International

Liberia: Man Killed in Nimba for Snail Hunting

Nov 22, 2021 | Ishmael F. Menkor, Observer

The death of a 42-year-old man has been reported in Nimba County as a result of an argument that ensued over snail hunting. Solomon Gaye…

Israel/Jordan: Israel, Jordan Sign Climate Cooperation Agreement in Dubai

Nov 22, 2021 | Lahav Harkov, Jerusalem Post

Israel and Jordan signed an agreement to work together to meet the challenges of climate change, mediated by the United Arab Emirates and the US,…

Afghanistan- Working with the Taliban for Women’s Rights: It’s Like Speaking to Fish about Land!

Nov 21, 2021 | Gavi Klein

The fight does not lie in convincing them of progressive ideals; the fight is to get the best outcome for those directly impacted by Taliban…

Afghanistan: In Hard Times, Afghan Farmers Are Turning to Opium for Security

Nov 21, 2021 | Thomas Gibbons-Neff and Taimoor Shah, New York Times

The decision to destroy his entire orchard is one Abdul Hamid and many other Afghan farmers in the district are making to earn an income…

DRC: Tshisekedi Orders Mining Licences Audit

Nov 21, 2021 | Al Jazeera

Felix Tshisekedi, president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has demanded a ban on issuing and trading mining permits until the country’s mining…

Afghanistan: Afghanistan’s Farmers, Herders Desperate for Seed, Food and Cash

Nov 20, 2021 | Saudi Gazette

“Catastrophic and famine-like conditions” hang over Afghanistan’s farmers and herders, whose needs continue to worsen with the onset of winter, UN humanitarians said on Friday.…

DRC: A Power Struggle over Cobalt Rattles the Clean Energy Revolution

Nov 20, 2021 | Dionne Searcey, Michael Forsythe, and Eric Lipton, New York Times

Just up a red dirt road, across an expanse of tall, dew-soaked weeds, bulldozers are hollowing out a yawning new canyon that is central to…

Saudi Arabia: Yemen's Houthis 'Attack Saudi Cities, Oil Facilities'

Nov 20, 2021 | New Arab

Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi movement said on Saturday it had fired 14 drones at several Saudi Arabian cities, including at Saudi Aramco facilities in Jeddah. The…

China/Tibet: China Could Be Preparing for 'Water War' in Asia after Completing Serial Dams in Tibet

Nov 19, 2021 | Indo-Asian News Service

While concerns over the impact of climate change are rising, the problem has got aggravated due to the multiple dams that China is building to…

Conflict Minerals: Problem with “Conflict Minerals” Extraction

Nov 19, 2021 | Christoph Vogel and Josaphat Musamba, Taarifa

In the early 2000s, activists began to campaign against the extraction of “conflict minerals”—a catchall term for gold and the “three Ts” (tin, tantalum, and…

Bhutan/China: Chinese Landgrab on Bhutanese Territory, 4 Villages Built on 1 Year

Nov 18, 2021 | Vishnu Som, NDTV

New satellite images tweeted out by a leading satellite imagery expert on Chinese military development, shows purported construction of Chinese villages in Bhutanese territory over…

Iraq: Residents Say Longstanding Oil Industry Practice Is Killing Them [Video]

Nov 18, 2021 | Jomana Karadsheh, CNN

Oil is a major driver for the world's climate crisis but in Iraq's province of Basra, residents and officials say it's causing a local environmental…

Women’s Land Rights Are Necessary to Build Climate-Resilient Futures

Nov 17, 2021 | Juliet Schulman-Hall

COP 26, the UN Conference on Climate, ended last Friday, after world leaders made several collective pledges to the climate crisis on issues like deforestation,…

Afghanistan: In Afghanistan, Climate Change Drives an Uptick in Child Marriage

Nov 17, 2021 | Ruchi Kumar, Undark

Child marriage is not a new phenomenon in South Asia, and despite attempts to legislate against it, the practice remains common across Afghanistan. Reports suggest…

Afghanistan: Poppy Plantations in Afghanistan Flourishing amid Western Sanctions and Economic Collapse [Video]

Nov 14, 2021 | Carol Mang, South China Morning Post

After its return to power in Afghanistan in August 2021, the Taliban promised to crack down on poppy plantations and the drug trade. But Western…

South China Sea: South China Sea Safeguards ‘Not Strong Enough’ to Stop International Tensions Escalating

Nov 14, 2021 | Laura Zhou, South China Morning Post

Existing safeguards in the South China Sea are not enough to prevent tensions spiralling out of control, regional observers have warned as they called for…

Cyprus: In Divided Cyprus, UN Sees Environment as Unifier

Nov 12, 2021 | Agence France-Presse

A broken plastic chair, a printer box, old tires and other discarded waste are loaded into the back of United Nations pickup trucks in the…

South Sudan: ApTech Installs 106 Automatic Drinking Water Dispensers

Nov 12, 2021 | Benoit-Ivan Wansi

The solar energy company ApTech is completing the installation of 106 Lorentz SmartTAP water dispensers in four locations in Southern Sudan. An initiative that will…

Mozambique: The Farmers Navigating Conflict, Climate Change and Covid

Nov 12, 2021 | Tavares Cebola, African Arguments

According to a study by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), 76% of the households in Mozambique experienced moderate to severe food insecurity at…

Scotland: Supporting Women in Climate Action and Conflict Resolution

Nov 12, 2021

A new climate change focused fellowship promoting equal participation by women in peace resolution is being supported as part of a £300,000 funding commitment from…

We Need More Female Leaders in the Fight Against Climate Change

Nov 11, 2021 | Maria Tanyag

Diverse participation leads to more robust solutions, but Cop26 shows we are still failing to include marginalised voices.

Climate Change: Violence, Insecurity and Climate Change Drive 84 Million People from Their Homes

Nov 11, 2021 | UN

UNHCR’s Mid-Year Trends report, covering the first six months of this year, revealed a surge from 82.4 million since December – largely due to internal displacement –…

Afghanistan: We Risk a Catastrophe If Agriculture Collapses in Afghanistan

Nov 11, 2021 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN

Richard Trenchard, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations’ Representative in Afghanistan, warns that worsening drought and recent economic upheaval are having a…

Afghanistan: ‘It’s Our lifeline’: The Taliban Are back but Afghans Say Opium Is Here to Stay

Nov 11, 2021 | Shah Meer Baloch, Guardian

Afghanistan is the largest opium producer in the world, accounting for more than 80% of global production between 2015 and 2020, and generating millions of…

Ethiopia: “I Always Remember That Day”: Access to Services for Survivors of Gender-Based Violence in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region

Nov 10, 2021 | Human Rights Watch

The Ethiopian government’s blocking of aid with health facilities in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region destroyed is preventing sexual violence survivors from getting post-rape care. The government’s…

COP26: Five Takeaways as the 'Sexism' of Climate Change Is Discussed

Nov 10, 2021 | Euronews

There was more than one topic up for discussion at COP26 today. Gender was the theme of the day alongside science and innovation.

But there were…

Gender Equality and Indigenous People: Day Nine at Cop26 – In Pictures

Nov 10, 2021 | Eric Hilaire

Some of the best images from the global climate summit in Scotland on Tuesday 9 November. 

Afghanistan: Stone Quarrying and Processing Industry Drops 90%

Nov 10, 2021 | TOLOnews

Officials from the Union of Stone Extraction and Processing Companies said nearly 90 percent of the production and extraction business in the country has stopped.…

Syria: Water Wars in the Cradle of Civilisation: The Next Syrian Tragedy

Nov 9, 2021 | Richard Spencer, The Times

The river in front of us was so swollen with floodwaters just a few years ago that it was an impenetrable front line in the…

Colombia: Ground-Breaking Partnership between Colombia and Clean Tech Pioneer Alder Fuels Will Support Decarbonizing Air Travel

Nov 9, 2021 | Alder Fuels

In a historic first, Colombia could become a "green" crude, carbon-negative exporter thanks to a strategic alliance between the Government of Colombia and Alder Fuels,…