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Palestine: Palestinian Children Battle a Deadly Foe in Gaza — Starvation

Jun 14, 2024 | Corky Siemaszko and Courtney Kube, NBC News

Every morning, while the Israelis lay siege to Gaza, a battalion of Palestinian children carrying pots, plastic bottles, buckets and even empty paint cans mobilizes…


Israel/Palestine: UN: More Than Half of Cropland in Hungry Gaza Is Damaged

Jun 14, 2024 | Reuters

More than half of Gaza's agricultural land, crucial for feeding the war-ravaged territory's hungry population, has been degraded by conflict, satellite images analyzed by the…


Climate Change: Where’s the Water?

Jun 14, 2024 | Robert Hunziker, Good Men Project

The world’s megacities are on a knife’s edge of water stress. Climate change is clobbering water resources and testing the nerves of the world, especially…


Afghanistan: Maimana Solar-Powered Water System Benefits 2700 Families

Jun 14, 2024 | Qutbuddin Kohi, Pajhwok Afghan News

A solar-powered clean drinking water supply system has been installed in the first district of Maimana city.


Counting the Climate Costs of Warfare

Jun 14, 2024 | Evan George

There are calls for nations to disclose their military-related greenhouse gas emissions as researchers try to tally the climate impacts of war in Ukraine and…


Global Rush for Farmland Could Trigger World War, Documentary Argues

Jun 14, 2024 | Saul Elbein

A global network of powerful entities, fueled in part by Wall Street, is buying up land and water around the world. This global land rush…


Israel/Palestine: UNOSAT and FAO Reveal Substantial Increase in Damage to Gaza's Cropland amid Ongoing Conflict

Jun 13, 2024 | UN International Training and Research Center

The United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT), in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), has released an update on the…


Kiwa Initiative Promotes Gender Equality in Nature-Based Solutions for Land Restoration

Jun 13, 2024 | IUCN

As we celebrate World Environment Day, this event is very important for communities around the world who are closely connected to the health of our…


$8.6 Million Grant Approved to Boost Non-Oil Revenue in South Sudan

Jun 13, 2024 | Radio Tamazuj

The management of the African Development Bank Group has approved a grant funding of $8.6 million to South Sudan to advance the second phase of…


Women Leaders from Chile and Colombia Share Their Experience in Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding

Jun 12, 2024 | Daniel Sandoval

In Cauca, Indigenous Mapuche women from the Araucanía region in Chile, Nasa and Misak women from Colombia and local women leaders shared their experiences as…


Swiss Parliament Defies ECHR on Climate Women's Case

Jun 12, 2024 | Imogen Foulkes

Swiss women who won a historic ruling on climate change at the European Court of Human Rights say they feel shocked and betrayed by their…


Low-Income Countries Host 75% of EJAtlas' Environmental Conflicts

Jun 12, 2024 | Mirage

The Environmental Justice Atlas (EJAtlas), created by researchers at the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB), has documented…


Conflict, Climate, and Hunger: The Dynamics of Food Insecurity in Nigeria

Jun 12, 2024 | Oladosu Adebola Oluwaseun

Food insecurity remains a pressing issue in Nigeria, a country with significant agricultural potential yet plagued by various socio-economic challenges. Despite efforts to achieve food…


With Oil Exports Disrupted, What Lies Ahead for South Sudan?

Jun 12, 2024 | Alan Boswell and Edmund Yakani

In this episode of The Horn, Alan talks with Edmund Yakani, executive director of the Community Empowerment for Progress Organization, about South Sudan's widening fiscal…


Colombia Land Invasion: Thousands Face Eviction for Illegal Occupation [Video]

Jun 12, 2024 | Al Jazeera

Wooden shacks cover the 378 hectares of the Santa Helena ranch, currently Colombia’s largest land invasion. In the past two months, about 7,000 families have…


Climate Change and Gender Roles: Women’s Active Role in Adaptation

Jun 12, 2024 | Sarah B. Barnes

“The success or failure of any adaptation strategy or action highly depends on the understanding of the capacities of a community or an individual to…


Trazando Caminos hacia la Paz y la Equidad de Género: Alianza de Mujeres Tejedoras de Vida del Putumayo y Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero en México, unen Esfuerzos. Tracing Paths Towards Peace and Gender Equality: Alliance of Women Weavers of Life of Put

Jun 11, 2024 | Alianza tejedoras de vida

For a week, the Alliance of Women Weavers of Life of Putumayo held an exchange of experiences with the Autonomous University of Guerrero – UAGro…


Ukraine: Water Shortage Caused by Dam Breach Hits Southern Ukraine [Video]

Jun 11, 2024 | Voice of America

The destruction of the Kakhovka dam drained the 240-kilometer-long reservoir, affecting the water supply of the surrounding regions of Kherson, Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Crimea and Zaporizhzhia,…


Tsavo's Guardians Get Lessons on Quelling Human-Wildlife Conflict

Jun 11, 2024 | Amos Kiarie

For years, cases of human-wildlife conflict have plagued the communities living around Tsavo National Park, primarily due to high human populations and incompatible land use…


30,000 Acres of Poppy Farms Demolished in N. Afghanistan

Jun 11, 2024 | Xinhua

Afghanistan's counter-narcotics police have wiped out over 30,000 acres of poppy farms in northern Badakhshan province over the past three months, a local official said…


USAID's Climate Strategy in Action: Colombian Youth Committed to Environmental Leadership and Conservation

Jun 11, 2024 | Andrea Arias and Sonia Borja

Colombia is home to 10 percent of the world’s biodiversity and has the eighth largest forest area globally. Its forests and wetlands not only sustain the…


EnPAx Icon Brochures for the Third International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding Are Now Available

Jun 11, 2024 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association and the Grotius Center for International Legal Studies at Leiden University

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association® (EnPAx®) and the Grotius Center for International Legal Studies at Leiden University are delighted to present the brochures for the Third International Conference…


Kenya Reports Progress, Sets Priorities for Gender-Responsive Climate Action

Jun 10, 2024 | Jenni Metcalfe, Sarah Cole

In a recently submitted evaluation report, Kenya recognized the CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform for its contributions to the country’s progress toward priorities laid out in the…


Ghana: Chieftaincy, Land, Farmer-Herder Issues Major Causes of Localised Conflicts – National Peace Council

Jun 10, 2024 | Modern Ghana

Chieftaincy, land and farmer-herder issues have been identified as major causes of localised conflicts in some parts of the Upper East Region.


Afghanistan: Justice Ministry Launches Nationwide Investigation to Reclaim Seized Lands

Jun 10, 2024 | Nazir Shinwari, TOLOnews

The Ministry of Justice announced that all residential areas in the country are under investigation by the commission tasked with the prevention of land grabbing…


Somalia: Food Aid Offers a Lifeline for Climate Change-Affected Families in Somalia

Jun 10, 2024 | Abdulkadir Mohamed, Norwegian Refugee Council

In 2023, disasters took a major toll on Somalia. Torrential rains and flooding devastated over two million people across various regions – more than 100…


Climate Change: Preventing Hot Conflicts: Human Security in Times of Climate Change

Jun 10, 2024 | University of Erfurt

Every year, the Brandt School welcomes a distinguished guest for the annual Brandt Lecture, which pays tribute to Willy Brandt, the School’s namesake. The Brandt…


Armenian Land Mines Prevent Peace with Azerbaijan

Jun 10, 2024 | Mordechai Kedar

US President Joe Biden dreams of peace in the South Caucasus. Unfortunately, due to the presence of land mines throughout the Karabakh region, peace remains…


Climate Security and Europe’s Greens: A Match Made in Political Heaven?

Jun 10, 2024 | Peter Schwartzstein

When Luxembourg’s Green Party was offered the defense portfolio in coalition talks after performing strongly in the country’s 2019 elections, its senior members faced a…


The Critical Role of Gender Equality in Climate Change: Empowering Women to Heal the Planet

Jun 10, 2024 | Daniel Salvador

The rain had been relentless. It washed away the fragile soil that Mariam depended on for her crops, her only means of feeding her children.…