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DRC: Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Capacity Development Advisor
Dec 24, 2022
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Wildlife Conservation Society
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) DRC’s country program seeks an experienced Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Capacity Development Advisor (MEL-CD) for the highly anticipated USAID/Democratic Republic of…
Call for GPN ExpRes Roster – Climate, Peace & Security Risk Policy and Programming Experts
Dec 24, 2022
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United Nations Development Program
The multidimensional nature of climate change creates far-reaching consequences not only for the environment but also for development and, ultimately, for the security of people,…
DRC: Salonga Program Coordinator
Dec 24, 2022
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World Wide Fund for Nature
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has embarked on ambitious, field-based conservation programs across the Congo Basin. In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),…
Italy: Climate Justice Specialist (Internationally recruited)
Dec 24, 2022
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International Development Law Organization
The International Development Law Organization (IDLO) is the only global intergovernmental organization exclusively devoted to promoting the rule of law to advance peace and sustainable…
DRC: Communication Specialist, Support to Forests and Biodiversity Activity
Dec 24, 2022
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Tetra Tech
Tetra Tech is a leading provider of consulting, engineering and technical services worldwide. Our reputation is built on the technical expertise and dedication of our employees…
South Sudan: Technical Expert, Climate Resilience
Dec 24, 2022
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Welthungerhilfe
Welthungerhilfe is one of the largest and most respected private organisations for development cooperation and humanitarian aid in Germany. As a politically and confessionally independent…
Kenya: Regional Climate and Environment Adviser, East Africa and Yemen
Dec 24, 2022
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Norwegian Refugee Council
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. We work in crises across more than 31 countries, providing…
DRC: Consultancy, Environmental Study of NRC Shelter and EHA Projects
Dec 24, 2022
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Norwegian Refugee Council
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an international organization of Norwegian origin present in 31 countries around the world. It has been working in the Democratic…
Mali: Programme Manager, Pilot Programmatic Partnership Programme in Disaster, Cash and Resilience
Dec 24, 2022
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Mali Red Cross
The Red Cross is the largest humanitarian organisation in the world and for 150 years they have helped alleviate people through wars and disasters, diseases…
Liberia: MCC Launches Climate Crisis Mitigation Project to Protect Vulnerable Communities
Dec 23, 2022
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FrontPage Africa
The City Government of Monrovia, on Wednesday, December 21, 2022 launched the Monrovia Grow Green (MonGrow Green) Project with the aim of addressing climate change-related…
International Women’s Day 2023: “DigitALL: Innovation and Technology for Gender Equality”
Dec 22, 2022
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UN Women
The theme for International Women’s Day, 8 March 2023 (IWD 2023) is, “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality”. This theme is aligned with the…
Liberia: Gov’t Revenue from Extractive Industries Reaches US$84.6M
Dec 22, 2022
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William Q. Harmon, Observer
Government revenue from the extractive industries in 2021 stood at US$84.6 million, a report from the Liberia Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (LEITI) has revealed. The…
Liberia: In Liberia, a Gold Boom Leads to Unregulated Mining and Ailing Rivers
Dec 22, 2022
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Varney Kamara, Mongabay
Today, more than 1,000 gold diggers, six licensed mining concession holders, three brokers and two large-scale mining companies — S & K Mining Corporation Limited…
DRC: Saving Congo’s Forests Means Changing ‘Law Enforcement’
Dec 22, 2022
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Judith Verweijen
The Congo Basin rainforests, the world’s second largest, form the planet’s single greatest “carbon sink,” absorbing the atmospheric carbon dioxide that is overheating our planet.…
Afghanistan: Statement on Afghanistan by Sima Bahous, UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director
Dec 21, 2022
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UN Women
The comprehensive onslaught on women’s rights in Afghanistan is unmatched in the world today. The Taliban’s latest announcement of the closure of universities for women, effectively…
South Sudan/Uganda: Security Heightened along Porous Border with South Sudan over Cattle Theft
Dec 21, 2022
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Julius Ocungi, Uganda Radio Network
According to security officials, the porous border point has aided the undetected influx of suspected criminals from the neighboring Nimule Township who loot cattle and…
Gender, Climate and Finance: How Financing Female-Led Businesses can Lead the Way to a Net-Zero Future for People and the Planet
Dec 21, 2022
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Joana Pedro, Cassandra Devine, and Marie Wallner
In the third and final blog post in our series on Gender, Climate and Finance, we shift our focus to financial institutions that are leading the way…
Colombia: World Bank Green Lights $1 bln Loan for Colombia's Energy Transition
Dec 20, 2022
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Reuters
The World Bank Board on Tuesday approved $1 billion in financing for Colombia to help the country accelerate its energy transition, promote sustainable land use,…
Women-Focused Investments are Crucial for Community Adaptation
Dec 20, 2022
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Asian Development Bank
At an event during Cop27, speakers highlighted the important role women and girls play as agents of change in community adaptation.
Specifically, emphasis was placed on recognising,…
Will Iraq Finally Start to Use Its Natural Gas Reserves?
Dec 20, 2022
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Simon Watkins
It has long been a point of extreme contention with the US that Iraq continues to rely on neighbouring – sanctioned – Iran for around…
Liberia: Supreme Court Jails Six Traditional Leaders for Abducting a Judge over Land Dispute
Dec 19, 2022
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FrontPage Africa
The Supreme Court of Liberia has sentenced seven traditional leaders in Bong County to six months imprisonment at a common jail in connection with the…
UN Philippines Peace-Building Program Scores Gains in Bangsamoro Region
Dec 19, 2022
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Manila Bulletin
A United Nations (UN) Philippines peacebuilding joint program in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) marked its completion with results that have significantly…
Indonesia: Ministry Seeks Gender-Responsive Climate Change Policies
Dec 16, 2022
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Antara
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection (PPPA) is seeking to make policies related to climate change gender-responsive.
South Sudan: As Cattle Migration Season Approaches, Farmers and Herders from Neighbouring States Meet at Joint UNMISS, UNDP Forum
Dec 16, 2022
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United Nations Mission in South Sudan
Every year between January and April, cattle herders from Tonj and Gogrial areas of Warrap, South Sudan move their animals to greener pastures near Wau,…
African and Indigenous Women Voices Essential for Climate Action
Dec 16, 2022
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Radia Mbengue and Chantal Bilulu
The climate crisis is caused primarily by the burning of fossil fuels. Yet some of the key culprits — oil and gas — were glaringly…
Water, Peace, & Security: New Tools for a New Climate
Dec 16, 2022
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Claire Doyle
Water sustains life on our planet. And access to clean and safe water is foundational to society. So why has it only been in recent…
Myanmar: ‘Afraid of the Gun’: Military Coup Fuels Myanmar Resource Grab
Dec 14, 2022
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Emily Fishbein and Nu Nu Lusan, Al Jazeera
Over the past year and a half, however, the issue has been eclipsed by a more immediate threat: gold mining. The industry has cleared trees,…
COP15 Women Key Roles in Conservation Need to be Recognizes
Dec 14, 2022
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Pressenza
Tuesday, representatives from different organizations shared their insights on gender equality in biodiversity policy at the COP15 in Montreal.
According to Archana Soreng (India) member of the…
It’s Time for Climate Change to Reach the International Court of Justice
Dec 14, 2022
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Douglas Kysar
For several decades, powerful governments and corporations have possessed detailed knowledge regarding the catastrophic risks posed by human-caused climate change. Yet, during those same decades, many holders of public…
Warfare and Global Warming
Dec 14, 2022
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Scott Moore
The human toll of war is reason enough alone to avoid it at almost any cost. But warfare’s impact on global warming raises a number…