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Kenya: Programme & Impact Coordinator (Green Economy)

Nov 10, 2025 | Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development

For the past 30 years, Acted has been working at the forefront of humanitarian action to save lives. Acted supports more than 27 million people…


Afghanistan: UN Trust Fund Supports Women Livestock Farmers in Afghanistan’s Ghazni Province

Nov 9, 2025 | Fidel Rahmati
The Khaama Press News Agency

The UN Afghanistan Trust Fund is helping women-headed households in Ghazni raise livestock, offering training and tools to support their livelihoods.

The UN Afghanistan Trust Fund…


Battlefields to Wastelands: UN Warns Conflicts Are Destroying Ecosystems Worldwide

Nov 8, 2025
UN

From Gaza to Ukraine and beyond, conflict has caused widespread death and destruction, but it has also devastated natural resources such as water systems, farmland…


Afghanistan: UN Warns Afghanistan Is Highly Vulnerable to Environmental Degradation

Nov 8, 2025
Hasht-e-Subh Daily

The United Nations Human Settlements Programme in Afghanistan (UN-Habitat) has warned that the country is vulnerable to environmental degradation. The agency wrote on its Facebook…


Afghanistan: AUWSSC Launches Major Project to Provide Clean Water to Kabul

Nov 8, 2025 | Liluma Qadiry
TOLOnews

The Afghanistan Urban Water Supply and Sewage Corporation (AUWSSC) has announced the launch of a major project to supply clean water to Kabul. According to…


Myanmar: Tatmadaw Regains Setawgyi Dam

Nov 8, 2025
Global New Light of Myanmar

The CRPH, NUG and their subordinates PDF terrorists intentionally launched destructive actions across the nation to destroy the governance mechanism and development of the country.…


Kyrgyzstan/Tajikistan/Uzbekistan: Lessons in Peace Building and Conflict Resolution from Fergana

Nov 8, 2025 | Shanthie Mariet D’Souza
Diplomat

The Fergana Valley’s transformation from a conflict zone into a unified entity with collective identity demonstrates that stability is achievable even amid global uncertainty.


The Blockchain Solution for the World’s Most Problematic Minerals

Nov 7, 2025 | Andrew Kaminsky

Minerals change hands many times as they move from mine to smelter to manufacturer. By the time they reach the company that makes auto parts,…


The Philippines: DENR Exec Highlights Link Between Women Leaders and Environmental Protection

Nov 6, 2025 | Jonathan Mayuga
Business Mirror

Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Undersecretary for Strategic Communications Marilou Erni emphasized that environmental protection and peacebuilding are deeply interconnected with women as…


New Data Reveals the Military Emissions Gap Is Growing Wider

Nov 6, 2025 | Grace Alexander

For global emission stocktakes to accurately reflect the true state of the world’s greenhouse gas (GHG) output, all sources must be counted. Yet military emissions…


Afghanistan: Afghan Opium Crop Plummets after Taliban Ban - UN Report

Nov 6, 2025 | Bethany Bell and Yogita Limaye
BBC News

Opium farming in Afghanistan has dropped significantly following a ban imposed by the Taliban government in 2022, the United Nations said. The total area of…


UK: UK Announces Commitment to Advance Gender Equality in SA at G20

Nov 5, 2025 | Government of the United Kingdom
ReliefWeb

The UK pledges ZAR 18 million (£800,000) to South Africa’s Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF) Fund. This will help more than 33,000 people through school-based…


Militarisation and the Climate Crisis in South Asia

Nov 5, 2025 | Usman Zulfiqar Ali

Countries in South Asia are being hard hit by the climate crisis. In this guest post, Usman Ali examines how Pakistan and India’s security choices…


Iraq/Kurdistan: Baghdad Adopting Kurdistan’s Oil Contract Model: Expert

Nov 5, 2025
BasNews

An Iraqi oil expert says the federal government is adopting the Kurdistan Region’s oil contract model to attract foreign companies and investors, as evidenced by…


Liberia: Nimba Women Agriculture Cooperative Launches Financial Loan Program to Empower Rural Women

Nov 4, 2025 | D. Franklin Doloquee
Front Page Africa

GANTA, Nimba County – Over twenty rural women from Ganta and its surrounding communities in Nimba County recently benefited from a new loan program launched…


EnPAx Icon Call for Submissions: Path to Ottawa Initiatives

Nov 4, 2025
Environmental Peacebuilding Association and the University of Ottawa

In the lead-up to the Fourth International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding–taking place in June 2026 in Ottawa, Canada–the Environmental Peacebuilding Association® (EnPAx®) and Conference partners are…


Climate, Peace and Security Advisory Exchange at the Berlin Climate and Security Conference 2025

Nov 4, 2025
UN Climate Security Mechanism

As climate impacts deepen and the number of conflicts globally reach their highest levels since the Second World War, the links between climate change, peace…


Afghanistan: Clash over Grazing Land in Northern Afghanistan Injures Six, Sources Say

Nov 4, 2025 | Ahmad Azizi
Amu TV

At least six people were injured in a clash over grazing land between residents and the son of a local Taliban commander in Afghanistan’s northern…


Zambia: Zambian Women Take the Lead in Adapting Food Systems to Climate Change

Nov 3, 2025 | Giulia Caroli, Gracsious Maviza, Mandlenkosi Maphosa, and Rosemary Fumpa-Makano
New Security Beat

Women play vital roles as actors and innovators in food systems worldwide. In many societies, they are the primary food producers, accounting for between 60%…


Afghanistan: Afghanistan Forms Special Unit to Enforce Land Commission Rulings

Nov 3, 2025
TOLOnews

The Ministry of Justice has announced the convening of a leadership meeting of the Commission for the Prevention of Land Grabbing and the Restoration of…


Afghanistan: Violent Land Dispute Involving Taliban Commander Reported In Takhar

Nov 3, 2025
Afghanistan International

Informed sources in Takhar province told Afghanistan International that fighters loyal to Darab Baai, a local Taliban commander in Warsaj district, injured at least six…


Sudan: Oil, Gold, Blood, and the New Tale of Military Greed

Nov 3, 2025 | Masood Abdali
India Tomorrow

Sudan is once again engulfed in a devastating civil war. The conflict, which began in the last ten days of Ramadan 2023, has now, after…


India/Pakistan: How India and Pakistan’s Co-operation over Water Has Avoided Conflict

Nov 3, 2025
Vision of Humanity

India and Pakistan’s shared dependence on the Indus River has, for six decades, been governed by an agreement that has outlasted wars, political upheavals and…


Iraq/Turkey: Türkiye, Iraq Sign 'Historic' Water Management Deal

Nov 3, 2025
Hürriyet Daily News

Türkiye and Iraq signed a “historic” agreement on Nov. 2 to jointly manage their shared water resources, marking a major step toward addressing the region’s…


Switzerland: Switzerland Seeks to Boost Water Diplomacy in Middle East

Nov 2, 2025
Swissinfo

Water supply is becoming increasingly critical in the Middle East. Switzerland is ready to contribute its expertise in this area.


Law, War, and Warming: The New Frontiers of Climate Security

Oct 31, 2025 | Ibukun Taiwo

As 2025 draws to a close, the climate-security agenda feels less like a niche debate, growing sharper, more complex, and perhaps for the first time,…


Colombia: Measure to Conserve: How Forests Ensure Environmental and Social Balance in Colombia

Oct 31, 2025
Noticias Ambientales

For the third consecutive year, Colombia reports a reduction in deforestation, a key achievement for a country where more than 50% of the territory is…


Conflict in Sudan: Natural Resources between Gold, Oil, and Strife [Video]

Oct 31, 2025
Al Jazeera

Analysts say Sudan's considerable natural resources could also be driving the conflict. Gold mining in particular has expanded over the last two decades - but…


South Sudan Should Make Communities the Primary Custodians of Wildlife for Best Results

Oct 30, 2025 | Leek Daniel

The effectiveness of community-based conservation (CBC) compared to government-led efforts in wildlife protection is a nuanced topic, with both approaches exhibiting strengths and weaknesses. While…


Climate Insecurity Comes for Europe

Oct 30, 2025 | Peter Schwartzstein

When we look at climate-related insecurity, it’s usually in the context of poorer parts of the planet. And there’s generally good reason for that focus.…