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Climate Change: Concerning Rise in Climate-Fuelled Conflicts: Report
Dec 19, 2023
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Maeve Bannister, Austalian Associated Press
A rise in climate-related conflict in the Indo-Pacific could have consequences for Australia as citizens in developing countries report the impacts of global warming as…
A New Tool to Assess Environmental Peacebuilding
Dec 19, 2023
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Eleanor Greenbaum
As climate-related disasters swell in scale and intensity, the countries and communities impacted by fragility or conflict are among the most vulnerable. The explicit focus…
Afghanistan/Pakistan: Balochistan Minister: Dam on Kunar River Could Lead to Conflict
Dec 18, 2023
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TOLOnews
Balochistan’s caretaker Minister for Information, Jan Achakzai, warned that the decision of the Islamic Emirate to build a dam on the Kunar River will affect…
Israel/Palestine/Gaza: After Israel’s Deadly War, ‘Uninhabitable’ Gaza Will Face Environmental Disaster for Decades: Experts
Dec 18, 2023
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Nuran Erkul, Anadolu Agency
Palestinians will face an “uninhabitable” Gaza Strip for decades to come because of Israel’s deadly ongoing war, which has laid waste to urban areas, agricultural…
Israel: Starvation Used as Weapon of War in Gaza
Dec 18, 2023
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Human Rights Watch
The Israeli government is using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare in the occupied Gaza Strip, which is a war crime, Human Rights…
Climate Change is Not Gender Neutral: The Need for a Just Transition
Dec 18, 2023
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Emily Williams
There has been strong debate around the success of COP28 and the lack of ambition in moving away from fossil fuels, but even in this…
Stakeholders Explore Dynamics Around Intersection of Climate Change, Gender-Based Violence
Dec 17, 2023
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Enviro News
Development Impact Pathfinders Initiative (Devimpath) in partnership with Centre for 21st Century Issues (21st) on December 5, 2023, hosted a virtual workshop that brought together…
COP28’s Opportunity to Empower Women-Led Climate Action
Dec 17, 2023
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Nicoline De Haan
Of all the announcements made at COP28, the start of Brazil’s presidency of the G20 may prove to be among the most significant in the…
Democracy and Climate Politics Are Set to Collide Next Year
Dec 17, 2023
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David Fickling
As the dust settles on the COP28 climate summit that concluded last week in Dubai, a sobering reality is looming. After the legalistic niceties of…
Afghanistan: Power Supply from Kajaki Dam Stopped for 40 Days
Dec 16, 2023
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Rizwanullah Bilal, Pajhwok Afghan News
Power supply from the Kajaki dam has been stopped for 40 days due to a shortage water in southern Helmand province, an official said.
Colombia: Farmers in Colombia Fight Multinational Oil Companies to Get Their Land back
Dec 15, 2023
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Rodrigo Vázquez-Salessi, Real News Network
Journalist and filmmaker Rodrigo Vazquez-Salessi reports on the ground from rural Colombia, where displaced families have returned to reclaim their land and to take on…
Climate Change: New Book 'The Climate General' Explores the Critical Link between Climate Change and Global Security
Dec 15, 2023
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Planetary Security Initiative
With the conclusion of COP28, renowned author and former Chief of Defence of the Dutch Armed Forces, General Tom Middendorp, is releasing a groundbreaking new…
Afghanistan: Peace Foundation Plans Plantation of Fruits Orchards in Nangarhar
Dec 14, 2023
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Yousuf Zarifi, Pajhwok Afghan News
Citrus and other fruits orchards would be cultivated on 150 acres of land in 10 districts of eastern Nangarhar province with the support of Peace…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq Studies Budget Change to Resume Kurdistan Oil Exports
Dec 14, 2023
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Khalid Al Ansary, Bloomberg
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani said that country is studying a change to its federal budget that would enable Baghdad to pay international oil…
Ukraine: The Board of the Register of Damage for Ukraine Holds Its Inaugural Meeting
Dec 14, 2023
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Council of Europe
At its inaugural meeting in the Hague (11-15 December), the Board of the Register of Damage Caused by the Aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine (RD4U) elected its Chair and Vice-Chair,…
When It Comes to Women, COP28 ‘Fell Short’
Dec 14, 2023
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Lauren Wolfe, Women's Medica Center
Historically underrepresented in policymaking positions and discussions, women were vocal at COP28, which concluded on Tuesday, if only because the conference in Dubai scheduled events like a…
New Platform Seeks to Prevent Ocean Conflict in the Face of Climate Change
Dec 12, 2023
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Jacqui Vogel and Dr. Sarah Glaser
Oceans are under immense threat from climate change. Around the world, oceanographic changes like melting sea ice, warming waters, sea level rise and shifting fish…
EnPAx Announces Expanded Interest Group on Climate Change, Disasters, and Resilience
Dec 12, 2023
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Environmental Peacebuilding Association
The Environmental Peacebuilding Association (EnPAx) announces that the former Disasters and Resilience Interest Group has been expanded and accordingly renamed the Climate Change, Disasters, and…
EnPAx Announces Travel Grant Process for Third International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding
Dec 12, 2023
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Environmental Peacebuilding Association
To ensure diversity of presenter viewpoints and background at the Third Conference, the Conference Organizing Committee has launched an "Assist a Scholar" campaign to raise…
Launching a New Academic Research Network on Conflict and the Environment
Dec 12, 2023
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Conflict and Environment Observatory
On 12th December, a new research community the ‘Conflict and Environment Academic Network (CEAN)’ was launched at the 2023 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. In…
At COP28, Indigenous Women Have a Message for Leaders: Look at What We’re Doing. And Listen
Dec 11, 2023
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Uzmi Athar, AP News
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — With a sprig of leaves and rainwater carried from her island in the Philippines, Grace Talawag delivered a prayer…
Cambodia: The Intractable Problem of Land Grabbing in Cambodia
Dec 11, 2023
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François Camps, Equal Times
Here in the heart of the northern province of Preah Vihear, 150 kilometres from the temples of Angkor, the issue of land use has been…
South Asia: Multiple Climate Reports Warn of Water Conflict in South Asia
Dec 11, 2023
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Snigdhendu Bhattacharya, Diplomat
The region is expected to suffer the most significant impacts of changing water availability this century. Yet tight-fisted governments are quibbling at COP28 over climate…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan Excluded from COP28 as Climate Impacts Hit Home
Dec 11, 2023
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Gloria Dickie and Charlotte Greenfield, Reuters
Humanitarian concerns have been raised over Afghanistan being left out of United Nations climate negotiations for a third year in a row, as the country…
China/Philippines/South China Sea: Philippines, China Accuse Each Other of Ship Ramming
Dec 10, 2023
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Radio Free Asia
Sunday saw an apparent escalation between China and the Philippines over Manila’s resupply mission to the Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea.
Guyana/Venezuela: Venezuela, Guyana Leaders to Meet on Land Dispute
Dec 10, 2023
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Canute James and Carlos Camacho, Argus
Guyana's president Irfaan Ali and Venezuela's president Nicolas Maduro will meet on 14 December as tensions increase over Caracas' claim to Guyana's resource-rich Essequibo province,…
The Environmental Costs of War
Dec 10, 2023
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Anna-Kynthia Bousdoukou
Human rights abuses and war crimes are outlined and addressed by law. However, when the environment is implicated, what laws apply?
According to the Ministry of Environmental…
Afghanistan: Govt to Distribute 200,000 Land Plots to Returnees
Dec 9, 2023
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Yousuf Zarifi, Pajhwok Afghan News
Members of the commission on repatriates says the government has allocated 200,000 land plots for the newly deported refugees who lack shelter.
Afghanistan: Taliban Vow to Finish Disputed Canal at 'Any Cost'
Dec 9, 2023
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Khudai Noor Nasar, Nikkei
A massive canal project in Afghanistan has alarmed the country's neighbors over fears it will drain a river key to their agricultural economies, but the…
Ethiopia: Climate and Conflict – Aggregating Humanitarian Crises in Ethiopia
Dec 8, 2023
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UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Ethiopia, a country hosting nearly a million refugees and recovering from a violent conflict displacing millions of people, is now facing another humanitarian emergency in…