International
Yemen: Yemen's Houthis Agree UN Proposal to Offload Decaying Oil Tanker
Mar 5, 2022
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Reuters
Yemen's Houthi rebels have signed an agreement with the United Nations to deal with a decaying oil tanker threatening to spill 1.1m barrels of crude oil…
Conflict Resources: EU's Mega-Rich Found to Be Fuelling the Illegal 'Blood Timber' Trade
Mar 5, 2022
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Sarah Tekath, Euronews Green
As one of the most highly prized hardwoods in the world due to its finish and durability, teak is becoming increasingly popular with the mega-rich.…
China/Vietnam/South China Sea: China Announces South China Sea Drills Close to Vietnam Coast
Mar 4, 2022
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Reuters
China is carrying out more than a week of military drills in the South China Sea in an area between its southern province of Hainan…
Ukraine: Ukraine’s Nuclear Nightmare Is Only Part of the War’s Environmental Horrors
Mar 4, 2022
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Karl Mathiesen, Louise Guillot, and Antonia Zimmermann, Politico
Russia's attack on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant spread nuclear anxiety across the Continent. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sent a warning early Friday “to all…
Activists Deplore the Human Toll and Environmental Devastation from Russia’s Unprovoked War of Aggression in Ukraine
Mar 4, 2022
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Katie Surma, Inside Climate News
Fears over environmental catastrophes are growing among humanitarian experts and environmental organizations as the Russian invasion of Ukraine moves into its second week. On Friday,…
Egypt: The Russia-Ukraine War Has Turned Egypt's Food Crisis into an Existential Threat to the Economy
Mar 3, 2022
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Michaël Tanchum, Middle East Institute
With the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine war on Feb. 24, 2022, Egypt's food security crisis now poses an existential threat to its economy. The fragile…
Ukraine: The Impact of Conflict in Ukraine on Global Food Security
Mar 3, 2022
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Gilbert F. Houngbo, International Fund for Agricultural Development
Conflict and hunger are closely intertwined -- when one escalates, the other usually follows. As in any crisis, it is the poorest and most vulnerable…
Climate Change: Ukraine Is a Climate Story. Because Everything Is a Climate Story
Mar 3, 2022
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Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times
You know that scene in “The Matrix” where Keanu Reeves is offered a choice between ignorance and truth, in the form of a blue pill…
Myanmar: Hundreds of Tonnes of Illegal Timber Seized in Arakan State Last Month
Mar 3, 2022
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Burma News International
More than 540 tonnes of illegal timber were seized in Arakan State in February, according to figures from the state’s Forest Department. Timber seizures were…
Ukraine: Ukraine Is in an Environmental Crisis Too
Mar 3, 2022
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Gregory Barber and Matt Simon, Wired
In the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, the ground has been behaving strangely. In some places, it is sinking; elsewhere it “heaves”—bulging upward, according to…
1000+ Environmental, Legal, and Peacebuilding Experts and Organizations Warn of Russian Invasion’s Environmental Costs
Mar 3, 2022
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Environmental Peacebuilding Association and the Center for International Environmental Law
Fire at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant, Other Environmental Impacts Could Magnify Impacts on Human Rights and LivesIn an urgent open letter, more than 900 international law, environment,…
Afghanistan/China: Eye on Lithium: China Chats with Taliban about Accessing Afghan Lithium, Core flies on Tesla Tieup
Mar 2, 2022
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Stockhead
The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) has tweeted that Chinese companies are looking access Afghanistan’s lithium and copper deposits. China has had their…
Egypt/Ethiopia/Sudan: With World Attention on Ukraine, Nile Dam Conflict Escalates
Mar 2, 2022
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Mohamed Saied, Al-Monitor
It seems international momentum to solve the dispute between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia over Addis Ababa's start of operation of its giant and controversial hydroelectric…
Ukraine: Environmental Organisations Call upon UN and Member States to Act on Ukraine
Mar 1, 2022
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PAX
The Russian invasion in Ukraine coincided with the start of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA) in Nairobi where Member States gather to discuss the world’s…
DRC: Chinese Company Removed as Operator of Cobalt Mine in Congo
Feb 28, 2022
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Eric Lipton and Dionne Searcey, New York Times
A court in the Democratic Republic of Congo has sidelined the Chinese owner of one of the world’s largest copper and cobalt mines, a major…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq's Kurdistan Region Presidency Rejects Federal Court's Oil and Gas Ruling
Feb 28, 2022
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Rowena Edwards, Reuters
The Kurdistan Region's presidency in Iraq rejected on Monday a federal court ruling on its oil and gas activities, and said the region would continue…
Colombia: Colombian Farmers and Exporters Are Worried about Russia's Exclusion from the Swift Network
Feb 27, 2022
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Diego Vargas Riaño, El Colombiano
The Colombian agricultural sector will be affected by the consequences of the military aggression perpetrated by Russia in Ukraine. One of the sector's biggest concerns…
DRC: DRC Signs Deal with Israeli Tycoon Gertler to Recover Mining Assets
Feb 27, 2022
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Patrick Ilunga, East African
The Democratic Republic of Congo has signed an “amicable agreement with the Ventura Group of Israeli businessman Dan Gertler” to end the legal dispute between…
Russia-Ukraine War: Russian Military Destroy Dam Built to Stop Water Flow to Crimea
Feb 27, 2022
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Asian News International and Sputnik
The concrete dam built by Ukraine in the Kherson region in 2014 to cut off the water supply to Crimea through the North Crimean Canal…
Ukraine/Russia: Caribbean Food Security Likely to Be Impacted by Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Feb 27, 2022
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Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes
As Russia began its invasion of neighboring Ukraine on February 24, the world watched— and reacted. On top of the deeply devastating human elements of…
Ukraine/Russia: Ukraine Crisis: War in World's Breadbasket Has Big Buyers Hunting for Wheat
Feb 26, 2022
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Áine Quinn and Megan Durisin, Bloomberg
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is threatening shockwaves through two of the world’s staple grain markets, prompting countries that rely on imports from the region to…
Egypt/Ethiopia/Sudan: Egypt, Sudan Call for Unity in Nile Water Use Dispute
Feb 26, 2022
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Mawahib Abdallatif and Bob Karashani, East African
Egypt and Sudan used Tuesday’s Nile Day meeting in Dar es Salaam to call for dialogue on the use of Nile waters, making a turn…
Iraq: Iraq Shuts down Two Oil Fields, Further Curtailing OPEC Output
Feb 26, 2022
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Khalid Al Ansary and Verity Ratcliffe, Bloomberg
Iraq stopped oil production from two southern fields with a combined capacity of almost half a million barrels a day. The shutdowns curtail the ability…
Ukraine: Chernobyl Isn't the Biggest Nuclear Risk. Ukraine's Active Nuclear Power Plants Are.
Feb 25, 2022
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Phil McCausland, NBC News
While much attention has been paid to Chernobyl this week as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, there is growing concern about the four active nuclear…
Ukraine: Conflicting Reports on Chernobyl Radiation after Russian Capture
Feb 25, 2022
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Al Jazeera
Radiation levels increased at the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, Ukraine authorities said on Friday, warning that the seizure of the nuclear plant by invading Russian troops…
Ukraine/Russia: How the Russia-Ukraine Conflict Could Drive up Food Prices in Africa
Feb 25, 2022
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Wandile Sihlobo, African Arguments
Wheat and other grains are back at the heart of geopolitics following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Both countries play a major role in the global…
Ukraine/Russia: Western Powers Condemn Russia at Environmental Summit
Feb 25, 2022
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John Geddie and Valerie Volcovici, Reuters
Ukraine has asked the United Nations to cease talks on a proposal by Russia at a high-level environmental summit in Kenya, citing Russia's invasion of…
Ukraine/Russia: War Comes to Chernobyl, Raising Nuclear Fears in Russia Invasion of Ukraine
Feb 24, 2022
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Alexander Nazaryan, Yahoo News
According to Ukrainian authorities, Russian forces have seized the Chernobyl nuclear reactor in northern Ukraine, where the world’s worst nuclear disaster took place in 1986…
Ukraine: Canal in Annexed Crimea to Be Readied for Water from Ukraine's Dnieper, Official Says
Feb 24, 2022
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Reuters
The governor of Russian-annexed Crimea said on Thursday he had ordered local authorities to prepare a water canal to receive water from the Ukrainian river…
Human-Animal Conflict: Aaranyak, WWF-India Install 7.5 km Long Solar-Powered Fence in Assam’s Udalguri
Feb 24, 2022
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Ne Now News
Assam’s human-elephant conflict is intensifying day by day, resulting in casualties on both sides. Property damage and crop damage are escalating in conflict zones across…