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Sustainable Recovery? First Sustain Interest in Ukraine’s Environment

Jul 28, 2022 | Doug Weir

The environmental dimensions of all armed conflicts are becoming ever more visible. There are a number of reasons for this: improved access to earth observation…


Jamaica Launches Gender and Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan

Jul 27, 2022 | Santana Salmon, Caribbean National Weekly

Jamaica has launched a gender and climate change strategy and action plan (GCCSAP) that it says has been developed and guided by a national gender…


The Congo, Its Minerals and Its Tribalism

Jul 27, 2022 | Jonathan Power

When the United Nations pulled its troops out of the Congo, a country the size of Western Europe, in June 1964, Secretary General U Thant…


Afghanistan: The Trans-Afghan Railway Line: Back on Track?

Jul 26, 2022 | Sophia Nina Burna-Asefi, Diplomat

The Trans-Afghan railway project is gathering momentum as Uzbekistan seeks access to Pakistan’s ports. But can the project overcome security, geographic, and financial hurdles?


Ukraine: Hundreds of Professionals Gather to Discuss Violence Against Women in Conflict-Affected Ukraine

Jul 26, 2022 | Council of Europe

On 21 July 2022, five hundred and twenty professionals who provide services to victims of violence against women, and ensure coordination of these services, participated in a one-day…


Iraq/Kurdistan: Investigations Underway after Missile Attack on Oil Field in Iraqi Kurdistan

Jul 26, 2022 | Morningstar

Investigations are under way after a rocket attack on the Khor Mor gas field in the Chamchamal district of Slemani in Iraqi Kurdistan on Monday…


CAR: Come Follow the Redwood Trees – Tracking Wagner’s Forestry Business in CAR

Jul 26, 2022 | All Eyes on Wagner

Alongside the European Investigative Collaborations network, the authors have identified a new company specialised in the timber business in the Central African Republic related to…


We Can’t Fight Climate Change Without Fighting for Gender Equity

Jul 26, 2022 | Jamie L. Gloor, Eugenia Bajet Mestre, Corinne Post, and Winfried Ruigrok

As the climate crisis becomes increasingly urgent, organizations around the world have begun investing in a wide array of environmental sustainability initiatives. Some of these…


Beyond a “Threat Multiplier”: Exploring Links between Climate Change and Security

Jul 26, 2022 | Farah Hegazi, Elise Remling, Kyungmee Kim, and Simone Bunse

The idea implicit in the term “threat multiplier” is straightforward: climate change can exacerbate security threats. Yet this formulation puts the emphasis squarely on climate…


Colombia: Tensions between Indigenous and Plantation Owners in Southwest Colombia

Jul 25, 2022 | Adriaan Alsema, Colombia Reports

President-elect Gustavo Petro called on Colombia’s sugar association and indigenous to negotiate the use of land in the southwest Of the country. The Nasa people…


Why Climate Change Disproportionally Impacts Women

Jul 25, 2022 | Demetria Dickinson

A number of recent studies show that the negative effects of climate change fall disproportionately on women, caused by and compounding long-standing effects of sexism…


Belgium: Senior Climate & Environmental Peacemaking Advisor

Jul 25, 2022 | European Institute of Peace

The European Institute of Peace designs and delivers sustainable peace processes and agreements. It provides practical experience, technical expertise and policy advice on conflict resolution.

The European…


Belgium: Programme Manager, Environmental Peacemaking Programme

Jul 25, 2022 | European Institute of Peace

The European Institute of Peace designs and delivers sustainable peace processes and agreements. It provides practical experience, technical expertise and policy advice on conflict resolution.

The European…


DRC: Community Accountability & Social Inclusion Manager – USAID’s Sustainable Water and Sanitation Systems Activity

Jul 25, 2022 | Mercy Corps

Mercy Corps is powered by the belief that a better world is possible. To do this, we know our teams do their best work when…


DRC: Chief of Party - USAID’s Sustainable Water and Sanitation Systems Activity

Jul 25, 2022 | 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…


Myanmar: National Consultant on Disaster Risk Reduction

Jul 25, 2022 | UNDP

The United Nations Development Programme is a United Nations organization tasked with helping countries eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth and human development.

UNDP’s Enabling…


USA: Climate Finance and Fragility (Short-Term Consultancy)

Jul 25, 2022 | World Bank

The World Bank Group is the biggest multilateral funder of climate investments in developing countries. And we intend to go further in helping countries reduce poverty and rise…


Kenya or Uganda: Global Climate and Environmental Mitigation Advisor

Jul 25, 2022 | Danish Refugee Council

Founded in 1956, the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is Denmark's largest, and a leading international NGO - one of the few with a specific expertise in forced displacement. In…


South Sudan: Project Manager

Jul 25, 2022 | Fauna & Flora International

Fauna & Flora International (FFI) is the world’s oldest international wildlife conservation organisation. We have been quietly shaping and influencing conservation practice since our foundation in 1903. Our focus…


DRC: Project Director, Maiko Landscape

Jul 25, 2022 | Fauna & Flora International

Fauna & Flora International (FFI) is the world’s oldest international wildlife conservation organisation. We have been quietly shaping and influencing conservation practice since our foundation in 1903. Our focus…


Call for Articles: Write for Conflict Trends

Jul 25, 2022 | African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes

The African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD) is presently soliciting contributions for the second 2022 Issue of Conflict Trends (CT 2022, Issue…


Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq Needs Oil and Gas and Revenue-Sharing Laws: PM Barzani

Jul 24, 2022 | Dler S. Mohammed, Kurdistan 24

Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani stressed that Iraq requires oil and gas and revenue-sharing laws during his meeting with the Speaker of the Iraqi…


Colombia: Petro Calls for Dialogues to Analyze Land Problems in Cauca

Jul 23, 2022 | California18

The president elect Gustavo Petro spoke after the recent disturbances of public order that occurred after the irregular occupation of sugar mill properties in the…


Liberia: Liberia’s Forest Communities to Take Driver’s Seat in Management and Conservation of Natural Resources in New Project

Jul 22, 2022 | Global News Network

The Forestry Development Authority together with the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on 22 July 2022 ,launched a…


Call for Submissions: International Science Prize 2023: Climate Change and Conflicts

Jul 22, 2022 | Hans Günter Brauch Foundation for Peace and Ecology in the Anthropocene

The Hans Günter Brauch Foundation (HGBS) supports two prizes on peace, ecology and the Anthropocene and of linkages between these themes. The annual International Science…


Call for Tenders: Environmental Peacebuilding

Jul 22, 2022 | forumZFD

The Academy for Conflict Transformation, a department of the Forum Civil Peace Service (forumZFD), is looking for a facilitator to conduct an online training on…


Climate Change: Why Climate Change Could Spark Conflict

Jul 21, 2022 | Jack Graham, Thomson Reuters Foundation

From record-breaking and deadly heatwaves in western Europe to a severe drought in the Horn of Africa, the impacts of climate change are becoming increasingly…


Ukraine’s Critical Minerals and Europe’s Energy Transition: A motivation for Russian Aggression?

Jul 21, 2022 | Andrei Covatariu

Europe’s long-term strategy to phase out fossil fuel use has endangered Russia’s main source of state revenue, forcing the Kremlin to focus on acquiring, one way or…


USA: Internships, Environmental Change and Security Program

Jul 21, 2022 | Wilson Center

The Wilson Center is a nonpartisan forum bridging the divide between research and policy decisions, particularly in the context of foreign policy. Wilson Center activities…


USA: Agents of Change Youth Fellowship

Jul 21, 2022 | Wilson Center

The Wilson Center is a nonpartisan forum bridging the divide between research and policy decisions, particularly in the context of foreign policy. Wilson Center activities…