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Colombia: Colombia Clinches $70 mln Development Funds for Clean Power
Feb 2, 2023
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Isla Binnie, Reuters
Colombia secured $70 million to prime its power grid for more renewable sources like wind and solar on Thursday, from a fund that aims to…
Climate Change: This Is the Link between Climate Change and Conflict - and What Can Be Done about It
Feb 1, 2023
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Ewan Thomson, World Economic Forum
The latest Ecological Threat Report (ETR) from independent non-profit think tank the Institute of Economics & Peace (IEP) seeks to present two particularly large and…
Afghanistan: Millions of Mines and Unexploded Grenades Are Scattered across Afghanistan. Locals Say Helping Collect the Metal for Cash Is How They Feed Their Families.
Feb 1, 2023
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Katie Balevic, Olivia Nemec, Edris Lutfi, Zaki Yousofzai, and Milad Nabawi, Insider
Most countries have outlawed the use of landmines, but the Russians planted millions in Afghanistan during the Soviet-Afghan War from 1979 to 1989, Insider reported.…
DRC: Pope Denounces 'Economic Colonialism' Plundering Congo
Feb 1, 2023
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Agence France-Presse
Pope Francis arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday, denouncing "economic colonialism" that he said had plundered the resources of the mineral-rich and…
Liberia: Liberia, World Bank Sign US$96M Financing Agreement for 60MW Solar Energy
Feb 1, 2023
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Lennart Dodoo, FrontPage Africa
Liberia has signed a financing agreement with the International Development Association for the production of an additional 60MW of renewable energy geared toward further solving…
Chad/Liberia/Sierra Leone/Togo: Sierra Leone, Chad, Liberia and Togo Launch Regional Renewables Project
Feb 1, 2023
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Sladjana Djunisic, Renewables Now
Officials from Chad, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Togo on Tuesday launched the Regional Emergency Solar Power Intervention Project (RESPITE), a USD-311-million (EUR 285.6m) electrification initiative…
Egyptian Water Security and the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: Why Ethiopia Has the Upper Hand
Feb 1, 2023
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Elliot Winter
Water scarcity is a growing problem. It can be demand-driven, typically caused by population growth, and supply-driven, typically caused by decreasing amounts of fresh water…
Call to Action of the Humanitarian WASH Sector
Feb 1, 2023
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Advocacy for WASH Initiative
The United Nations 2023 Water Conference will take place in March in New York City. The last edition of this conference was over 40 years ago, this is…
Ukraine/Russia: Ukraine War to Accelerate Shift to Clean Energy, BP Says
Jan 30, 2023
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Ron Bousso, Reuters
Russia's war in Ukraine is expected to weigh on long-term energy demand and accelerate the world's shift to renewables and low-carbon power as countries boost…
Afghanistan/Iran: MP Urges Taliban to Allocate Iran’s Water Share, Warns of Eviction of Afghans
Jan 30, 2023
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Tasnim News Agency
A lawmaker said if Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan and Balouchestan does not get the share of water supply under an agreement with Afghanistan, the…
Climate Change in the Security Council: What New Council Members Can Achieve in 2023
Jan 30, 2023
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Adam Day, Janani Vivekananda, and Grazia Pacillo
2023 could be a good year for advancing climate-related issues in the United Nations Security Council. The two-year terms of elected Council members like India,…
Discreetly Tackling Climate Action Through Earth Diplomacy
Jan 30, 2023
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Gabriel Gomes Couto
The window of opportunity for humanity to prevent major climate disasters is rapidly closing, and the multilateral system is not responding quickly enough. Multilateralism is…
Investigating Climate Migration: Global Realities and Resilience
Jan 30, 2023
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Lauren Herzer Risi
Climate change has become part of our daily lexicon. Rarely does a week pass when a hurricane, drought, wildfire, or some other climate disruption is…
Climate Change in the Security Council: What New Council Members Can Achieve in 2023
Jan 30, 2023
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Adam Day, Janani Vivekananda, and Grazia Pacillo
2023 could be a good year for advancing climate-related issues in the United Nations Security Council. The two-year terms of elected Council members like India,…
The Mining Conundrum — Responsibly Sourcing Green Technology Minerals in Conflict Zones
Jan 29, 2023
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Kim Polley
Responsible sourcing should be at the top of the agenda for multinationals. But many green technologies — which we advocate in our war on climate…
Sustainable Peace Cannot Be Built Where Rights of Women Are Ignored, Says Deputy Secretary-General at Security Council Open Debate
Jan 26, 2023
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UN
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks at the Security Council open debate on peacebuilding and sustaining peace, in New York today:
I would like…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq's Kurdish Region Warns against 'Unlawful' Stop to Funds
Jan 26, 2023
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Qassim Abdul-Zahra and Abby Sewell, Associated Press
Iraqi Kurdish authorities on Thursday pushed back against a decision by Iraq’s top court that blocked payments from state coffers funding the semi-autonomous region. Jutiar…
Council of Europe Assembly Adopts Resolution to Codify Ecocide
Jan 26, 2023
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Stop Ecocide International
This week in Strasbourg the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) voted overwhelmingly to adopt resolution 2477 and recommendation 2246, both calling for…
Liberia: AML Extends Agro Reforestation Program to Bolo Village, Nimba County
Jan 25, 2023
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Joel Cholo Brooks, Global News Network
ArcelorMittal Liberia’s Environmental Department in collaboration with a non-governmental organization, Committee for Peace and Development Advocacy (COPDA), has commenced an Agro Reforestation Program in Bolo,…
Kenya/USA: Project Manager, Climate, Environment and Conflict
Jan 25, 2023
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International Crisis Group
International Crisis Group (Crisis Group) seeks an experienced and collaborative project manager to join their Future of Conflict program. The Project Manager, Climate, Environment and…
Colombia: Colombia Shifts Strategy in Drug War away from Coca Eradication
Jan 24, 2023
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Christina Noriega, Al Jazeera
After promising to radically change Colombian drug policy, the administration of President Gustavo Petro has announced plans this month to reduce forced eradication efforts that,…
Afghanistan/Uzbekistan: Uzbekistan to Supply Electricity amid Energy Crisis in Afghanistan
Jan 24, 2023
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Nizamuddin Rezahi, Khaama Press News Agency
Afghanistan’s Ministry of Energy and Water announced that Uzbekistan has assured to resume supplying electricity to Afghanistan after weeks of complete blackout.
“Environment and Security” Now Accepting Journal Submissions!
Jan 24, 2023
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Environmental Peacebuilding Association
Be a part of the historic launch of the new journal, Environment and Security! Environment and Security will be the leading global outlet for peer-reviewed research…
Have EU Military “Greening” Policies Had Any Effect?
Jan 24, 2023
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Conflict and Environment Observatory
“Military greening” is receiving growing attention, so in 2022, we examined the environmental policies of EU militaries, and how easy it was to measure performance…
Nigeria: The Oil Thieves of Nigeria
Jan 23, 2023
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James Barnett, New Lines Magazine
Since the 1990s, the Niger Delta has been embroiled in a violent conflict rooted in competing visions of who owns Nigeria’s oil — and what…
Colombia: Colombia’s ‘Tree of Life’ Births a New Culinary and Conservation Movement
Jan 23, 2023
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Ocean Malandra, Mongabay
The guáimaro tree is a keystone species of Colombia’s tropical dry forest, an incredibly biodiverse ecosystem with species adapted to surviving long dry spells between…
Colombia: Colombia Killings of Social Leaders Hit Record in 2022 - Ombudsman
Jan 23, 2023
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Reuters
Colombia witnessed killings of 215 social leaders and human rights activists in 2022, the highest toll ever recorded, as illegal armed groups intensified their attacks…
Afghanistan: Nearly 3000 Acres of Govt Land Reclaimed in Sherzad District
Jan 23, 2023
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Yousuf Zarifi, Pajhwok Afghan News
Government land measuring nearly 3,000 acres has been wrested back from usurpers in the Sherzad district of eastern Nangarhar province.
Afghanistan/Iran: Iran Envoy Discusses Helmand Water Share with Taliban
Jan 23, 2023
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Mehr News Agency
Iran's newly-appointed envoy to Afghanistan Hassan Kazemi Qomi in a meeting with Taliban Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi discussed Iran's water share from Helmand…
Afghanistan/Iran: The Newly-Appointed Iranian Ambassador Has Asked for His Country’s Right to Helmand River Water, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Says
Jan 23, 2023
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Imran Danish, TOLOnews
Iran’s newly appointed ambassador to Kabul, Hassan Kazemi Qomi, in a meeting with Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said Afghanistan's water resources should be…