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Mineral Wealth: An Important Factor in the Afghanistan Crisis

Aug 26, 2023 | Rakesh Giri Goswami

World history is full of evidence that says that wars over centuries were not fought only for prestige, but to show valour. The purpose was…


India: What Is the Cauvery Water Dispute? [Video]

Aug 24, 2023 | Business Standard

Trouble is brewing over the sharing of Cauvery river water. The Supreme Court has assured Tamil Nadu that it would hear its plea for the…


Central Asia: Navigating Water Conflict in Central Asia: The Amu Darya River and the Qosha Tepa Canal Project

Aug 24, 2023 | Samir Gafarli, Modern Diplomacy

In the post-Soviet era, Central Asia experienced a pronounced upsurge in geopolitical tensions, significantly shifting the focus toward the pressing matter of the water conflict…


Call for Papers: Special issue of The Journal of Social Encounters

Aug 24, 2023 | Journal of Social Encounters

"The Environment: Issues in Justice, Conflict and Peacebuilding" March 2024 issue. Essays on general themes or case studies are welcome. Deadline for abstracts: October 15,…


Food Insecurity Affects More Women Than Men, UN Report Says

Aug 23, 2023 | The East African

The 2023 United Nations' State of food security and Nutrition in the World (Sofi) report has revealed that up to 783 million people around the…


The Future of Development in the MENA Region Rests on Climate Security

Aug 23, 2023 | Kishan Khoday

The climate crisis is the greatest challenge humanity has ever faced, posing an existential threat to the future of civilization. At 1.2°C of warming, we…


USA: Research Fellow (General), Center for Climate and Security

Aug 23, 2023 | Council on Strategic Risks

The Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) is a nonprofit, non-partisan security policy institute devoted to anticipating, analyzing and addressing core systemic risks to security in…


USA: Research Fellow (Nexus25 Project)

Aug 23, 2023 | Council on Strategic Risks

The Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) is a nonprofit, non-partisan security policy institute devoted to anticipating, analyzing and addressing core systemic risks to security in…


Colombia: The Secret to Colombia’s Drop in Deforestation? Armed Groups

Aug 22, 2023 | Christina Noriega, Al Jazeera

In July, when Colombia announced that deforestation had dropped to the lowest level in nearly a decade, the news was hailed as a victory for…


Liberia: How FDA Authorized Firm’s Illegal Harvest on Private Land

Aug 22, 2023 | Esau J. Farr, The DayLight

One day in late 2020, Abednego Davies spotted some loggers felling trees on the way to his farm. The forest does not fall within the…


Yemen: Health, Safety, Social and Environmental (HSSE) Officer

Aug 22, 2023 | Committed to Good

Committed To Good (CTG) Overview CTG staff and support humanitarian projects in fragile and conflict-affected countries around the world, providing a rapid and cost-effective service for…


Yemen: WASH Specialist

Aug 22, 2023 | INTERSOS

General context of the projectYemen's war shows no immediate signs of abating. Yemen announced its first case of the COVID-19 respiratory disease on 10 April…


Sudan: WASH Coordinator (m/f) - Madani

Aug 22, 2023 | Solidarités International

SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONAL (SI) SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONAL (SI) is an international humanitarian aid association which, since more than 40 years, has been providing assistance to populations affected by armed…


Ukraine: WASH PM (m/f) - Kharkiv

Aug 22, 2023 | Solidarités International

SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONAL (SI) SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONAL (SI) is an international humanitarian aid association which, since more than 40 years, has been providing assistance to populations affected by armed…


Ukraine: Cluster WASH Coordinator (m/f) - Dnipro

Aug 22, 2023 | Solidarités International

SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONALSOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL (SI) is an international humanitarian aid association which, since more than 40 years, has been providing assistance to populations affected by armed conflicts…


Environmental Peacebuilding Training (Scholarships Available; Registration through Aug. 25, 2023)

Aug 22, 2023 | Geneva Water Hub and the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia

Registration is now open (through Friday, August 25, 2023 at 13h Geneva time) for a training course on "Environmental Peacebuilding".

SCHOLARSHIPS ARE AVAILABLE.  Registration link is…


Russia: Russia’s Ghost Ships and the Evolution of a Grain Smuggling Operation

Aug 21, 2023 | Bellingcat

There are many reasons for a vessel to not transmit an AIS position, some of which are legitimate, such as technical issues and concerns over…


Climate Change Is an Ally of Jihadists in Africa

Aug 21, 2023 | Abdoulie Ceesay

The coup in Niger is just the latest, and probably not the last. Across the Sahel, African nations are falling to military dictatorships. Are these…


Afghanistan/Iran: Special Envoy for Afghanistan Urges Fair Delivery of Iran’s Water Rights from Hirmand

Aug 20, 2023 | Iran Front Page

The Iranian President’s Special Representative for Afghanistan Affairs, Hassan Kazemi Qomi, has called for the fair delivery of Iran’s water rights from the Hirmand River,…


Ukraine: A New Tool Shows What War Has Done to Ukraine’s Forests

Aug 18, 2023 | Christopher Giles, Bellingcat

Among the many victims of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine are some of the most important ecosystems in Eastern Europe: Ukraine’s forests and protected areas.…


Afghanistan: The Former Afghan Soldiers Turning to Gem Mining to Survive

Aug 18, 2023 | Kern Hendricks, Al Jazeera

In remote Nuristan province, some who lost their jobs after the Taliban takeover are now working in artisanal mines to support their families amid a…


Reflections on the UK Defence and Climate Change Report

Aug 18, 2023 | Linsey Cottrell

The UK House of Commons Defence Committee has released the Defence and Climate Change report, following their inquiry launched in May 2022. The report found…


What Ghana Teaches Us about the Intersection of Climate and Conflict

Aug 18, 2023 | Alex Gibson and Madeline Anderson

Climate change is shifting community dynamics, but supporting local peace committees and institutionalizing climate-responsive technologies and techniques are effective methods of fostering resiliency. Ghana has…


Liberia: Rural Communities Access to Customary Land Faces Glitches

Aug 17, 2023 | William Q. Harmon, Observer

Liberia took a historic step to issue title deeds to rural communities for customary land when the 54th Legislature passed the 2018 Liberia’s Land Rights…


Israel/Palestine: West Bank Water Wars: Palestinian Taps Dry as Israeli Water Flows

Aug 17, 2023 | Isabel Debre, Associated Press

The struggle for water access in this strip of fertile land reflects a wider contest for control of the West Bank — and in particular…


Afghanistan: 79 pc of People in Afghanistan Lacks Sufficient Water Access: International Organization for Migration

Aug 17, 2023 | Asian News International

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has said that 79 per cent of people in Afghanistan lack sufficient access to water for essential needs like…


Gendered Youth, Green Transitions, and Sustainable Peace

Aug 17, 2023 | Marisa O. Ensor

International Youth Day is marked annually on 12 August. This year’s theme – “Green Skills for Youth: Towards a Sustainable World” – recognizes the vital…


Nigeria: UN Calls for Women's Inclusion in Conflict Resolution, Peacebuilding in Nigeria

Aug 16, 2023 | All Africa

The Country Representative said women and girls must benefit from relief packages provided during the recovery phase of conflict.


Food Security: Recent Studies Support Dangerously Hungry’s Link Between Food Insecurity and Conflict

Aug 16, 2023 | World Food Program USA

In April of this year, World Food Program USA launched a new report titled Dangerously Hungry: The Link Between Food Insecurity and Conflict. The report…


Myanmar: Victims of Jade Mine Landslide Were Mostly Displaced by Conflict in Myanmar

Aug 16, 2023 | Radio Free Asia

Many of the 42 people who went missing in northern Myanmar’s Kachin state after a landslide buried workers at a jade mine were migrants displaced…