Blogs & Opinions
Avoiding Transboundary Waters Conflicts: A Tale of Two Treaties
Sep 5, 2021
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Robert Sandford
The outdated treaties, compacts, bilateral agreements, acts, laws, policies and hardened institutions globally that stand in the way of effective, just and resilient 21st century…
To Address Climate Change, Address Gender Inequity
Sep 3, 2021
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Elizabeth Chun Hye Lee
Hurricane Ida has devastated communities in Louisiana, leaving many without electricity during one of the hottest months of the year. Because of a lack of…
Kazakhstan Moves to Ease Water Conflict in Central Asia
Sep 3, 2021
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Wilder Alejandro Sanchez
An early August meeting of Central Asian heads of state in Turkmenistan addressed issues such as the COVID-19 pandemic and regional consequences of renewed Taliban…
The Uncertain Future of Afghanistan’s Nascent Environmental Laws
Sep 2, 2021
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Elizabeth Hessami
Afghanistan is in turmoil. The abrupt withdrawal of U.S. forces set in motion by a deal between former President Trump and the Taliban, and executed…
Integrating Conflict Prevention and Climate Change in US Foreign Policy and Development Assistance
Sep 1, 2021
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Cynthia Brady, Liz Hume, and Nick Zuroski
Climate change is no longer an abstract issue we may face in the future. Devastating forest fires, the hottest June on record in the United States, lethal flooding…
It's Time to Let Young People Help Shape Climate Policy
Sep 1, 2021
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Jessica Cooke
The climate crisis is one of the defining injustices of our time, and young people will live with the consequences for the longest. It’s no…
Deforestation in Colombia's Amazon: Outlining the Problem
Sep 1, 2021
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Katie Jones and María Fernanda Ramírez
Deforestation is the most visible face of environmental crime in Colombia’s Amazon. From around 2016, the region’s forests registered accelerating encroachment and destruction. According to…
Integrating Conflict Prevention and Climate Change in US Foreign Policy and Development Assistance
Sep 1, 2021
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Cynthia Brady, Liz Hume, and Nick Zuroski
Climate change is no longer an abstract issue we may face in the future. Devastating forest fires, the hottest June on record in the United…
Peaceful Minefields: Environmental Protection or Security Risks?
Aug 30, 2021
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Darcie DeAngelo
It’s no surprise that minefields and other military waste can prevent development and economic prosperity, but perhaps counterintuitively, their presence can also provide ecological protections…
What Does Taliban's Takeover Mean for Environmental Protection in Afghanistan?
Aug 27, 2021
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Austin Bodetti
The Taliban's ascent has significant implications for environmental protection in Afghanistan. The militants cannot afford to ignore the consequences of climate change and need to…
How Afghanistan’s $1 Trillion Mining Wealth Sold the War
Aug 27, 2021
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Frik Els
Search for Afghanistan minerals and you get dozens of articles written in the last few days quoting a magical $1 trillion number including gems like The…
“Crimea River”: Russia & Ukraine’s Water Conflict
Aug 26, 2021
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Willis Sparks and Alex Kliment
Russia and Ukraine have been at odds over lots of things in recent years, but the latest spat is over something particularly fluid and intractable:…
Are Assessments of Afghanistan’s Mineral Wealth Accurate?
Aug 25, 2021
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TRT World
With increasing global demand for rare earth minerals and lithium driving advanced technology, Afghanistan is at the forefront of economic speculation given its famed mineral…
The Climate Crisis Is Worse for Women. Here’s Why.
Aug 24, 2021
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Lauren Jackson
The world’s leading climate scientists issued a landmark report this month with their clearest clarion call to date: The climate crisis is here, it’s humanity’s fault,…
Why Addressing the Climate Crisis Can Help Build More Sustainable Peace
Aug 23, 2021
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Florian Krampe, Farah Hegazi, and Stacy D. VanDeveer
Thirty years of research underlies the realization that climate change poses substantial national, international and human security risks, but analysts have only recently shifted their…
How Ethiopia’s Conflict Has Affected Farming in Tigray
Aug 22, 2021
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Jan Nyssen, Emnet Negash, and Sofie Annys
Since fighting broke out in November 2020 between the Tigrayan regional government and the Ethiopian army, the conflict has wreaked havoc on the lives of…
After Climate Change Forced Her to Miss School, Meet the Activist Fighting Back
Aug 20, 2021
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Joe McCarthy
Aryaana Khan would rather not spend her days thinking about how humans are destroying the environment.
But no matter where she goes, the climate crisis has…
Amplify: Elevating Women’s Voices is Key to our Success in Tackling Climate Change
Aug 20, 2021
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Sierra Bien
Achieving A Gender Just World: Thought Leaders Provide Actionable Ways To Break Through Equality's Biggest Barriers
Aug 19, 2021
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Marianne Schnall
In the first article for the Envision Equality campaign, we highlighted diverse inspirational visions of what a gender just world could be. In this next installment,…
International Response to Haiti's Earthquake Must Avoid 2010 Mistakes
Aug 19, 2021
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Brian Concannon and Kathleen Bergin
As the death toll and displacement from Saturday’s earthquake in Haiti mounts, the United States must urgently mobilize to provide help. But we must, just…
How Can Empowering Women & Girls Help End World Hunger?
Aug 18, 2021
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Leah Rodriguez
World hunger reached a five-year high in 2020 and a third of the world population — 2.3 billion people — did not have access to adequate nutrition.
Conflict,…
Malala: I Survived the Taliban. I Fear for My Afghan Sisters.
Aug 17, 2021
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Malala Yousafzai
In the last two decades, millions of Afghan women and girls received an education. Now the future they were promised is dangerously close to slipping…
Water and (in-)Security in Afghanistan as the Taliban Take over
Aug 16, 2021
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Water, Peace and Security
The takeover by the Taliban not only threatens people’s lives, security and fundamental freedom, but also significantly increases risks of water insecurity both immediately and…
Taliban Seize Herat and Assault Nearby Dam That Provides Water and Power to Hundreds of Thousands of Afghans
Aug 13, 2021
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Elizabeth B. Hessami and Asef Ghafoory
The Taliban have taken over the Afghan city of Herat, capping three weeks of furious fighting in which both men and women took up arms…
Repairing the Damage to Global Food Systems From COVID-19
Aug 12, 2021
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World Politics Review
According to a United Nations report released last month, just under one-tenth of the global population was undernourished in 2020, up from 8.4 percent in 2019.…
As International Troops Depart Afghanistan, the Threat of Landmines Remains
Aug 11, 2021
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Evan Jones and Daniel Bertoli
Buried amongst the dozens of pressing challenges in Afghanistan is an issue that rarely receives the international spotlight: the prevalence of landmines and other explosive…
You Can’t Talk About Gender Equality Without Talking About Climate Change
Aug 11, 2021
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Angela Priestley
Gender equality gains both locally and globally have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic over the past 18 months, but that could be nothing…
5 Ways We Can Address Land Inequality and Women’s Land Rights
Aug 11, 2021
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Mike Taylor and Gabriela Bucher
Land. It is a commodity like no other. We live on it. We grow from it. We drink from it and build our futures upon…
Gender Equality: The Catalyst to Addressing the Triple Crisis Facing Latin American and the Caribbean
Aug 10, 2021
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UNDP
In the first half of 2021, a Feminist Action Coalition for Climate Justice was established as part of the Global Acceleration Plan for Gender Equality…
Climate Change, Water Security, and Women: A Study on Water Boiling in South Tarawa, Kiribati
Aug 10, 2021
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Asian Development Bank
This publication summarizes the results of a household survey on water boiling practices in South Tarawa, Kiribati, and outlines implications for the design of water…