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Gender, Natural Resources, Climate, and Peace | |
Issue #86 – April 25, 2017 |
EventsFor more upcoming events on environmental peacebuilding, please visit our online calendar of events. Hill Briefing: Climate Change and the Risks to National Security April 27, 2017 American Security Project and the Center for Climate and Security Washington, DC On April 27th, senior national security experts Vice Admiral Dennis McGinn, USN (Ret. ), Brigadier General Stephen Cheney, USMC (Ret. ), and Brigadier General David McGinnis, USA (Ret. |
LibraryIn the last two weeks, 30 new publications were added to our online library of materials on environmental peacebuilding. Here is a sampling of the new additions: January 1, 2017 | Angela Kronenburg García This article examines two successive conflicts over the same forest in Kenya, which, when analysed separately, have led to interpretations that do not hold when the conflicts are studied in relation to each…January 1, 2017 | Frank D.W. Witmer, Andrew M. Linke, John O’Loughlin, Andrew Gettelman, and Arlene Laing How will local violent conflict patterns in sub-Saharan Africa evolve until the middle of the 21st century?Islands, Extraction and Violence: Mining and the Politics of Scale in Island Melanesia January 1, 2017 | Matthew G. Allen Set against the backdrop of past, contemporary and possible future mining-related violence on islands in the western Pacific, this article explores how scholarship on the politics of scale, as well as strands of…Using a Novel Climate–Water Conflict Vulnerability Index to Capture Double Exposures in Lake Chad January 1, 2017 | Uche T. Okpara, Lindsay C. Stringer, and Andrew J. Dougill Climate variability is amongst an array of threats facing agricultural livelihoods, with its effects unevenly distributed.The Evolution of the Natural Resource Curse Thesis: A Critical Literature Survey January 1, 2017 | Ramez Abubakr Badeeb, Hooi Hooi Lean, and Jeremy Clark This paper surveys the natural resource curse.Water and U.S. National Security January 1, 2017 | Joshua Busby Water and security are inextricably linked in every region of the world. While shared interests have historically facilitated cooperation in managing water, the future could be different.Mineral Supply for Sustainable Development Requires Resource Governance January 1, 2017 | Saleem H. Ali, Damien Giurco, Nicholas Arndt, Edmund Nickless, Graham Brown, Alecos Demetriades, Ray Durrheim, Maria Amélia Enriquez, Judith Kinnaird, Anna Littleboy, Lawrence D. Meinert, Roland Oberhänsli, Janet Salem, Richard Schodde, et al Successful delivery of the United Nations sustainable development goals and implementation of the Paris Agreement requires technologies that utilize a wide range of minerals in vast quantities.January 1, 2016 | Katharina Nett and Lukas Rüttinger Over the past ten years, both our understanding and awareness of the links between climate change and security have increased tremendously. |
JobsPlease visit our jobs page to view these positions and other job opportunities. April 24, 2017 | Swisspeace Swisspeace is a practice-oriented peace research institute. |
International NewsIn the last two weeks, 21 international news items on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. The following is a sampling: Afghanistan: Poor Kabul-Islamabad Ties Affect Afghan Fruit Exports January 2, 2017 | Agence France-Presse Frosty relations between Kabul and Islamabad have put a brake on Afghanistan’s ambitious plans to boost fruit exports, according to analysts.Afghanistan: Afghans Struggle to Supplant Poppies with Fruit Crops January 1, 2017 | Agence France-Presse Frosty relations between Kabul and Islamabad have put a brake on Afghanistan's ambitious plans to boost fruit exports, seen as vital to providing farmers an alternative to poppy cultivation which fuels the Taliban…December 31, 2016 | Mike Hixenbaugh, Virginian-Pilot and Charles Ornstein, ProPublica There are many ways to measure the cost of U. S. involvement in the Vietnam War: in bombs (7 million tons), in dollars ($760 billion in today’s dollars) and in bodies (58,220).Iraq/Kurdistan: Kurdish MP Demands Investigations on Selling Oilfields December 30, 2016 | Rebuilding Iraq Kurdish Union Party MP Shwan Dawoodi called for opening an "expanded investigation" on Wikileaks reports on selling Kurdish oilfields to Turkey.Iraq/Kurdistan: International Oil Companies Pull out of Kurdistan December 30, 2016 | Dilshad Abdullah, Al-Monitor Exxon Mobil has pulled out of three of the six exploration blocks it operated in the Kurdistan Region.Iraq/Kuwait: Kuwait Agrees Long-Delayed Iraq Gas Import Deal December 29, 2016 | Anthony McAuley, The National Kuwait has agreed to start a long-delayed gas import deal with Iraq, the two countries announced during a visit of Iraq’s oil minister that was also aimed at drumming up Kuwaiti investment in…Egypt/Ethiopia: Ethiopia Says Dialogue with Egypt the Only Way to Resolve Conflict over Nile Dam December 26, 2016 | Middle East Monitor Ethiopia’s foreign minister said on Sunday that dialogue is the only way to resolve any problem that may arise with Egypt over the Renaissance Dam on the River Nile.December 23, 2016 | Gareth Davies, Daily Mail ISIS set fire to oil wells before the Qayyarah area was recaptured by Iraqi forces in August, and these have burned for months, turning sheep that graze in the area black with soot.Afghanistan: Saffron Cultivation Hits Record High in Afghanistan December 22, 2016 | TOLO News The increase in saffron production is a result of continued technical, financial and training support provided by MAIL to Afghan farmers, according to the Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock.Sudan/South Sudan: Sudan, South Sudan Reach Deal on Oil Financial Arrangements December 21, 2016 | South Sudan News Agency Sudan and South Sudan have agreed to extend oil financial arrangements after days of tough negotiations.December 19, 2016 | Beth Walker, Third Pole A Burmese journalist was found dead on December 13 while investigating illegal logging and wood smuggling near Monywa, in the Sagaing region of Northwest Myanmar, his colleague and bureau chief has confirmed. |
Blogs & OpinionIn the last two weeks, 9 blogs & opinion pieces on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. Here is a sampling: An Iconic River in Conflict: A Photo Journey along the Salween River April 20, 2017 | International Rivers The Salween River holds a unique place among the world’s great rivers, not only due to its vibrant ecosystem and the rich biodiversity that it supports, but also because it remains largely untouched…China is Playing Peacemaker in Myanmar, but with an Ulterior Motive April 18, 2017 | Doug Bock Clark and Corey Pattison In early March, Myanmar’s government sat down with a coalition of ethnic rebel groups, including the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), trying to jump-start peace negotiations that had sputtered out after months of escalating…How Humans Have Fought over—and Weaponized—Water April 18, 2017 | Kelsey Atherton A timeline of all the reasons we've gone to battle over the H2O. Whether we're poisoning, drowning, or dehydrating our enemies into submission, we humans have long waged war over water.Water and the Rise of Insurgencies in the “Arc of Instability” April 12, 2017 | Azua (Zizhan) Luo Water scarcity has contributed to an “arc of instability” characterized by conflict and displacement that stretches from West Africa to the Middle East, said a panel of experts at the Wilson Center on March…Enough Project Responds with Serious Concerns about SEC Statements on Conflict Minerals April 12, 2017 | Enough Project The Enough Project takes serious issue with recent statements by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Acting Chairman Michael Piwowar and the SEC Division of Corporate Finance regarding the SEC's Conflict Minerals Rule. |
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Compiled by Brooke Helstrom, Liz Hessami, Natalia Jiménez Galindo, Britt Sheinbaum, Sofia Soto Reyes, Annabelle Vinois, and Erin Wenk |
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