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EXTENDED! Request for Proposals to Host the Fifth International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding

Jun 10, 2024 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

The Board of Directors of the Environmental Peacemaking Association® (EnPAx®) has extended the deadline to submit proposals to host the Fifth International Conferences on Environmental…

Afghanistan: Land Seizure Allegations: Taliban Declare Hazara Neighborhood Property Documents Invalid in Ghazni Province

Jun 9, 2024 | Hasht-e-Subh Daily

Residents of Nowabad, an area under the sixth security district of Ghazni city, report that in the past week, the Taliban have ordered all Hazara…

Empowering Women to Combat Climate Change in Nigeria

Jun 9, 2024 | Adebola Oladosu

Climate change poses significant challenges worldwide, but its impacts are disproportionately felt by women, particularly in developing countries like Nigeria. Women’s vulnerability to climate change…

Environmental Consequences of the War in Ukraine: May Review

Jun 9, 2024 | Alexei Ovchinnikov

On 11-12 June, Berlin will host an international conference on issues connected with the reconstruction of Ukraine. The goal of the summit is to attract…

Colombia: Colombia Halts Coal Exports to Israel amid the Onslaught on Gaza

Jun 8, 2024 | Palestine News Agency

Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced today that his country would halt its exports of coal to Israel as the offensive on the Gaza Strip continues.…

Iraq: Iraq's Toxic Oil Fields [Video]

Jun 8, 2024 | Deutsche Welle

International oil giants are responsible for causing severe health problems in Iraq. The impact of toxic air pollution on the planet through gas flaring puts…

DRC: Blockchain Ensures Conflict-Free Gold from DRC: Society Artisanal and Minespider Partnership

Jun 8, 2024 | Kelly Cromley, CoinTrust

Society Artisanal, an organization dedicated to exporting conflict-free artisanal gold from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has announced a collaboration with Minespider, a technology…

Women and Indigenous Peoples in Bolivia Resist Dispossession of Resource-Rich Lands

Jun 8, 2024 | Franz Chávez

There is a natural relationship between women and their attachment to the land, the natural environment, clean water, and uncontaminated food, agreed the women interviewed…

Ecopoliticide: The Strategic Murder of Environmental Activists Is a Fundamental Threat to Human and Environmental Security

Jun 8, 2024 | Delon Omrow and Peter Stoett

“Ecopoliticide” provides a conceptual framework for exploring how acts of campaigning, protesting, and resisting against ecocide lead to various forms of retribution. To illuminate this…

Kenya: Natural Resources Management and Peace Building Officer - Lokitaung

Jun 8, 2024 | Mercy Corps

Mercy Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better world is possible. In disaster, in hardship, in more than 40…

Kenya: Natural Resources Management and Peace Building Officer - Baragoi

Jun 8, 2024 | Mercy Corps

Mercy Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better world is possible. In disaster, in hardship, in more than 40…

DRC: Biodiversity Advisor, USAID/DRC Peacebuilding and Biodiversity Conservation

Jun 8, 2024 | Management Systems International

Management Systems International (MSI), a Tetra Tech Company, is a Washington, D.C. metro area management consultancy with a 40-year history of delivering results for its…

Jordan: Senior Programmes Officer – Climate Action

Jun 8, 2024 | Generations for Peace

Generations For Peace (GFP) is a Jordan-based global non-profit peacebuilding organization dedicated to sustainable conflict transformation at the grassroots. Generations For Peace empowers volunteer leaders…

Ethiopia: Senior Water and Sanitation Officer

Jun 8, 2024 | African Development Bank

Established in 1964, the African Development Bank is the premier pan-African development institution, promoting economic growth and social progress across the continent. There are 81…

Palestine: WASH Specialist Palestine

Jun 8, 2024 | Norwegian Refugee Council

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. NRC works in crises across more than 31 countries, providing…

Burkina Faso: Programme Specialist – Climate and Security Risk – Liptako Gourma Authority

Jun 8, 2024 | United Nations Development Programme

UNDP is the knowledge frontier organization for sustainable development in the UN Development System and serves as the integrator for collective action to realize the…

Ukraine: Buyer for Water and Habitat (WatHab) – Kyiv

Jun 8, 2024 | International Committee of the Red Cross

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is an impartial, neutral, and independent organization whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives and dignity of…

Chad: Sudan - WASH Coordinator (m/f) - Based in Ndjamena (Chad)

Jun 8, 2024 | Solidarités International

Solidarités International is an international humanitarian aid association which, since more than 40 years, has been providing assistance to populations affected by armed conflicts and…

Ukraine: Call for Applications: Programme Policy Officer SC8 (Kyiv, Dnipro, Odesa, Lviv, Kharkiv, Mykolaiv)

Jun 8, 2024 | World Food Programme

The World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian organization saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability…

Ukraine: Call for Applications: Programme Associate SC6 | Multiple Duty Stations in Ukraine

Jun 8, 2024 | World Food Programme

The World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian organization saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability…

Chad: Programme Specialist – Climate and Security Risk – the Lake Chad Basin Commission

Jun 7, 2024 | United Nations Development Programme

UNDP is the knowledge frontier organization for sustainable development in the UN Development System and serves as the integrator for collective action to realize the…

Remote: Senior Mediation Adviser, Multiple positions

Jun 7, 2024 | UNOPS Development Group

Based in New York, the UNOPS Development and Special Initiatives Portfolio supports diverse partners with their peacebuilding, humanitarian and development operations. The portfolio manages the…

DRC: Society Artisanal Partners with Minespider to Track Conflict-Free Gold from the DRC

Jun 6, 2024 | Jane Bentham, Global Mining Review

Society Artisanal, an organisation that aims to export conflict-free artisanal gold from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has announced its partnership with Minespider, a…

Afghanistan: 'Critical' Lack of Clean Water Stalks Flood-Hit Afghanistan

Jun 5, 2024 | Mahdi Mehran, Susannah Walden, and Abdullah Hasrat

After unusually heavy spring rainfalls unleashed torrents of muddy water that swept away loved ones and livelihoods across multiple Afghan provinces last month, it is clean…

Myanmar: Myanmar’s Multibillion-Dollar Jade Trade ‘Crashing’ as China Clamps Down

Jun 5, 2024 | Irrawaddy

Myanmar’s multibillion-dollar jade market is collapsing under pressure from China’s crackdown on illicit border trade, according to sources. Jade sales in Mandalay at the country’s…

How Setting Gender-Sensitive Targets Can Boost Climate Action

Jun 5, 2024 | EIGE

Climate change affects everyone, but not equally. Women are often disproportionately affected by it, in particular single mothers, single women, women with disabilities and elderly…

Breaking Gendered Barriers: Exploring the Nexus Between Youth, Climate Change, Migration, and Gender

Jun 5, 2024 | Yasmina Benslimane

Climate change has emerged as one of the most pressing issues of our time, triggering consequences that reverberate across all borders. As the planet's climate continues to…

"Our Land. Our Future”: A Call to Action for National Stewardship in Land Restoration in Liberia

Jun 5, 2024 | Louis Kuukpen

Liberia's commitment to environmental protection is longstanding. Since the nation participated in the historic 1972 United Nations Conference on the Environment in Stockholm, Liberia has…

Call for Volunteers: CEOBS Board of Trustees

Jun 5, 2024 | Conflict and Environment Observatory

CEOBS is a UK charity launched in 2018 to raise awareness of the environmental dimensions of armed conflicts and military activities. It uses the information…

Oil in the Crosshairs: Environment, Peace, and Security Implications from the War in Sudan and Spillover Effects on South Sudan

Jun 4, 2024 | PAX

In this research blog PAX will provide a brief analysis of the political and environmental implications of the war on Sudanese and South Sudanese oil…