Mengmeng Hao, Fangyu Ding, Tobias Ide, David Helman, Jürgen Scheffran, Qian Wang, Yushu Qian, Shuai Chen, Jiajie Wu, Tian Ma, Quansheng Ge, and Dong Jiang As the biggest threats facing mankind, COVID-19 and conflict risk severely affected human livelihood and economic development. Exploring the effects of COVID-19 on conflict risk is essential to human health and safety.Forest Defenders: Explaining the Violent Politics of Illegal Logging in Romania January 1, 2023 | Adéla Pokorná and Miriam Matejova Romanian environmental activists have been subjected to violent attacks for protecting their forests from illegal logging.January 1, 2023 | Anselm Vogler The right framing of climate and other environmental change is crucial to guide policy responses towards preventing human suffering, displacement, and violent conflict.Violent Transitions: Towards a Political Ecology of Coal and Hydropower in India January 1, 2023 | Mukul Kumar The concept of just transition is often defined as a process of including particular kinds of fossil fuel workers in the transition towards low-carbon energy. |
JobsPlease visit our jobs page to view these positions and other job opportunities. Sweden: Senior Researcher, Climate Change and Risk Programme January 23, 2024 | Stockholm International Peace Research Institute The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) is seeking a experienced Senior Researcher with a specific focus on conflict and peacebuilding for its Climate Change and Risk (CCR) Programme.Sweden: Research Assistant, Food, Peace and Security January 23, 2024 | Stockholm International Peace Research Institute The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) is an independent international institute whose core mission is to undertake research and activities on security, conflict and peace.Germany: Call for Tender: Design and Facilitation of a Training Course on "Greening WASH" January 19, 2024 | Academy of the Ruhr-University Bochum The Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV) is one of the leading academic institutions in Europe for teaching and research in the context of humanitarian crises.Italy: Climate Peace and Security Specialist, Rome, Italy January 19, 2024 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations The Office of Emergencies and Resilience (OER) is responsible for ensuring FAO’s efforts to support countries and partners in preparing for and effectively responding to food and agricultural threats and crises.Ukraine: Programme Associate (Monitoring) SC-6 | Odesa, Ukraine 1, Lviv January 19, 2024 | 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…Somalia: Resilience Specialist, Mogadiscio, Somalia January 19, 2024 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations The key mission of the FAO Representation in Somalia, which is led by FAO Representative (FAOR), is to assist and support the national government to develop policies, strategies and programme aimed at accelerating…January 19, 2024 | United Nations Children's Fund The fundamental mission of UNICEF is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the organization does — in programs, in advocacy and in operations.United Kingdom/Netherlands: Policy Advisor, Climate January 19, 2024 | Mercy Corps Mercy Corps’ mission is to alleviate suffering, poverty and oppression by helping people build secure, productive and just communities.Ethiopia: WASH Governance and Management Advisor, Jijiga, Ethiopia January 19, 2024 | SNV SNV is a mission-driven global development partner working in more than 20 countries across Africa and Asia.Ukraine: Livelihood and Food Security Coordinator Ukraine Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine January 19, 2024 | Norwegian Refugee Council Under the leadership of the line manager the purpose of the LFS Coordinator is to support and ensure that all LFS activities, are planned, implemented, monitored and reported according to NRC standards, procedures… |
International NewsIn the last two weeks, 10 international news items on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. The following is a sampling: Middle East and North Africa: Water Stress Worsens Food Insecurity Crisis in Arab States September 26, 2023 | Mohammed El-Said, New Arab Water stress and scarcity have increased food insecurity in the Middle East and North Africa region. The climate crisis has affected rainfall patterns, resulting in drier conditions.Arctic: Climate Change, Chinese and Russian Military Activity Increase Risk in the Arctic September 25, 2023 | Kylie Bielby, Homeland Security According to the U. S.DRC: Forced Evictions from DR Congo Mineral-Rich Villages Blights Outlook September 25, 2023 | Patrick Ilunga, East African Kolwezi town in the Democratic Republic of Congo was nicknamed the cobalt capital of the world for having plenty of the mineral.Azerbaijan: Thousands of Armenians Flee Nagorno-Karabakh as Azerbaijan Reclaims Separatist Region September 25, 2023 | Associated Press Thousands of Armenians streamed out of Nagorno-Karabakh after the Azerbaijani military reclaimed full control of the breakaway region while Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Azerbaijan Monday in a show of support to…Iraq: New Iraqi Oil Law to Allow Production Sharing with Foreign Firms September 21, 2023 | Zawya A new historic Iraqi oil and gas law that could be approved after the December local elections will allow foreign companies to have a share of oil output with the government, the official…Myanmar: Establishing Community-Managed Fish Conservation Zones in the Sittaung River, Myanmar September 20, 2023 | International Union for Conservation of Nature Historically in Myanmar, fishing rights were awarded to businesses with little if any community benefit. |
Blogs & OpinionIn the last two weeks, 3 blogs & opinion pieces on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. Environment and Security | Q&A with Editor in Chief, Ashok Swain January 22, 2024 | Wilson Center From Afghanistan, Nepal, and Libya to the Arctic, the new issue of Environment and Security takes a fresh look at emerging issues at the intersection of environment and security.The Dynamics of Violence in Pursuit of Land in the Pan Amazon January 17, 2024 | Timothy J. Killeen The adage ‘possession is nine-tenths of the law’ is not legally true, but the concept reigns supreme on frontier landscapes in the Pan Amazon.Israel: Starvation Used as Weapon of War in Gaza December 18, 2023 | Human Rights Watch The Israeli government is using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare in the occupied Gaza Strip, which is a war crime, Human Rights Watch said today. |
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Compiled by Josh Dougherty, Carrie Hanks, Liz Hessami, Nilisha Patel, Sarah Shahabi, Aianna Siembab, Major Stevens, Audrey Thill, Diego Toledo, Sarah Xu, Leela Yadav, Milen Yishak, and Julie Yoon |
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