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Egypt and Ethiopia Tussle at UN Security Council as Nile Dam Tensions Escalate
Sep 13, 2024
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Foundation for Defense of Democracies
As tensions escalate between Egypt and Ethiopia over the latest filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Ethiopian Foreign Minister Taye Atske-Selassie urged UN…
Climate Change: Inaugural NPS and Stanford Climate Security Fellows Answer the Nation’s Call
Sep 13, 2024
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United States Navy, Daniel Linehan
The Naval Postgraduate School and the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability joined forces through an Educational Partnership Agreement to understand and address the impacts of…
Conflict Minerals: UN Experts Call for Global System to Trace Critical Minerals
Sep 13, 2024
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Agence France-Presse
UN experts have called for the creation of a global system to trace the extraction and production of critical minerals that are needed in the…
Yemen: Can the World Stop a Massive Oil Spill in the Middle of a War Zone?
Sep 13, 2024
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Joshua Keating, Vox
Since it was attacked by Houthi rebels in Yemen three weeks ago, a tanker carrying roughly 1 million barrels of crude oil has been immobilized…
Special Envoy Warns Security Council of Escalation, Humanitarian Crisis and Threat of ‘Unprecedented’ Environmental Disaster in Yemen
Sep 12, 2024
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United Nations
Amid rising regional tensions, a national humanitarian crisis and a looming environmental disaster, all stakeholders must put Yemen first, the United Nations official charged with…
Sudan: Conflict, Access Constraints and Floods Undermine FAO Efforts to Support Agriculture and Food Security
Sep 12, 2024
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
The spread of conflict, access challenges and widespread flooding are severely hampering the emergency response efforts of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United…
Afghanistan: Trouble in Afghanistan’s Opium Fields: The Taliban War on Drugs
Sep 12, 2024
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International Crisis Group
The Taliban have instituted a ban on narcotics in Afghanistan. While that has led to a massive drop in production, it is hitting the rural…
Conflict, Hunger, and Famine in Sudan
Sep 11, 2024
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Zane Swanson, Anita Kirschenbaum, and Caitlin Welsh
In April 2023, fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces spread into a deadly civil war across Sudan. Now, 16…
Elsewhere in Focus: DR Congo—An Absent Peace, Conflict Minerals and Governance
Sep 11, 2024
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Daily Kos
There have been multiple attempts at peace agreement in DR Congo but peace seems to be long time coming. The US, for example, has been…
Myanmar: Extreme Weather Blights Farmers’ Lives in Impoverished Myanmar
Sep 11, 2024
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Irrawaddy
High temperatures, irregular rainfall and floods resulting from the El Nino weather phenomenon have delivered another blow to farmers in central Myanmar who are already…
Egypt/Ethiopia: Egypt-Ethiopia Nile Dam Incident Takes on Military Overtones
Sep 11, 2024
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Atalayar
The tension continues. Egypt, which has opted for a more aggressive approach in its duel with Ethiopia over the Nile Dam, is beginning to mobilise…
Georgia: Project Analyst, Gender in Disaster Risk Reduction
Sep 10, 2024
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UN Women
In October 2024 UN Women, with the generous support of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) launched a project Gender in Disaster Risk…
Colombia: Colombia Deadliest Country for Environmentalists in 2023, Rights Group Says
Sep 10, 2024
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Oliver Griffin, Reuters
Colombia, host nation for this year's United Nations COP16 biodiversity conference, was the deadliest country for environmentalists and land rights defenders in 2023, with a…
Conflict Minerals: Why Conflict-Free Gold Doesn’t Reduce Conflict
Sep 10, 2024
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Ty Burke, Chicago Boothe Review
US policymakers hoping to reduce violence in the DRC included in the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act a requirement that companies…
DRC. How Cooking Demonstrations Can Save lLives in a Village: the Story of Kasendami Muamba
Sep 9, 2024
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COOPI
In the heart of Central Kasai Province, in the Kalomba Health Zone, lies the village of Tshitadi, where the fight against child malnutrition is making…
Mozambique: Empowering Women Facing Conflict and Climate Change Effects in Mozambique
Sep 9, 2024
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CARE
The humanitarian situation in Mozambique’s conflict-affected Cabo Delgado province is deteriorating rapidly. This has been worsened by a severe climate change-induced drought that has exacerbated…
If UN PKO Are to Successfully Fulfill Their Mandates, Climate Change Needs to Be Taken into Account
Sep 9, 2024
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Mission Permanente de la France auprès des Nations Unies à New York
Today, the Security Council convenes for an Open Debate on UN Peacekeeping Operations. France, Guyana, Japan, Malta, Mozambique, the Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone, Switzerland,…
DRC/Rwanda: Congolese Refugees Imagine a Peaceful Agrarian Future with Their Rwandan Neighbors
Sep 9, 2024
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Nicolas Parent, Peace News
Over 82,000 Congolese refugees are in Rwanda, with many there for nearly three decades. The vast majority (88%) inhabit one of five camps located in…
Timor-Leste: In Diesel-Dependent East Timor, Renewable Energy Transition Remains Slow Despite Government Pledges
Sep 9, 2024
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Victoria Milko, Associated Press
East Timor is at an energy development crossroads. While the small Southeast Asian nation — and one of the world’s youngest countries — has made…
Jamaica: Jamaica's Female Farmers Rebuild after Hurricane Beryl through Women-Led Cash Voucher Program
Sep 6, 2024
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Gabriela Aoun Angueira
Alance Wisdom got inside her home just in time to watch the ceiling of her front room collapse. As the rain rushed in, a violent…
Regenerative Production as a Vehicle for Environmental Peacebuilding? An Exploratory Case from Uganda
Sep 5, 2024
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Richard Marcantonio
The number of active armed conflicts is growing around the globe. One key influencer, though importantly not determinant, in these events is environmental change—mostly caused…
DRC Is the World’s Largest Producer of Cobalt – How Control by Local Elites Can Shape the Global Battery Industry
Sep 4, 2024
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Raphael Deberdt and Jessica DiCarlo
The mineral-rich Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is often portrayed as a victim of exploitation by China, the US and Europe in their competition…
The US Military Leads Climate Change, the Rest of Society Should Follow
Sep 4, 2024
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Sherri Goodman
Accelerating climate risks are also accelerating our global security risks. From new sea lanes in the Arctic, to prolonged drought across parts of Africa and…
South Sudan: Oil-Rich South Sudan Slams Operators for Harming Environment
Sep 4, 2024
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Okech Francis and Simon Marks, Bloomberg
Oil companies pumping crude from South Sudan, including a unit of Malaysian oil and gas giant Petroliam Nasional Bhd, should restore the environment after years…
Colombia: Gold and Coca: The Curse Fuelling War in the Putumayo Rainforests
Sep 4, 2024
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Javier Alexander Macías and Puerto Guzmán, Vorágine
Illegal armed groups have plunged the departments of Putumayo, Caquetá and Amazonas into a deadly confrontation over the gold in their territories.
Women Hold the Solutions to Tackling Climate Change and Hunger. Just Ask Them
Sep 4, 2024
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Michelle Nunn
In Diffa, one of the poorest regions of Niger, climate change has led to more frequent droughts and floods that have created severe food insecurity and malnutrition.…
DRC: Artisanal Mining Harming Forests, Wildlife in Eastern Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo
Sep 3, 2024
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Shimali Chauhan, DownToEarth
In the mineral-rich eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a recent study found that artisanal mining, a small-scale and informal mining operation using simple tools,…
Climate Change: Cloud Seeding and the Water Wars of Tomorrow
Sep 3, 2024
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Nicola Stoev, Geopolitical Monitor
Some states manipulate clouds using a technique called ‘cloud seeding.’ The first cloud seeding techniques date back to the 1940s and involve making clouds merge…
Climate Change: Impacts of Climate Change Threat to Peace and Security, Says Report
Sep 3, 2024
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Gilbert Koech, Star
A new report has painted a grim picture of how climate change affects security of Africa. The Africa Climate Security Risk Assessment report analyses interlinkages…
Water: The Midwest and Great Plains Are Gearing up for Water Fights Fueled by Climate Change
Sep 3, 2024
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Kate Grumke, Iowa Public Radio