International
Colombia: In Colombia, Guerrilla Groups Decide the Fate of the Amazon
Oct 31, 2024
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Maxwell Radwin, Mongabay
Colombia President Gustavo Petro took office in 2022 with ambitious plans to combat climate change and lead a clean energy transition — a major challenge…
Ukraine/Russia: Finland Finances Environmental Security in Ukraine from Development Cooperation Appropriations
Oct 31, 2024
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Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs
The destruction caused by Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine has further increased the importance of environmental security. Environmental cooperation is one of the priorities…
Climate Change: New UN Report Warns of Conflict-Induced Famine and Catastrophic Hunger in 5 Major Hotspots alongside the Looming La Niña Climate Threat in Others
Oct 31, 2024
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World Food Programme
Acute food insecurity is set to increase in both magnitude and severity across 22 countries and territories, according to a new United Nations report. The report…
Climate Change: How Two Georgia Military Bases Adapted to Become Climate and Clean Energy Leaders
Oct 31, 2024
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Kala Hunter, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
The consequences of a changing climate have already touched every inch of the planet in some form or another: extreme heat events, stronger hurricanes and…
Colombia: Colombian Peace and Biodiversity: How Are They related?
Oct 30, 2024
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World Council of Churches
At the UN biodiversity COP16 in Cali, Colombia, Dr Humberto Shikiya, World Council of Churches (WCC) special envoy to the peace process in Colombia, and…
Climate Change: Consultations on the Common African Position vis-à-vis Climate Change, Peace and Security
Oct 29, 2024
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Amani Africa
Tomorrow (30 October), the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council (PSC) will convene its 1240th session to hold consultations on the Common African Position…
Afghanistan: Taliban's New Canal Threatens Central Asian Countries Relying on Amu Darya for Water [Audio]
Oct 29, 2024
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Valerie Kipnis, NPR Morning Edition
The water starved region of Central Asia is facing another threat to its beleaguered water supply — the construction of a massive canal by the…
Afghanistan: Taliban’s Minister of Energy Asks Chinese Firm to Accelerate Aynak Mine Extraction Process
Oct 26, 2024
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Afghanistan International
The Taliban's Minister of Energy and Water Abdul Latif Mansour during a meeting with officials of the Mes Aynak Contracting Company (MCC) asked them to…
Afghanistan: Chinese Firm Cites Power Shortages as Major Obstacle for Afghanistan’s Aynak Copper Mine Project
Oct 26, 2024
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Amu TV
The Taliban-led Ministry of Energy and Water reported that the Chinese company Metallurgical Corporation of China (MCC) has identified a lack of reliable electricity as…
Chad/Cameroon/Niger/Nigeria: Conflict, Climate, Hunger and Resilience in the Spotlight at Lake Chad Basin Conference
Oct 25, 2024
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World Food Programme
Climate change and conflict have destroyed fishing and farming livelihoods communities long depended on, and displaced millions. The situation will only get worse, WFP and…
Liberia: Land Rights Group Urges Swift Action on Land Crisis
Oct 25, 2024
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Claudius T. Greene Jr, Observer
The Southeast Regional Network of Community Land Development Management Committees (SRNCLDMC) has issued an urgent call to the Liberian Government through the Liberia Land Authority…
Afghanistan: Planting Seeds, Growing Hope: How FAO Transforms Afghan Agriculture
Oct 24, 2024
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
Tahir, with 30 years of farming experience and 4 jeribs (0.8 hectares) of land, was struggling. But his fortune changed when he became a beneficiary…
DRC: Rwandan-backed M23 Rebel Group Seeks Local Power in DRC, Not Just Control over Mining Operations
Oct 24, 2024
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Ken Matthysen and Peer Schouten, Conversation
The violence wrought by the Rwandan-backed rebel group M23 Movement is often narrowly framed as intended to control eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s resource-rich mining…
Colombia: COP16: Food Security, Land Rights and Risk for Conflict in Latin America
Oct 23, 2024
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Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) and its partner, the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES) Colombia Office with support from the Swedish International Agriculture Network…
Russia: Why Do Russian Oil Bosses Keep Dying?
Oct 23, 2024
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Harriet Marsden, The Week
Another prominent Russian businessman has died under mysterious circumstances after apparently falling out of a window, the latest in a string of similar unexpected deaths…
Liberia: CARI Timber Trafficking Case Moves to Trial
Oct 23, 2024
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FrontPage Africa
A Bong County court said it will hear the case against four suspected timber smugglers who operated at the Central Agriculture Research Institute (CARI).
Myanmar: Armed Group Says It Takes Control of Myanmar Rare Earth Mining Hub
Oct 23, 2024
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Shoon Naing and Mai Nguyen, Reuters
An armed group fighting Myanmar's ruling military said it has taken control of a mining hub that is a major supplier of rare earth oxides…
Colombia: Fight for Survival as Environmental Defenders Targeted in Colombia
Oct 22, 2024
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LatinAmerican Post
Since 2016, 248 environmental defenders have been murdered in Colombia, with the vast majority being Indigenous, Afro-descendant, and rural community leaders. These activists face extreme…
How Biodiversity Loss Affects Women, and How to Turn the Tide
Oct 21, 2024
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UN Women
The triple planetary crisis—biodiversity loss, climate change, and pollution—is putting lives and livelihoods at risk, and altering all life on Earth.
Increases in temperatures and pollution…
DRC: Rural Women Empowerment in Eastern DRC Through the Beans Value Chain
Oct 21, 2024
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Bola Amoke Awotide, Julie Ntamwinja, and Lucky Kalisya
On International Rural Women's Day (October 15, 2024), the 'Beans for Women Empowerment' project (B4WE) celebrates the resilience, strength, and contributions of rural women across…
Vietnam: Fueling Change: How Women are Leading Viet Nam’s Just Energy Transition
Oct 21, 2024
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UN Women
In Viet Nam, climate change is causing storms, floods, and droughts to occur more often and with greater intensity. Dang Thi Nga, a member of…
Colombia: Colombia's Fight against Deforestation Is Hampered by Deeply-Rooted Challenges
Oct 21, 2024
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Marie Delcas, Le Monde
Colombia, where the COP16 on biodiversity opened on October 21, has lost six million hectares of forest since 1990. The government is fighting both deforestation…
Colombia: From Coca Fields to Eco-Tourism: Colombian Farmers Embrace Green Pivot
Oct 21, 2024
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Reuters
In the heart of the Colombian jungle, farmers have traded coca production and deforestation for tourism, which provides work for hundreds of locals. Tourists can…
DRC: M23 Rebels Seize Kalembe: The Struggle for Congo's Riches
Oct 21, 2024
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Devdiscourse
The M23 rebel group has captured the town of Kalembe in eastern Congo, intensifying its insurgency. Accusations of Rwanda's support continue as the group reportedly…
Liberia: Group Formed to Tackle Land Conflicts
Oct 21, 2024
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Esau J. Farr, Observer
Communities in rural Liberia seek a customary deed to their ancestral lands but are plagued by boundary disputes. Now, a new group, the Southeast Regional…
South Sudan: How Conservation Is Helping Bring Peace to Conflict-Affected South Sudan
Oct 21, 2024
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Fauna & Flora
Fauna & Flora’s long-term vision for conservation in South Sudan is to ensure there is a network of functioning protected areas that will safeguard crucial…
Climate Change: Conflict, Climate Change, and Instability Drive Migration Worldwide. Health Care Organizations Adapt in Real Time.
Oct 21, 2024
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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
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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
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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
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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…