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Why Climate Security Needs a Superhero – Its Name, Is Foresight
Oct 16, 2024
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Jennifer Hotsko
Climate security refers to the ways in which climate change exacerbates existing social, economic, and political vulnerabilities, potentially leading to conflict and instability. It turns…
Securing a Climate for Peace, Grounded in Local Reality
Oct 16, 2024
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Juliane Schillinger
“Climate security” is defined by the UN as the impacts of climate change on peace and security, especially in areas that are already fragile or…
Liberia: Foresters Trained to Identify Timber Using Technology amid Smuggling Rise
Oct 16, 2024
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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
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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
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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…
Famine Takes Grip in Africa’s Prolonged Conflict Zones [Infographic]
Oct 15, 2024
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Africa Center for Strategic Studies
Eighty percent of the record 163 million Africans facing acute food insecurity are in conflict-affected countries, including potentially 840,000 people confronting famine in Sudan, South…
Afghanistan: Environmental Impact Assessment Meeting on Aynak Copper Mine Held in Kabul
Oct 15, 2024
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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…
Has Climate Securitisation Obstructed Military Decarbonisation?
Oct 15, 2024
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Doug Weir
According to climate security orthodoxy, climate change is a threat multiplier. It is a threat to national security. It is something that is happening to…
Liberia: Liberia's First Solar Power Plant Almost Here
Oct 14, 2024
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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…
Opinion: Weaponising Water
Oct 14, 2024
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Hanna Sunny and Karamala Areesh Kumar
Throughout history, water has been strategically employed as a potent political tool in conflicts and disputes between nations. This has often involved deliberate attacks on…
Historic Rights or Historic Wrongs: The Nile Dispute between Egypt and Ethiopia
Oct 12, 2024
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Reporter Ethiopia
The Nile River is a vital resource for millions in Eastern Africa, and its management has been shaped by historical agreements established during British colonial…
Vietnam: Growing into Pumpkin Custodians: Women Farmers in North Vietnam Discover the Power of Participatory Variety Selection
Oct 11, 2024
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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
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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…
Koshtepa Canal in Afghanistan Could Lead to Water Shortages in Uzbekistan
Oct 10, 2024
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UZ Daily
Koshtepa irrigation canal in Afghanistan may lead to significant water shortages in Uzbekistan, potentially causing large-scale job losses in the agricultural sector. This was highlighted…
How the Russian-Ukrainian War Is Starving African Economies
Oct 10, 2024
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Kenya Times
In 2024, as the world grapples with the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian war, African nations find themselves at the epicenter of a growing food security crisis. With…
Sudan: FAO and Government of China Sign Agreement to Support Conflict-Affected Households in Sudan
Oct 10, 2024
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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
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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…
These 5 ‘Post-Truth’ Claims Are Fuelling the Water Wars in Australia
Oct 9, 2024
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Quentin Grafton and John Williams
The contest between truth and post-truth matters when trying to solve big public policy questions. One of these questions is how to sustainably manage water…
Laos: New Data on Agent Orange Use during the US’s Secret War in Laos
Oct 7, 2024
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Philipp Barthelme
During the Vietnam War, the US military sprayed more than 74 million litres of Agent Orange and other herbicides, causing detrimental and ongoing environmental and…
Australia: Australian Security Leaders Climate Group Calls for Overhaul of Federal Government's Climate Threat Preparedness Strategy
Oct 7, 2024
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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…
Canada/Remote: Policy Advisor, Environment, Conflict and Peacebuilding
Oct 6, 2024
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International Institute for Sustainable Development
The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) is an award-winning independent think tank working to accelerate solutions for a stable climate, sustainable resource management, and…
Kenya: Tana River: 8 Killed in Clashes between Neighboring Clans over Land Dispute [Video]
Oct 5, 2024
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NTV Kenya
At least eight people have been killed in inter-clan clashes over land dispute in Bangale sub-county, Tana River. The skirmishes that have escalated to several…
Kenya: Government Recognises Women as Powerful Agents in Peacebuilding
Oct 4, 2024
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Manu Mumba
The government has commended the vital role women play in conflict prevention and post-conflict reconstruction for the prosperity of the country.
Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet…
In the Middle East, Water Will Increasingly Become a Weapon and Driver of Conflict
Oct 4, 2024
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RANE
In the Middle East and North Africa, worsening water stress due to years of bad governance, security vacuums and population growth will increasingly make water…
Colombia: Properties Meant for Victims of Colombia’s Conflict Occupied by Politicians
Oct 4, 2024
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Adriaan Alsema, Colombia Reports
Hundreds of real estate properties that were supposed to be transferred to victims of Colombia’s armed conflict ended up in the hands of politicians, according…
Applications Being Accepted for IPT Specialization Course on Environmental Peacebuilding
Oct 4, 2024
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Austrian Centre for Peace
Climate change and environmental degradation affect human security in diverse and intersecting ways and can amplify existing conflicts and humanitarian crises. Forced migration, internal displacement, and loss…
The Environmental Costs of the Escalating Middle East Crisis
Oct 3, 2024
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Jonathan Walsh, Rob Watson, Eoghan Darbyshire and Doug Weir
A year of escalating conflict across the Middle East has had a range of direct and reverberating consequences for the region’s environment. In this post…
South Sudan: In South Sudan, Hunger Complicates Plans to End Wildlife Poaching
Oct 3, 2024
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Mamer Abraham, Al Jazeera
Conservationists urge the protection of wildlife, but in the absence of food, many communities say they are forced to hunt to survive.
DRC: DR Congo Minerals Funding Rebel Groups – Top UN Official
Oct 3, 2024
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defenceWeb
Exploitation of mineral resources in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) by rebel groups has reached the point where they can be called “militarised entrepreneurs”,…
Afghanistan: Seizure of Public and Private Lands: Taliban Divide the Ishkashim District Market among Themselves
Oct 3, 2024
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Hasht-e Subh Daily
Over the past three years, Afghan citizens have lodged numerous complaints about land seizures, bullying, and the distribution of public properties by the Taliban. Recently,…