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Climate Change Worsens Gender-Based Violence: Here’s How the WPS Agenda Can Help
Dec 8, 2022
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Jenaina Irani
Climate change is a growing threat to progress, peace, security, and human rights. The negative impacts of climate change often have gendered impacts and are…
States Adopt New Legal Framework on the Environmental Impact of War
Dec 8, 2022
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Conflict and Environment Observatory
The new legal principles on the Protection of the environment in relation to armed conflicts (PERAC) have been developed by the UN’s International Law Commission,…
Intelligence Agency’s 1981 Assessment of Climate-Change Threat Was Remarkably Accurate
Dec 8, 2022
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William Leben
Australia’s national intelligence agency has released a report that ‘examines the implications of the increasing accumulation of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere as a result…
Ethiopia: Climate Security Advisor
Dec 8, 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…
Liberia: Businesswoman Vows to Stop Illegal Logging, but…
Dec 7, 2022
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Emmanuel Sherman, The DayLight
Binta Bility, a businesswoman whose illegal logging activities were first exposed two months ago, has promised to work in the confines of forestry laws and regulations.…
DRC: DRC Accuses M23 Rebels of Plotting to Exploit Minerals for Export to Rwanda
Dec 6, 2022
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Samuel Amanya, Uganda Radio Network
Coltan is a dull black metallic ore which is refined into tantalum powder which is used to make heat-resistant capacitors for mobile phones, computers, automotive…
CARE’s COP27 Response: One Step Forward, but Many More Needed
Dec 6, 2022
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Marlene Achoki, CARE
We are disappointed to say that while COP27 made some progress recognizing the importance of gender justice, attendees ultimately took no collective action. Two weeks of…
Why We Need More Women at COPs
Dec 6, 2022
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Hellen Shikanda
Two women steered the historic negotiations that led to a funding mechanism under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) for Loss and…
ASEAN Launches Plan to Promote Women’s Security in Southeast Asia
Dec 5, 2022
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UN Women
Phnom Penh, Cambodia — Today, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), in partnership with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and UN Women, launched…
DRC: Glencore Agrees to Pay Congo $180 Million over Bribery Case
Dec 5, 2022
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Associated Press
Commodities company Glencore said Monday that it has reached an agreement with the Democratic Republic of Congo to pay $180 million over bribery allegations spanning…
Liberia: Lawmaker Accused of Depleting Forest Reserves for Personal Gains
Dec 5, 2022
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Obediah Johnson, FrontPage Africa
Multiple documents in the possession of FrontPage Africa have revealed the clandestine transfer of shares and depleting of a reserved forest belonging to citizens of…
Somalia: Somalia Food Crisis – Drought, Conflict and the Fight for Survival
Dec 5, 2022
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International Committee of the Red Cross
Somalia is no stranger to food shortages, but a combination of factors have conspired to create a dire crisis this year. The conflict, which has…
Afghanistan: Ministry Reviewing Proposals for Mine Extraction
Dec 5, 2022
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Bibi Amina Hakimi, TOLOnews
The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum is considering the proposals submitted by companies for the extraction of eight major mines in the western provinces of…
Climate Change and Ecological Security
Dec 5, 2022
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Matt McDonald
As climate change is increasingly recognized as a security issue, a parallel understanding is also developing. Traditional categories and approaches may not be the optimal…
The Age of Intersecting Crises?
Dec 5, 2022
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Tobias Ide
While climate change is arguably the most important challenge of our time, headlines were frequently dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Russian invasion of the…
Indigenous Women in STEM Are in a Unique Position to Stop Climate Change
Dec 5, 2022
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Leticia Tituana
In Kichwa, an indigenous language spoken in parts of Ecuador, Pachamama (“Mother Earth”) is a unique word that represents the harmonious bond between nature and the indigenous…
Afghanistan: In Kandahar, Fish Farming Surges by 40pc
Dec 3, 2022
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Amin Samsoor, Pajhwok Afghan News
The fish farming business in southern Kandahar province has surged by 40 percent this year, meeting 60 percent of provincial demand, officials said on Saturday.…
Media and Climate Security: Mutual Miscomprehension?
Dec 1, 2022
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Peter Schwartzstein
There’s a scene near the climax of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express when Hercule Poirot starts to plot out the possible murderers. There’s…
Building African Climate Resilience Through Women's Entrepreneurship
Nov 30, 2022
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Amy Fallah
Westerwelle Foundation’s SHEignites Greenpreneur Program is one of five projects in Sub-Saharan Africa that has received funding through ANDE’s Accelerating Women Climate Entrepreneurs (AWCE) Fund to address…
Afghanistan: Unit Established in Kunduz to Prevent Illegal Tree Felling
Nov 29, 2022
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Pajhwok Afghan News
A unit of forest guards has been established and deployed in northern Kunduz province to prevent illegal cutting of trees, an official said on Tuesday.…
Four Takeaways from the COP27 Climate Conference
Nov 29, 2022
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Tegan Blaine
The progress at COP27 — as well as the lack of it on some fronts — begs the question of how the global community can…
Environmental Peacebuilding Must Pay More Attention to Armed Groups
Nov 29, 2022
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Judith Verweijen
Environmental peacebuilding is a rapidly grow field of research and practice. It examines how addressing conflicts over natural resources and improving resource governance can serve…
Green Jobs for Women Can Combat the Climate Crisis and Boost Equality
Nov 29, 2022
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Franziska Deinninger and Ana Gren
Delegates returned home from COP27 with long to-do lists and a formidable challenge: how to accelerate development that doesn’t rely on fossil fuels and creates…
USA: Environmental Peacebuilding Postdoctoral Scholar
Nov 29, 2022
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Oregon State University
The College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences is the center of Earth sciences at Oregon State University. Its scientists and students are on the…
Fishing for Equity and Inclusion: Women’s Socioeconomic Factors in Kenyan Fisheries
Nov 29, 2022
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Margaret Gatonye
Seeing Loreta sort and dry her Omena sardines at the shores of Lake Victoria in Western Kenya, one may dismiss this small, middle-aged woman as…
Kenya, South Africa, Egypt, Senegal, Italy: Senior Economist for Climate Security
Nov 28, 2022
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Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) delivers research-based solutions that harness agricultural biodiversity and sustainably transform food systems…
DRC: Program Officer, Conservation Programs
Nov 28, 2022
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Virunga National Park
Virunga National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site situated in the North Kivu province of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Created in 1925,…
DRC: Programme Analyst, Social and Environmental Standards
Nov 28, 2022
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United Nations Development Program
UNDP is committed to recruiting a workforce that is diverse in terms of gender, nationality and culture. We also encourage people from ethnic minorities, indigenous communities…
Iraq: International Energy Efficiency Action Plan Expert
Nov 28, 2022
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United Nations Development Program
The UNDP is the United Nations agency dedicated to development issues. This assignment will support the implementation of the GEF funded “Promoting Carbon Reduction Through…
Myanmar: Communications Consultants
Nov 28, 2022
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World Wide Fund for Nature
The World Wide Fund for Nature Inc. is an international non-governmental organization founded in 1961 that works in the field of wilderness preservation and the…