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Colombia: Colombian Farmers Take back Land Stolen from Them by Big Oil [Video]

Feb 15, 2024 | Rodrigo Vazquez-Salessi, The Real News

The story of multinational corporations taking land and resources from working people can be found all over the world. In Colombia, farming families have joined…


Palestine: In Gaza, Water Is Life

Feb 15, 2024 | Ben Norquist and Mae Elise Cannon, Christian Century

Water plays an important cultural role in Palestinian society. Aside from the obvious biological need for it, it is also an object of memory and…


DRC: DR Congo Rebel Attacks on Gold Mine and South African Soldiers Kill 14

Feb 15, 2024 | Al Jazeera

Rebel attacks in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have killed at least 14 people, including two South African soldiers, amid an uptick in…


DRC: Mineral Wealth and Conflict in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo: A Multidimensional Crisis

Feb 15, 2024 | Ebenezer Mensah, BNN Breaking

Uncover the complex relationship between mineral wealth and conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where natural resources fuel both violence and exploitation. Addressing…


Climate Finance and Green Transitions: A Path to Mitigate Food Insecurity and Global Conflict

Feb 15, 2024 | Dil Bar Irshad, BNN Breaking

Global food insecurity, exacerbated by climate change, wars, and systemic factors, calls for integrated interventions and climate finance efforts. Successful food hubs and digital technologies…


South Sudan: County Nutrition, Gender and Social Inclusion Officer

Feb 15, 2024 | Vétérinaires Sans Frontières Germany

BackgroundVétérinaires Sans Frontières - Germany (VSF Germany) is a non-governmental, non-profit making international Organization, engaged in the field of veterinary relief and development work providing…


Zimbabwe: Consultant: Gender Specialist (Re-Advertisement)

Feb 15, 2024 | Alliance Biodiversity & CIAT

The Alliance of Bioversity and CIATIn 2019, Bioversity International and CIAT joined forces to create the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for…


Afghanistan: Information Management Specialist, Gender in Humanitarian Action (GiHA)

Feb 15, 2024 | United Nations Women

BackgroundUN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and…


Programme Officer Monitoring, Evaluation, Reporting and communication – Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) Uganda

Feb 15, 2024 | United Nations Women

UN Women operationalizes this through Flagship Programming Initiatives (FPIs) developed to achieve transformative results for gender equality and women empowerment. The FPIs respond to the…


Consultancy to Develop Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Analysis and Action Plan for Creates and Bridge Projects in East Africa

Feb 15, 2024 | International Union for Conservation of Nature

IUCN ESARO is implementing the following two of its field projects – 1) Building River
Dialogues and Governance (BRIDGE) funded by Swiss Development and Cooperation and
whose…


UN Women: Thematic Coordination Lead for Generation Equality’s Feminist Action for Climate Justice Action Coalition

Feb 15, 2024 | United Nations Women

Generation Equality launched six Action Coalitions led by Action Coalition ‘leaders’ from every sector, including an Action Coalition focused explicitly on Feminist Action for Climate…


No Paris Agreement without the Ocean, and Neither without Women

Feb 15, 2024 | Marisa O. Ensor

The ocean is a vital part of the global life support system. Oceans are increasingly recognized as central to reducing global greenhouse gas emissions and…


Mining: The New Responsible Minerals Initiative Investor Network

Feb 14, 2024 | Charlie King, Mining Digital

Responsible sourcing is a long discussed issue in the mining space, and the Responsible Minerals Initiative has grown into one of the most utilised and…


Guyana: Guyana Says Analysis Needed on Impact of Conflict on Climate Security

Feb 14, 2024 | Loop Caribbean News

Guyana has called for a targeted and bold approach in addressing the impact of conflict on food and climate security as the world grapples to…


Myanmar: Plundering Paradise: The Underwater Lead Mines of Myanmar’s Deep South

Feb 14, 2024 | Mg Htin, Frontier

Unregulated lead mining is polluting the waters in Tanintharyi’s Bokpyin Township, while locals say most of the money is going to outsiders or lining the…


Climate Change: Addressing Climate Change Key to Preventing Conflicts, Says UNFCCC Chief

Feb 14, 2024 | Xinhua

There is no national security without food security. And there will be no food security without enhanced action to stop climate change.


Climate Change: Climate Change, Environmental Degradation and Biodiversity Loss Are Exacerbating Conflict: UK Statement at the UN Security Council

Feb 13, 2024 | Government of the UK

Statement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward at the UN Security Council meeting on Climate, Food Security and Conflict.


Climate Change: Climate-Driven Migration Overtakes Russian Aggression as Biggest Security Concern, Report Finds

Feb 13, 2024 | Rosie Frost, Euronews

European voters are more worried about climate change-driven migration than the threat posed by Russia, according to a new survey. The research was published on…


Liberia: Boakai Picks Wartime, Anti-Regulation Logger for FDA

Feb 13, 2024 | James Harding Giahyue, The DayLight

President Joseph Boakai has appointed Rudolph Merab—a wartime business partner of ex-President Charles Taylor, whose company participated in Liberia’s biggest postwar, logging scandal—as the Managing…


Climate Action Can Help Fight Hunger, Avoid Conflicts, Official Tells Security Council, Urging Greater Investment in Adaptation, Resilience, Clean Energy

Feb 13, 2024 | UN

With the accelerating climate crisis and multiplying conflicts, over 330 million people were affected by acute food insecurity in 2023, the Secretary-General told the Security Council…


Conflict in Sudan’s Breadbasket Threatens Food Supplies Nationwide

Feb 13, 2024 | Hannah Button

In a new Alert, FEWS NET analysts reported that nearly one-third of the population of Sudan is in need of emergency food assistance, making it one…


Iraq/Kurdistan: New Iraqi Oil Law Includes Joint Control of Kurdish Fields

Feb 12, 2024 | Zawya

A landmark oil and gas law under debate in Iraq for nearly 15 years could end Baghdad’s chronic rifts with Kurdistan as it includes joint…


Afghanistan: 1,220 Absorption Wells Dug up in Kabul to Replenish Water Table

Feb 12, 2024 | Hijratullah Kakar, Pajhwok Afghan News

To replenish the water table in central capital Kabul, more than 1,200 water absorption-wells have been dug up during the past one year, the Ministry…


Sudan: South Kordofan Mining Practices Prompt Environmental Outcry

Feb 12, 2024 | Radio Dabanga

Locals in Talodi, South Kordofan, have observed a surge in mining activities as companies escalate gold extraction using toxic chemicals harmful to both human health…


The Complicated Relationship Between Climate, Conflict, and Gender in Mozambique

Feb 12, 2024 | Gracsious Maviza, Mandlenkosi Maphosa, Giulia Caroli, Thea Synnestvedt, and Joram Tarusarira

Individuals face immense challenges in displacement contexts, particularly where climate, conflict, and displacement intersect. In Mozambique, climate impacts have combined with conflict to displace nearly a…


What is the Eco-Gender Gap?

Feb 12, 2024 | Scarlett Stokes

The responsibility for saving the world from the ravages of climate change should not be a gendered issue. However, multiple studies have found that women,…


Afghanistan: Nangarhar Hosting International Conference on Climate Change

Feb 11, 2024 | TOLOnews

Top ranked officials of the Islamic Emirate at the inauguration of the conference said the international forces used various types of weapons during the two-decade…


Sudan/South Sudan: Sudan War Escalates Ethnic Clashes in Disputed Abyei Region

Feb 9, 2024 | East African

The war in Sudan has spilled over to the restive border region of Abyei, potentially scuttling recent efforts to resolve the long-standing conflict between Ngok…


Legal Practitioner Engages Women on Their Roles in Peaceful coexistence in Plateau

Feb 9, 2024 | Onoja Audu, Independent

Yitkyim Leah Datong has engaged about one hundred young women across communities of Plateau State towards contributing to sustainable peace in the State.


US Military’s Clean Energy Initiatives

Feb 9, 2024 | Simran Rathore

The US Department of Defense (DoD) has been fast-tracking clean energy advancements to bolster military safety, ensure energy security and cut cost. The US military’s efforts…