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Gender, Natural Resources, Climate, and Peace | |
Issue #13 – July 8, 2014 |
New Library ResourcesIn the last two weeks, 13 new publications were added to our online library of resources on environmental peacebuilding. Here is a sampling of the new additions: Valuing National Security: Climate Change, the Military, and Society January 1, 2014 | Sarah E. Light This Article proposes a hypothesis: By linking a reduction in reliance on fossil fuels to the value of promoting national security, what I have called the Military-Environmental Complex has the potential to change…Extreme Temperatures and Violence January 1, 2014 | Clionadh Raleigh, Andrew Linke, John O'Loughlin In his book Civilization and Climate, Ellsworth Huntington (1876–1947) noted that “ Almost any American or European who has travelled or resided within the tropics will confess that he has occasionally flown into…Kirkuk Conflict: The Underlying Energy Dimension January 1, 2014 | Hriday Sarma This paper offers a different perspective on the conflict within Kirkuk Governorate vis-à-vis the commonly held view of it being principally an ethno-national conflict based on territorial claims of Kurdish nationalism.January 1, 2014 Since the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the Act) was passed in 2010, relevant U. S. |
International NewsIn the last two weeks, 34 international news items on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. Following is a sampling: Ukraine: Putin Reclaims Crimea for Russia and Bitterly Denounces the West March 18, 2014 | Steven Lee Myers and Ellen Barry, The New York TImes MOSCOW — President Vladimir V.Myanmar: Act Immediately to Protect Displaced People's Rights March 17, 2014 | Michel Gabaudan and Melanie Teff, Refugees International As Myanmar continues its renewed engagement with the international community, it must begin to address the serious violations of the rights of ethnic minorities that plague the country.United States: Suit Filed in Haiti Cholera Epidemic March 12, 2014 | Somini Sengupta, The New York Times A class-action lawsuit claiming to represent cholera victims in Haiti and their relatives in the United States was filed against the United Nations on Tuesday in Federal District Court in Brooklyn.Libya: Prime Minister Ousted in Chaos over Tanker March 11, 2014 | David D. Kirkpatrick and Cliffort Kraussmarch, The New York Times CAIRO — Libya’s transitional Parliament voted on Tuesday to remove its prime minister as his government conceded that despite days of bluster it was powerless to stop a tanker from sailing away with…Dispute Over Fate of Mysterious Tanker With Oil From Libya March 10, 2014 | Clifford Krauss, The New York Times HOUSTON — A tanker that had been sitting for three days in a Libyan port controlled by a regional militia has what every refinery in Europe wants: some of the highest quality oil…Nigeria: Nigerians Ask Why Oil Funds Are Missing March 10, 2014 | Adam Nossiter, The New York Times LAGOS, Nigeria — Even in a country where untold oil wealth disappears into the pockets of the elite, the oil corruption scheme he was investigating seemed outsize — and he threatened to lay…South Sudan: Conflict Erases Food Security Gains, UN Agencies Say March 10, 2014 | Charlton Doki, Voice of America JUBA — The conflict in South Sudan has undone the strides the young country has taken toward food security in recent years, U. N. agencies said Monday. |
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Compiled by Daphne Chang and Joel Young |
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