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Climate Change: Conflict, Climate Change, and Instability Drive Migration Worldwide. Health Care Organizations Adapt in Real Time.

Oct 21, 2024 | Talya Meyers, DirectRelief

The world is increasingly on the move, with growing numbers of people displaced from their homes or leaving their countries of origin. These shifts in…

Peace through Nature – Five Ways in Which Conservation Helps Prevent and Reduce Conflict

Oct 21, 2024 | Fauna & Flora

Fauna & Flora has been magnetically drawn to many of the world’s conflict zones. The reason is simple: biodiversity is at its most vulnerable in…

Afghanistan: Afghanistan Gets Access to 900 MW Electricity: Energy Minister

Oct 20, 2024 | Safiya Begum, Munsif Daily

The Afghan caretaker government’s acting Energy and Water Minister Abdul Latif Mansoor has said that his war-torn country has access to 900 Megawatts of electricity…

Finland/Ukraine: Finland and Ukraine Strengthen Environmental and Energy Cooperation as Part of Sustainable Reconstruction of Ukraine

Oct 19, 2024 | Finnish Ministry of the Environment

Finland promotes Environmental Security in war-ravaged Ukraine. Minister of Climate and the Environment of Finland Kai Mykkänen and Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources…

Ukraine: Current Losses to Ukrainian Ecosystems Estimated at USD 65 Billion: Prime Minister at Environmental Security Conference

Oct 19, 2024 | Government of Ukraine

Russia’s war against Ukraine has caused widespread ecological destruction, resulting in unprecedented pollution, ecosystem disruption and damage to biodiversity not only in Ukraine but around…

Ukraine: Environmental Security: The Sixth Conference in Continuation of the First Peace Summit Was Held in Helsinki

Oct 19, 2024 | President of Ukraine

Head of the Office of the President Andriy Yermak took part in a thematic conference dedicated to the eighth point of the Peace Formula, Environmental…

Ukraine: Damage to Ukrainian Ecosystems from War Reached USD 65 Billion - Shmyhal

Oct 19, 2024 | Ukrinform

Russia's war against Ukraine has caused large-scale environmental destruction, leading to unprecedented environmental pollution - damage to Ukrainian ecosystems is estimated at USD 65 billion.

Afghanistan: Kabir: Islamic Emirate Pursuing Energy Self-Sufficiency

Oct 18, 2024 | Liluma Qadiry, TOLOnews

Mawlawi Abdul Kabir, the deputy prime minister for political affairs, said during the inauguration of a commercial market in Kabul on Thursday that the Islamic…

Colombia: Colombian Coca Leaf Farming Hit Two-Decade High in 2023, UN Says

Oct 18, 2024 | Luis Jaime Acosta, Reuters

Colombian land dedicated to the cultivation of coca leaves, a raw ingredient for cocaine, jumped 10% last year to reach the largest area in over…

Pollution From World’s Militaries in Spotlight at UN Summit

Oct 17, 2024 | Ken McLaughlin, The War Horse

Should the world’s militaries be required to report the amount of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases they release into the atmosphere? The coalition launched…

Ukraine: Japanese Drones to Look for Land Mines in Ukraine

Oct 17, 2024 | Takuya Michiue, Nikkei

A Japanese industrial drone manufacturer is launching a business to use its products to detect land mines that have proliferated in Ukraine following Russia's invasion,…

South Sudan: A Broken Oil Pipeline Plunges South Sudan’s Capital into Chaos

Oct 17, 2024 | Okech Francis and Simon Marks, Bloomberg

The scene of urban decay is just the tip of a catastrophic economic breakdown in the country since a pipeline carrying oil that accounts for…

Liberia: Foresters Trained to Identify Timber Using Technology amid Smuggling Rise

Oct 16, 2024 | FrontPage Africa

The United States Forest Service (USFS) has sponsored the training of seven Liberian foresters in identifying timber species using science-based technology through smartphones as part of the…

Israel/Palestine: The Israel-Hamas War Has Wiped out Most of Gaza's Farm Land. The Environmental Costs Are Adding up

Oct 16, 2024 | Kevin Maimann, CBC

The Israel-Hamas war has devastated Gaza in ways that may be irreversible — and a picture of the environmental harm is only just beginning to emerge,…

Angola/Colombia: The Lingering Legacy of Landmines in Colombia and Angola

Oct 16, 2024 | Lazarus Odenge, PUNCH

In both countries, the danger is not only to human life but to economic development. Angola’s landmines, a legacy of its war for independence from…

Afghanistan: Environmental Impact Assessment Meeting on Aynak Copper Mine Held in Kabul

Oct 15, 2024 | Fidel Rahmati, Khaama Press

The public consultation session on the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) of the Aynak Copper Project was organized by the “Daira Sabz Environmental and…

Liberia: Liberia's First Solar Power Plant Almost Here

Oct 14, 2024 | David Yates, Observer

In a significant advancement toward sustainable energy solutions, the government of Liberia, through the Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC) and World Bank Liberia, broke ground for…

Vietnam: Growing into Pumpkin Custodians: Women Farmers in North Vietnam Discover the Power of Participatory Variety Selection

Oct 11, 2024 | Nguyen Thi Phuong, Hoang The Ky, Do Thi Hong Quyen, Deborah Nabuuma, and Ronnie Vernooy

In the northern highlands of Vietnam, ethnic minority farmers grow a diversity of crops on small landholdings. Pumpkin, managed by women, is an important vegetable…

Afghanistan: Afghan Women Bear Brunt of Drought Burden

Oct 10, 2024 | Zainab Pirzad

Looming crisis weighs heavy on those most often responsible for sourcing water to meet their household’s needs. Four times a day, 28- year-old Nadia dons a black…

Sudan: FAO and Government of China Sign Agreement to Support Conflict-Affected Households in Sudan

Oct 10, 2024 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the Government of the People’s Republic of China signed a USD 2 million project agreement…

Ukraine: Ukraine’s Vast Forests Devastated in Hellscape of War

Oct 10, 2024 | Max Hunder, Reuters

Two videos posted in September by a unit from Ukraine’s 108th Territorial Defence brigade showed a small drone trying to flush out Russian troops by…

Australia: Australian Security Leaders Climate Group Calls for Overhaul of Federal Government's Climate Threat Preparedness Strategy

Oct 7, 2024 | ABC News

A group of former national security leaders says the federal government needs to radically overhaul the way it plans for climate threats, warning that Australia…