International
US: Healing the Frontlines of Racial, Climate, and Gender Injustice
Aug 10, 2023
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Daelin Brown, Non Profit Quarterly
The Hive Fund for Climate and Gender Justice is regranting intermediary funding at the intersection of climate, racial, and gender justice. Their work is geared toward…
Egypt/South Sudan: Egypt Supports Construction of 20 Solar Stations in South Sudan
Aug 9, 2023
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Energy Capital & Power
Egypt has supported the construction of twenty solar-powered stations in South Sudan in order to meet the East African country’s sustainability standards. The development projects…
Afghanistan: Emerald Extractions Begin in Eastern Afghanistan Province
Aug 8, 2023
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Xinhua
Afghan authorities formally started extractions of emeralds from its mines in the eastern Panjshir province, a statement of the provincial government said Tuesday. Afghanistan's Panjshir…
Afghanistan/Iran: Taliban Prepare Suicide Bombers in Water Dispute with Iran
Aug 8, 2023
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Eltaf Najafizada, Bloomberg
In mid-May, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi issued a warning to the Taliban: honor Afghanistan’s water-supply agreement or face the consequences. A well-known Taliban figure offered a mocking…
Climate and Gender at Center of Australian Aid Revamp in Indo-Pacific
Aug 8, 2023
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Phil Mercer
SYDNEY — Australia will put climate change and gender at the heart of its international aid program in a policy revamp designed to compete with China's…
Youth Activists' Perspectives on Climate, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, and Gender Inequality
Aug 7, 2023
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Victória M. Rampazzo, Anne H. Barbosa do Nascimento ,Shakira Choonara, and Rosalind Helfand, The Lancet
Generation Equality is a global multistakeholder partnership mechanism advocating for a wide range of issues, including the gender and climate justice agenda. Convened by UN…
Iraq: Water-Stressed Iraq Dries up Fish Farms
Aug 7, 2023
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Salam Faraj, Agence France-Presse
Drastic government measures have restricted water use for some purposes, including crop irrigation, and authorities have cracked down on illegal practices they long ignored.
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq, Kurdistan to Work on Drafting Oil and Gas Bill amid Halt via Turkey
Aug 6, 2023
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Wladimir van Wilgenburg, S&P Global
Iraq's federal government in Baghdad and the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region will set up a committee to draft an oil and gas bill to help resolve…
Food Security: Half of All UN Members Abstained from US-Led Pledge Not to Weaponize Food in War
Aug 6, 2023
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Damilola Banjo, PassBlue
The United States and 90 other countries took a formal stand against weaponizing food in conflicts last week, while more than half — 102 United…
Afghanistan/Iran: Taliban Prepare Suicide Bombers in Water Dispute with Iran
Aug 6, 2023
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Eltaf Najafizada, Bloomberg
In mid-May, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi issued a warning to the Taliban: honor Afghanistan’s water-supply agreement or face the consequences.
US and Pacific Islands Elevate Women’s Leadership in Climate Security in Two-day Workshop
Aug 5, 2023
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US Indo-Pacific Command
The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Office of Women, Peace & Security (WPS), the Center for Naval Analyses (CNA), and Women of Color Advancing Peace, Security, and…
Iran/Kuwait: Iranian Envoy, Kuwaiti FM Discuss Disputed Oil Field
Aug 4, 2023
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Kurdistan 24
The credentials of newly-appointed Iranian Ambassador to Kuwait Mohammad Totonchi were presented to Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Salem Abdullah al-Jaber al-Sabah on Thursday, according to…
Afghanistan/Turkmenistan/Uzbekistan: Water Conflicts Loom in Central Asia
Aug 4, 2023
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Kunduz Adylbekova and Marat Mamadshoev, Institute for War & Peace Reporting
An irrigation canal under construction in Afghanistan aims to transform its agricultural landscape, providing water to the millions of its citizens hit by regular droughts.…
Iraq: Extreme Heat Hits Iraq, as Temperatures Exceed 50 Degrees Celsius
Aug 4, 2023
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Alannah Travers, Al Jazeera
Extreme temperatures and a lack of electrical power are a deadly combination, and one that is being felt across Iraq. The country is one of…
Liberia: Liberia to Concede 10% of Its Territory to Emirati Company for Carbon Credit Production
Aug 4, 2023
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Laurence Caramel, Le Monde
Liberia is preparing to grant the exclusive rights of over 1 million hectares of forest, about 10% of the country's land area, to a private…
Liberia: Massive Carbon Offset Deal with Dubai-Based Firm Draws Fire in Liberia
Aug 4, 2023
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Ashoka Mukpo, Mongabay
Liberia is set to hand over control of nearly 10% of its total land mass to a United Arab Emirates-based firm in a massive million-hectare…
Fixing Gender Disparity and Climate Change Together
Aug 3, 2023
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Adrian Murdoch
“The consequences of climate change are not gender-neutral,” concludes LSE’s Grantham Research Institute in an article published in late June.Although all-too-little has still been done about it,…
Conflict Minerals: Microsoft's Concerning Conflict Minerals Disclosure Reflects Industry-Wide Slippage
Aug 2, 2023
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Brendan Sinclair, GamesIndustry.biz
Welcome to the ninth conflict minerals report, an annual look at game companies' efforts to ensure their business isn't fueling armed conflict, slave labor, child…
Climate Change Impacts Health, Gender Equality, Economic Growth and Food Insecurity
Aug 1, 2023
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The Hindu
The report titled ‘Our Uncommon Future: Intersectionality of Climate Change and SDGs in the Global South’ recognises the differentiated impact of climate change on global…
Climate Change: Displaced from Home and Sheltered in an Extreme Environment
Jul 31, 2023
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Humberto Basilio, Eos
Millions of people, displaced from their home countries, take refuge in areas that are highly vulnerable to extreme weather.
Central Asia: The Water Wars Are Coming to Central Asia
Jul 31, 2023
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Lynne O’Donnell, Foreign Policy
In Turkmenistan, household faucets are running dry and locusts are devouring crops. In Kazakhstan, a state of emergency has been declared as the Caspian Sea…
Afghanistan/Iran: Who Will Solve the Water Conflict Between Iran and Afghanistan
Jul 31, 2023
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James Durso, OilPrice.com
In late May, shots were exchanged by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and the Taliban near a border post in Iran’s Southwest Nimroz province. Each side blamed…
China/Nigeria/South Sudan/Uganda: China’s Oil Gambit in Africa’s Conflict Zones
Jul 31, 2023
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Robert Bociaga, Diplomat
As China, the United States, and other players jockey for position in present and future energy sectors, the African continent faces a pivotal moment in…
Iraq/Kuwait: Iraq and Kuwait Seek to Solve Contested Border Issue
Jul 30, 2023
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Agence France Presse
Iraq and Kuwait will work towards reaching a definitive agreement on demarcating their borders, including a contested maritime area of the Gulf, their foreign ministers…
Afghanistan: Herat Government Plans Construction of Small Dams
Jul 29, 2023
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Binyamin Barez, Pajhwok Afghan News
The government in western Herat province is planning the construction of small dams after the farmers concerns about deep wells and shortage of irrigation water…
Afghanistan: Clash over Land Dispute Leaves 1 Dead, 3 Injured in Parwan
Jul 29, 2023
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Farid Tanha,Pajhwok Afghan News
One person was killed and three others, including a security officer, were wounded after two families clashed over a land dispute in Jabal.
“We Must Ask for What Is Already Ours”: Afro-descendant Women and Access to Land in Alto Mira y Frontera, Colombia
Jul 27, 2023
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Human Rights Watch
Afro-descendant communities have a right under Colombian law to collective land. However, in practice, communities have long faced significant challenges in exercising this right, including…
“We Must Ask for What Is Already Ours”: Afro-descendant Women and Access to Land in Alto Mira y Frontera, Colombia
Jul 27, 2023
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Human Rights Watch
Afro-descendant communities have a right under Colombian law to collective land. However, in practice, communities have long faced significant challenges in exercising this right, including…
“We Must Ask for What Is Already Ours” Afro-descendant Women and Access to Land in Alto Mira y Frontera, Colombia
Jul 27, 2023
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Juliana Nnoko-Mewanu
Afro-descendant communities have a right under Colombian law to collective land. However, in practice, communities have long faced significant challenges in exercising this right, including…
Afghanistan: Ground Water Levels Dropping in Afghanistan Due to Drought: Ministry
Jul 27, 2023
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Bibi Amina Hakimi, TOLOnews
Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock Sadrazam Osmani said that level of ground water has dropped due to the recent drought in Afghanistan. Speaking…