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Gender, Natural Resources, Climate, and Peace | |
Issue #269 – April 30, 2024 |
AnnouncementsJune 10, 2024 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association The Board of Directors of the Environmental Peacemaking Association® (EnPAx®) has extended the deadline to submit proposals to host the Fifth International Conferences on Environmental Peacebuilding (in 2028) until October 15, 2024.April 12, 2024 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association Enrollment in limited-capacity sessions is now open!The vast majority of sessions at the Third International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding are open to all to attend. |
EventsFor more upcoming events on environmental peacebuilding, please visit our online calendar of events. Law, Policy and Science in Environmental Peacebuilding Training September 30, 2024 - 2024-10-04 Geneva Graduate Institute, Geneva Water Hub, and Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia Ljubljana, Slovenia The Geneva Water Hub and the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia have joined forces to develop a training course on “Environmental Peacebuilding” which will take place in…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.…The Red Zone: The Crossfire between Conflict and Climate Change May 15, 2024 Center for Strategic International Studies Washington, DC Recurring heatwaves, water scarcity, shrinking crop yields, flash floods, and conflict are the primary climate-specific drivers for human insecurity in the Middle East and North Africa.May 8, 2024 Forest Interest Group of the Environmental Peacebuilding Association online Join the Forest Interest Group in a critical session dedicated to Ecosystem Restoration.Conversation About — Competing Priorities and Emerging Conflict in the Arctic May 3, 2024 EnPAx Climate Change, Disasters, and Resilience Interest Group online Join us for a thought-provoking conversation on competing priorities and emerging conflict in the Arctic. |
LibraryIn the last two weeks, 14 new publications were added to our online library of materials on environmental peacebuilding. Here is a sampling of the new additions: On Dialogue and Beyond: Postitive Environmental Peacebuilding in Palestine January 1, 2024 | Elsa Barron In Palestine, environmental management has been used as a tool of military occupation and oppression. Yet even within that context, many community-based organizations have established programs relating to environmental peacebuilding.Environmental Peacebuilding: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow January 1, 2024 | Ken Conca The field of environmental peacebuilding emerged as a counter to the idea that violent conflict was an inevitable byproduct of environmental change.Renewable Energy Diplomacy and Transitions: An Environmental Peacebuilding Approach January 1, 2024 | Mirza Sadaqat Energy diplomacy is one of the key determinants in achieving net zero emissions by 2050.Environmental Peacebuilding: Moving beyond Resolving Violence-Ridden Conflicts to Sustaining Peace January 1, 2024 | Udi Sommer and Francesca Fassbender The literature on environmental peacebuilding (EP) is focused on overcoming or preventing violent conflict using environmental collaboration (EC), typically on common environmental issues between two or more parties.Governing after FARC: Environmental Peacebuilding in Caquetá, Colombia January 1, 2024 | McKenzie F. Johnson, Luz A. Rodríguez, and Manuela Quijano Hoyos The authors examine the environment as a mechanism for building substantial integration in Colombia. In environmental peacebuilding, substantial integration is a positive peace dimension characterized by trans-societal links that foster social cohesion.January 1, 2024 | Maria Martin de Almagro and Caitlin Ryan Climate change and its potentially violent consequences for international peace and security have transformed the United Nations (UN) approach to Sustaining Peace.January 1, 2024 Today’s episode of New Security Broadcast is hosted by ECSP in collaboration with the Environmental Peacebuilding Association as part of a special series: “Thought-leaders and Frontline Workers in Environmental Peacebuilding: An Oral History.How ‘Traumatic Decarbonization’ Can Impact Political Stability and Peace January 1, 2024 | Aditya Sarkar and Alex de Waal The process of decarbonization — that is, the replacement of fossil fuels with non-hydrocarbon-based forms of energy — is essential for the world to meet its climate goals.The Ghosts of Iraq's Marshes: A History of Conflict, Tragedy, and Restoration January 1, 2024 | Steve Lonergan, Jassim Al-Asadi and Keith Holmes The gripping history of the devastation and resurrection of the Marshes of Iraq, an environmental treasure of the Middle East, now a protected site.January 1, 2023 | Benson Kenduiywo, Andres Mendez, Theresa Liebig, Anna Belli, Victor Villa, Harold Achicanoy, Victor Korir, Brenda Chepngetich, Grazia Pacillo, and Peter Laderach Climate change poses significant threats to East Africa and Greater Horn of Africa (EAGHA), impacting critical sectors such as agriculture, nutrition, resource availability, and overall human security. |
JobsPlease visit our jobs page to view these positions and other job opportunities. Yemen: Livelihoods and Food Security Specialist April 29, 2024 | Norwegian Refugee Council The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee.Turkiye: WASH Specialist Cluster Coordinator, P4, FT, Gaziantep April 28, 2024 | United Nations Children's Fund UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.Remote: Humanitarian Support Personnel - Food and Economic Security April 25, 2024 | Oxfam Oxfam is a global community who believe poverty isn’t inevitable. It’s an injustice that can be overcome.Austria: Assistant Project Officer (P1) (Women, Water Management and Conflict Prevention) April 25, 2024 | Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe The OSCE has a comprehensive approach to security that encompasses politico-military, economic and environmental, and human aspects.Ukraine: Project and Programme Management, Public Health and Health Service April 25, 2024 | International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is the world’s largest humanitarian organization, with a network of 192-member National Societies.Ukraine: Partnerships Officer SC-8 | Kyiv, Ukraine April 25, 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…Remote: Consultancy: Gender, Climate Change, and Conflict (2016) April 25, 2024 | Oxfam Oxfam is looking to commission a briefing paper that will investigate existing frameworks, evidence, influencing and programmatic knowledge on the climate change-conflict-gender The paper will collate the growing knowledge on the how climate…United States/Remote: Climate, Peace and Security Intern April 22, 2024 | UN Department of Peace Operations This position is located in the Partnerships/Climate Peace and Security Team, in the Policy and Best Practices Service (PBPS), Division of Policy, Evaluation and Training (DEPT) in the Department of Peace Operations (DPO). |
International NewsIn the last two weeks, 25 international news items on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. The following is a sampling: Liberia: Meet the Woman on the Frontline of Conservation in Liberia February 2, 2024 | Tina S. Mehnpaine 31-year-old Grace Zansi was obsessed with the rampant butchering of wildlife in her hometown, Beo Bongarplay, Nimba County. “I felt bad when I saw people killing and eating wildlife,” she recalled.South Sudan: Land Dispute Clashes between South Sudan Herders Kill 39 February 2, 2024 | Waakhe Simon Wudu, Reuters Fighting between herders from two neighbouring states in central South Sudan has killed at least 39 people, officials said, blaming the violence on protracted land disputes.Nigeria: Stakeholders Seek Alignment of Gender, Climate Change in Agric Policies February 1, 2024 | Tina Abeku, Guardian January 31, 2024 | Rocío Magnani, Latin Times In the past week, amid what authorities have labeled as the hottest January in thirty years, Colombian firefighters are contending with extinguishing flames in forest fires linked to the 'El Niño' phenomenon, which…Afghanistan: Drought behind 70pc Cut in Panjsher Hydropower Generation January 30, 2024 | Emal Rahimi, Pajhwok Afghan News Drought has taken its toll on power generation at hydropower dams and decreased power generation by 70 percent, residents of central Panjsher province.Afghanistan: Oil Extraction at Amu Darya to Surge with Opening of New Wells: Ministry January 30, 2024 | Bibi Amina Hakimi, TOLOnews The head of the Afg-China Oil and Gas Ltd in a meeting with the acting Minister of Mines and Petroleum (MoMP), Shahabuddin Delawar, said that with the operation of 24 new wells, the…Yemen: Amidst Ongoing Conflict, Efforts to Save This Endemic Tree Are Threatened January 29, 2024 | Abdulmalik Alnemri, Ensia and Egab Dragon’s blood, or Dam al-Akhawain (two brothers’ blood), as it’s locally known, is endemic to Socotra, a mostly desert archipelago south of the Arabian Peninsula, whose isolation from Yemen’s mainland has largely spared…January 29, 2024 | Nicole Pomerantz, ASU News In Burkina Faso, located in the Sahel region of West Africa, the amount of safe water available for homes depends on seasonality and rainfall.Sudan/South Sudan/Abyei: Sudan-South Sudan Border: Clashes Kill Dozens in Disputed Abyei Region January 29, 2024 | BBC More than 50 people, including United Nations peacekeepers, have been killed in attacks in an area disputed between South Sudan and Sudan, the United Nations has said.Yemen: UK ‘Reserves Right to Respond’ after Oil Tanker Set Alight off Yemen January 27, 2024 | Amy Sedghi and Tom Ambrose, Guardian The UK government has said Britain and its allies “reserve the right to respond appropriately” after an oil tanker was struck and set alight off the coast of Yemen.Afghanistan: Construction of New Dams Begins in South Afghanistan January 27, 2024 | Xinhua Work for constructing two dams has begun in south Afghanistan's Zabul province, the official news agency Bakhtar reported Saturday.Myanmar: 18 Arrested for Smuggling Timber in Myanmar January 24, 2024 | Xinhua Myanmar authorities have arrested 18 suspects who were involved in the alleged smuggling of timber across the country, the state-run daily The Mirror reported on Wednesday.Ukraine/Russia: Russia’s War Has Left a Huge Gap in Arctic Research January 23, 2024 | Yale Environment 360 Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Western scientists have lost access to information from Russian research stations in the Arctic, leaving a critical gap in the data from the rapidly warming region. |
Blogs & OpinionIn the last two weeks, 8 blogs & opinion pieces on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. War, Natural Disasters, Security Concerns and Tourism April 29, 2024 | Bendegul Okumus Some regions of the world are experiencing wars and conflict, which have caused serious problems in supply chain management.The Double Costs of Conflict-Driven Climate Change in MENA and Beyond April 29, 2024 | Ariel Ezrahi While much of the world’s attention was on the ongoing Gaza war, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region was also dealing with unprecedented heavy rainfall in the United Arab Emirates and…April 24, 2024 | Cooley On 24 April 2024, the European Parliament voted to adopt the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), meaning it will now become law and necessitate a shift in corporate attitudes to responsible business…Things I (Don’t) Worry about: Water Wars [Video] April 19, 2024 | Peter Zeihan There are some practical limitations to water wars. Water isn’t easy to move and redirecting rivers or directional flows is time consuming, expensive, and hard to do.Addressing Haiti's Climate Security Challenges: A Pathway to Peace and Resilience April 16, 2024 | Dorine Jn Paul Haiti, a Caribbean nation endowed with natural beauty and rich cultural heritage, finds itself grappling with a myriad of challenges, from environmental degradation to political instability.Water Wars: Chinese Fishermen Drown Following Chase Near Taiwan-Controlled Island April 15, 2024 | Aaron Baum, Teresa Chen, Alana Nance, Nikhita Salgame, and Ania Zolyniak On Feb. 14, two Chinese fishermen fleeing Taiwan’s coast guard drowned off the coast of Kinmen archipelago, also known as the Quemoy.Beyond Complicity, Obstruction and Geopolitics: Military Forces and Climate Security April 15, 2024 | Anselm Vogler The contentious and ambiguous entanglement that military forces have with their natural environment inevitably sparkles public interest and academic research.What Does Russia’s War in Ukraine Mean for Global Biodiversity Conservation Efforts? March 27, 2024 | Margaret D. Williams This article explores some of the environmental consequences of Russia’s war in Ukraine that are being felt far beyond the battlefields. |
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Compiled by Jennah Colborn, Josh Dougherty, Carrie Hanks, Liz Hessami, Anna McDonald, Nilisha Patel, Sarah Shahabi, Aianna Siembab, Major Stevens, Diego Toledo, Sarah Xu, Milen Yishak, and Julie Yoon |
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