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Afghanistan: Coalmining in Afghanistan – in Pictures [Photos]
Nov 16, 2022
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Oliver Weiken, Guardian
From men in their 60s to boys as young as 10, hundreds of miners work every day in Chinarak for just a few euros.
Sahel: UN Warns of Worsening Conflict and Displacement in Sahel without Immediate Climate Action
Nov 16, 2022
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UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Without urgent investment in climate mitigation and adaptation, countries in the Sahel risk decades of armed conflict and displacement exacerbated by rising temperatures, resource scarcity…
Afghanistan: Pollution Increases as Kabul Residents Choose Coal over Wood
Nov 16, 2022
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Bibi Amina Hakimi, TOLOnews
The residents of Kabul said that as the price of wood remains high and they are obliged to use coal, which is causing air pollution…
DRC: Crucial Congo Rainforest Faces Growing Threats from Logging and Mining
Nov 15, 2022
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Madeleine Cuff, New Scientist
If the Amazon is the lungs of the world, then the Congo basin is its beating heart. This vast region in central Africa is home…
Colombia: In Colombia, Drilling Pays the Bills. The Country’s Leaders Want to Quit Oil.
Nov 15, 2022
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Max Bearak, New York Times
Over the past four decades, Colombia has pumped billions of barrels of oil from under a vast savanna it shares with neighboring Venezuela. Through pipelines,…
Iraq: Expanding Deserts, Searing Temperatures, and Dying Land: Climate Crises Deepen Struggle of Farmers [Video]
Nov 14, 2022
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International Committee of the Red Cross
Iraq has been burdened with wars, sanctions, and domestic conflict for over 40 years, but the potential economic and environmental fallout of the climate crisis…
Afghanistan: Women Human Rights Defenders Arrested by the Taliban Must Be Immediately Released
Nov 14, 2022
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Amnesty International
Responding to the arrests of at least three prominent women human rights defenders Zarifa Yaqoobi, Farhat Popalzai and Humaira Yusuf and their colleagues by the…
At COP27, Our Climate Future is Female: A Progress Report on Implementing U.S. Efforts to Advance Women and Girls’ Climate Action
Nov 14, 2022
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US Department of State
On November 14, 2022, Gender Day at COP27, the U.S. government is proud to announce the following strategies, initiatives, and programs addressing the disproportionate impacts…
The United States: USAID Advances Global Climate Action and Gender Equality
Nov 14, 2022
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USAID
At COP27, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced a suite of programs to advance gender-responsive climate action.
Ukraine: Ukraine's Environmental Damage from War Will Take Years to Clean up [Photos]
Nov 14, 2022
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Associated Press
As the environmental harm brought on by Russia's invasion of Ukraine mounts, experts are warning of long-term health consequences for the population.
My Land: Rural Women's Struggle
Nov 14, 2022
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Carlos Parra
As the strains of a typical Colombian vallenato play in the background, Yimis Severiche Montes holds up the title deed from the National Land Agency…
Liberia: Liberian Senate Raises Concerns over Mining Sector amid Widespread Illicit Activities
Nov 14, 2022
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Lennart Dodoo, FrontPage Africa
The Liberian Senate is seeking information from the Ministry of Mines and Energy regarding the operation of the small to medium-scale mining sub-sector. This is…
Filling the Basket of Knowledge: Workshop on Climate Change, Human Mobility and Peacebuilding in the Pacific
Nov 14, 2022
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Volker Boege, Toda Peace Institute
While UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres in his opening speech at this year’s COP 27 in Sharm El-Sheik on 7 November stated that humanity is…
Ukraine: Kherson Mayor Warns of ‘Critical’ Water Shortages - as It Happened
Nov 13, 2022
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Joe Middleton, Emine Sinmaz, and Adam Fulton, Guardian
Roman Holovnia said the humanitarian situation in the liberated city was ‘severe’ with a lack of medicine and bread
Colombia: Cecilia López Announced That the Goal of the Massive Titling of 681,372 Hectares Was Met
Nov 12, 2022
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The Times Hub
This Friday from Valledupar the Minister of Agriculture, Cecilia López Montaño, announced that the goal of the massive titling of 681,372 hectares for peasants, indigenous…
Myanmar: Junta Threatens Farmers in Ayeyarwady with Land Seizure Unless They Grow Sunflower
Nov 12, 2022
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Mizzima
The Myanmar government officials under the Military Council reportedly threatened farmers with the seizing of their farmland unless they grow sunflowers. The township administrators appointed…
Ukraine: Ukraine War's Environmental Toll to Take Years to Clean up
Nov 11, 2022
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Sam Mednick, Associated Press
Environmental damage caused by Ukraine’s war is mounting, and experts warn of long-term health consequences for the population.
Colombia: Colombia’s Signing of Escazu Accord Brings Hope to Land Defenders
Nov 11, 2022
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Joshua Collins and Daniela Diaz Rangel, Al Jazeera
The Escazu Agreement, adopted in Costa Rica in March 2018, is a legally binding international treaty that aims to promote transparency in environmental decision-making. The…
Syria: Poor Access to Safe Water Fuels Cholera Outbreak in Syria
Nov 10, 2022
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Reuters
Poor access to safe water has exacerbated a cholera outbreak rampaging across Syria’s war-battered provinces, where local authorities are struggling to contain the spread with…
NATO Environmental Protection Working Group Celebrates Its 25th Meeting
Nov 10, 2022
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
From 9 to 11 November 2022, the NATO Environmental Protection Working Group held its plenary meeting at the NATO Headquarters in Brussels. The plenary centred…
Liberia: Mapping Nature for People and Planet in Liberia - A Project to Create 'Maps of Hope'
Nov 10, 2022
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New Dawn
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Liberia's Environment Protection Agency (EPA) bring together decision makers to map the country's essential regions for biodiversity, climate…
Blood Diamonds: How Do They Fuel Violence, and What Africa Is Doing to Curb This
Nov 10, 2022
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Pallak Kashyap, TFI Global
Blood diamonds are diamonds that are mined in territories which are under the control of terrorists and insurgent groups, which are seeking to overthrow the…
Ukraine: Is Food Security Possible without Peace?
Nov 10, 2022
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Sarah McLaughlin, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
The intersection between agriculture and peace has been brought to the forefront of the news agenda this year due to the Ukraine crisis, which has…
Iran/Iraq/Syria: Unidentified Drone Strike Targets Iranian Fuel Convoy in Syria - Iraqi Sources
Nov 9, 2022
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Reuters
At least two fuel trucks were destroyed in an air strike by an unidentified drone on the Syrian side of the border with Iraq late…
Vietnam: Police Arrest 7 Farmers in Land-Use Dispute in Vietnamese Highlands
Nov 9, 2022
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Radio Free Asia
In the latest clash over land-use rights in Vietnam, police have detained seven residents in the Central Highlands for trying to prevent men from cutting…
Iran/Iraq/Syria: Strikes in Syria Hit Fuel Convoy from Iraq; Iranians Killed
Nov 9, 2022
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Qassim Abdul-Zahra and Bassem Mroue, Associated Press
Late night airstrikes in eastern Syria along the border with Iraq targeted Iran-backed militiamen, inflicting casualties, Syrian opposition activists said Wednesday. According to two paramilitary…
Iraq: Billions of Dollars of Oil Theft in Iraq: Technology One Potential Solution, Experts Argue
Nov 8, 2022
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Nagham al-Tamimi, Arabian Business
Technology promises to succeed where tonnes of laws have failed in Iraq, the Arab country’s experts believe. They say hundreds of millions of dollars can…
Sierra Leone: Whose Land Is It, Anyway? Sierra Leone Gives Locals a Voice.
Nov 8, 2022
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Nick Roll, Christian Science Monitor
Many parts of Sierra Leone have been ravaged by foreign mining firms seeking gold, diamonds, and bauxite, among other minerals, and by palm oil plantations.…
Afghanistan: 20,000 to Get Jobs on Copper Project in Logar
Nov 8, 2022
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Pajhwok Afghan News
Practical work on the Mes Aynak project in central Logar province will be launched soon, says an official.
Sudan/South Sudan: Kiir Urges Abyei Negotiating Team to Cooperate with Sudan
Nov 7, 2022
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Sudan Tribune
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir on Monday urged the committee that is negotiating the final status of Abyei to cooperate with neighbouring Sudan, describing it…