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Nigeria: Natural Resource Management Advisor (Conflict Mitigation and Community Reconciliation In Northwest Nigeria)
Feb 16, 2023
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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: Program Manager II (Nutrition and WASH)
Feb 16, 2023
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Catholic Relief Services
Catholic Relief Services is the official international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States. CRS works to save, protect, and transform lives…
USA: Senior Fellow: Gender, Climate, Security Nexus
Feb 16, 2023
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Georgetown University
The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security is looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Senior Researcher to lead its climate research portfolio. The Senior…
Jordan: Project Manager (m/f/d) for Community Work and Resource Conflict Transformation in Amman, Jordan
Feb 16, 2023
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Forum Civil Peace Service
The Forum Ziviler Friedensdienst e.V. (forumZFD) supports people involved in violent conflicts on the path to peace and strives to help overcome war and violence.…
Ukraine/Russia: Russia Draining a Ukrainian Reservoir Is a Reminder That Water Can Be a Weapon in a Warming World
Feb 15, 2023
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Dave Levitan, Grid
In a warming world, water is an increasingly precious resource — and it can also be used as a weapon when conflict breaks out.
Conflict Minerals: How Conflict Minerals Make It into Our Phones
Feb 15, 2023
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Katie Brigham, CNBC
Tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold. All of these minerals are found in our electronics and all are considered conflict minerals, due to their potential origin…
International Day of Women and Girls in Science: Looking at Indian Women in Climate Science and Research
Feb 15, 2023
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Tamanna Sengupta
While the Indian government is attempting to encourage more women scientists through awards and growth schemes, true success requires systemic change and mindset shifts.
Cuban Women Play Outstanding Role in Facing Climate Change
Feb 15, 2023
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Juan M. Garcia
Women's outstanding role in fighting climate change was appreciated on Sunday in the development of the Increasing Resilience of Agricultural Ecosystems in Cuba (IRES) project…
Women Climate Crusaders Step Up to Make Climate Action Inclusive
Feb 15, 2023
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Manka Behl
Nagpur: Nineteen-year-old Hina Saifi from Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, is working at the grass roots level to empower women with eco-friendly resources and improve air quality.…
Women's Contributions to Solving the Climate Crisis
Feb 15, 2023
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Rebecca Goldfine
The Environmental Studies Program partnered with The Nature Conservancy in Maine to bring together a panel of women who are working at the intersection of…
Nigeria: Farmers-Herders Conflict: 4,000 Lives Lost in Seven Years, Says ex-Minister
Feb 14, 2023
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Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis, Punch
A former Minister of Finance, Mansur Muhtar, has said no fewer than 4,000 Nigerians had lost their lives and thousands of others maimed as a…
Myanamr: Illegal Gold Mining Expanding Unchecked under Junta in Myanmar’s Kachin State
Feb 14, 2023
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Radio Free Asia
A rapid expansion in illegal gold mining since the military coup is poisoning the water supply in Myanmar’s Kachin state and destroying the livelihoods of…
Colombia: Colombia Cuts Deforestation-Reduction Target Following 2022 Increases
Feb 14, 2023
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Oliver Griffin, Reuters
Colombia's government is looking to cut deforestation to 140,000 hectares (345,947 acres) a year by 2026, despite international agreements eyeing greater reductions, due to an…
Liberia: Hike in Transport Fares Upsets Lumber Trade
Feb 14, 2023
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Tina S. Mehnpaine, Observer
The hike in transportation fares has been having adverse effects on many business people across the country, but those in the lumber industry (plank sellers)…
Nigeria: Farmers, Herders, Others Meet in Abuja over Conflict
Feb 14, 2023
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TVC News
Crop Farmers, Professionals in livestock production and other stakeholders in agribusiness are gathering in Abuja to discuss how to end the conflicts between sedentary farmers…
DRC: DRC to Expand Exploration for Energy Transition Metals
Feb 13, 2023
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Matthew Goosen, Energy Capital & Power
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) President Felix Tshisekedi announced that the Central African country will begin exploration operations for nickel and chrome in the…
Africa/Ukraine/Russia: One Year Later - The Impact of the Russian Conflict with Ukraine on Africa
Feb 13, 2023
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Bitsat Yohannes-Kassahun, Africa Renewal
Addressing debt while bolstering agriculture, energy access and continental trade could ease burden on struggling economies. In today's interconnected world, shots fired in one corner…
Indonesia/Timor Leste: Indonesia, Timor Leste Agree to Settle Land Border Negotiations
Feb 13, 2023
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Rangga Jingga and Uyu Liman, Antara
Indonesia and Timor Leste concurred on completing negotiations for the two remaining land border segments -- the Noel Besi-Citrana Segment and the Bidjael Sunan Oben…
Liberia: The Farmer Defending His Land Against a Palm Plantation
Feb 13, 2023
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James Harding Giahyue, The DayLight
One day in 2016 policemen arrested Saturday Wilson at his farm. Wilson had been accused by the Maryland Oil Palm Plantation (MOPP) of stealing fertilizers,…
Liberia: Wilmar and Financiers Exposed to Conflict Palm Oil in Liberia
Feb 13, 2023
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Joel Cholo Brooks, Global News Network
Sustainable Development Institute (SDI) Liberia and Milieudefensie expose the ongoing social and environmental harms in Maryland Oil Palm Plantation (MOPP) in Liberia. Over the past…
Ukraine/Russia: Russia's New Water Pipeline System Will Connect to Ukraine's Donbas [Video]
Feb 13, 2023
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Mirror Now
Russia is building a 200-km water pipeline system that will reach Ukraine. The system would connect Russia's Rostav region that borders Ukraine's Donbas region. The…
EnPAx Seeking People Interested in Participating in a MENA Interest Group
Feb 13, 2023
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Environmental Peacebuilding Association
The Environmental Peacebuilding Association is seeking people who would be interested in joining a Middle East and North Africa-focused Interest Group.
As regions with debilitating climate…
Survey Seeking Your Perspectives on the Intersections between Environment and Peace
Feb 12, 2023
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Michael Chew
Michael Chew, an independent researcher from Australia, is currently completing the Institute for Economics and Peace Ambassador program. In this context, he is collecting perspectives…
South Sudan’s Oil and Water Give It Bargaining Power – but Will It Benefit the People?
Feb 12, 2023
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Harry Verhoeven and Francois Sennesael
Much of Africa has spent 2022 facing sharp increases in the costs of energy and food driven by the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the strengthening of the US dollar.…
Call for Applications: Study on the Relations between National Dialogue and Climate Change/Environment as Part of a Paper Series on National Dialogues: Substantive Issues
Feb 12, 2023
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Berghof Foundation
Over the last two decades, National Dialogues have become considered a comprehensive tool for preventing violent conflicts and managing complex change processes. While such participatory …
Myanmar: Myanmar Mineral Exports Worth $230 Million This Financial Year
Feb 11, 2023
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Burma News International
Mineral exports from Myanmar include gems, jewelry gold, jade, pearl, diamond, tungsten, tin, silver, copper, zinc, coal and other minerals and metals. Due to the…
Meet 5 Women Who Are Using Science to Help Save the Planet
Feb 10, 2023
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UNEP
International Day of Women and Girls in Science, celebrated on 11 February, recognizes the often overlooked contributions of women scientists.
India: Senior Project Associate- Gender and Social Inclusion, Climate Program
Feb 10, 2023
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World Resources Institute
WRI India, an independent charity legally registered as the India Resources Trust, provides objective information and practical proposals to foster environmentally sound and socially equitable…
Timor-Leste: Social Safeguarding, Gender and Inclusion Officer
Feb 10, 2023
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United Nations Development Programme
Background
UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are…
Thailand: Gender Equity and Social Inclusion (GESI) Specialist
Feb 10, 2023
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Asian Disaster Preparedness Center
ADPC is an autonomous international organization with a vision to reduce disaster and climate risk impacts on communities and countries in Asia and the Pacific…