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Climate Change, Migration and the Risk of Conflict in Growing Urban Centers

Jun 27, 2022 | Tegan Blaine, Ph.D.; Julia Canney; Chris Collins; Jessica Kline; Rachel Locke

From 2015 to 2050, the world’s urban population is expected to nearly double, in part because migrants from rural areas devastated by climate change are…


Preventing a “Green Resource Curse”: Opportunities and Risks of Mining in the Global Energy Transition

Jun 27, 2022 | Yiran Ning

Is a “green resource curse” on its way? Kimberly Thompson, a Senior Advisor for Natural Resources and Conflict and the Industry Lead for Mining at…


Uganda: Team Leader - Climate Smart Land Management

Jun 27, 2022 | European Management Solutions

EMS is recruiting a Team Leader – Climate Smart Land Management, on behalf of an international humanitarian agency, with a global team of 2,400 personnel,…


Philippines: Chief of Party I, Land Restoration Initiative

Jun 27, 2022 | 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…


Ethiopia: Senior Gender and Advocacy Advisor

Jun 27, 2022 | CARE

CARE seeks a Sr. Gender & Advocacy Advisor for an anticipated $25-49 million USAID-funded Climate Resilient WASHactivity in Ethiopia. The goal of this activity is…


Timor-Leste: Sustainable Livelihood Consultant

Jun 27, 2022 | Conservation International

CI Timor-Leste is in a state of growth and development, aiming to expand its work with government and communities in creating, developing, and supporting the…


Cambodia/Thailand: Project Officer, Earth Journalism Network - Our Mekong, Our Say

Jun 27, 2022 | Internews Network

USAID’s Mekong For the Future (MFF), implemented by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), works to improve natural resource governance in the Lower Mekong…


Kenya: Principal Water Resources Adviser, Africa Borderlands

Jun 27, 2022 | UNDP

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…


USA: Program Manager/Senior Program Manager – Climate and Environmental Impacts

Jun 27, 2022 | InterAction

InterAction is the largest alliance of international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in the U.S., with over 190 members working in every developing country. Members are large…


Kenya: Research Assistant - Resilience Pillar

Jun 27, 2022 | Samuel Hall

Samuel Hall is seeking a professional Resilience (Pillar 2) Research Assistant (RA) to join its team for a full-time position in Nairobi or remote. Samuel…


Uganda: Civil Peace Service Advisor on Conflict Sensitive Land Governance

Jun 27, 2022 | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit

GIZ's model for success is a better life for everyone and purposeful tasks for our employees. For more than 50 years, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für…


Russia: Russia Slashes Environmental Protections as War Rages, Economic Crisis Looms

Jun 26, 2022 | Moscow Times

Russia has quietly made it easier to build pipelines in nature reserves, scrapped regulations on automobile emissions and pushed back measures to reduce pollution as…


Kenya: Gender Remains Neglected At The Nairobi Session Of New Biodiversity Framework

Jun 26, 2022 | Flavia Lopes


Iraq: Iraqi President Calls on Country to Stand Firm amid Spate of Attacks on Oil and Gasfields

Jun 26, 2022 | Sinan Mahmoud, National

The recent spate of attacks on oil and gas plants in Iraq's Kurdistan Region is harmful to the country’s stability and economy, President Barham Salih…


DRC: Why Is DR Congo at War Again?

Jun 26, 2022 | Obinna Umeh, African Exponent

The Norwegian Refugee Council has declared the situation in DR Congo the world's most neglected refugee crisis - for the second time in a row.…


USA: After Roe v. Wade: US Researchers Warn of What’s to Come

Jun 24, 2022 | Mariana Lenharo


Australia's Sex Discrimination Commissioner Calls for Urgent Change in Mining Sector

Jun 24, 2022 | Praveen Menon and Byron Kaye


Ukraine: Ukraine Joins the LIFE Programme for Environment and Climate

Jun 24, 2022 | European Commission

Today, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Virginijus Sinkevičius and the Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine Ruslan Strilets jointly…


South Sudan: Millions Face Famine in South Sudan as War in Ukraine Impacts Countries beyond Europe [Video]

Jun 24, 2022 | CBS News

Flooding and famine already had millions in South Sudan clinging to survival. CBS News correspondent Debora Patta reports.


Myanmar: Kachin Public Calls on KIO to Address Gold Mining Crisis

Jun 24, 2022 | Emily Fishbein, Jauman Naw, Jaw Tu Hkawng, and Nu Nu Lusan, Frontier Myanmar

Interviews with 12 villagers and seven members of Kachin civil society over the past six months for a series of articles on gold mining in…


Afghanistan: Flooding Destroys Crops across Afghanistan

Jun 24, 2022 | Amina Hakimi, TOLOnews

The Afghanistan Chamber of Agriculture and Livestock said that wheat and onions have been hit hard by the floods. According to the State Ministry for…


South Sudan: South Sudan Seeks to Revise Petroleum Law

Jun 23, 2022 | Xinhua

South Sudan Thursday began consultations aimed at revising and reforming its Petroleum Act 2012 to be able to regulate the downstream operations in the oil…


Ukraine/Russia: Russia Should Pay for Its Environmental War Crimes

Jun 22, 2022 | Jenny Morber, WIRED

The legal challenges are steep, but scientists are recording the war’s devastating impact on Ukraine’s land and wildlife.


Tracking Military Greenhouse Gas Emissions in War and Peace

Jun 22, 2022 | Conflict and Environment Observatory

At COP26, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said, “there is no way to reach net zero without also including emissions from the military”. Yet, there…


Ukraine: OSCE-Supported Platform Highlights Environmental Risks Stemming from War in Ukraine

Jun 21, 2022 | Homeland Security Today

Data and analysis on nearly 5000 incidents of war-related damages in Ukraine show that 92 industrial facilities in the high or very high environmental risk…


Liberia: Liberia Passes EITI Validation, Despite Challenges

Jun 21, 2022 | Observer

Liberia has passed its Validation by the International Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Board despite challenges posed by the internal governance crisis of 2018 and…


The Armed Lifeboat: The Dangers of Militarising Climate Adaptation

Jun 21, 2022 | Nick Buxton

On 7 February 2022, Arizona’s attorney general, Mark Brnovich, released a legal opinion that declared that the refugees trying to cross the heavily fortified US–Mexico…


Public Participation: A Counter to Climate Policy Backdraft?

Jun 21, 2022 | Kidan Araya

In an increasingly unpredictable world of pandemics, conflict, and disasters, climate change is often at the center of conversations about the instability of global affairs.…


Australia: Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Environmental Policy and Management

Jun 21, 2022 | Murdoch University

Murdoch prides itself on its diverse and vibrant workplace. It is committed to the recruitment and development of skilled and passionate people, who want to…


Afghanistan/Iran: Kabul, Tehran Reached Agreement on Helmand River: Official

Jun 20, 2022 | Tamim Shaheer, TOLOnews

Afghanistan and Iran reached an agreement over the Helmand water treaty, an official of the Ministry of Energy and Water said. The Ministry of Energy…