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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…
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…
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…
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.…
DRC: Salonga Program Coordinator
Nov 28, 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),…
South Sudan: Monitoring Evaluation and Knowledge Management Officer
Nov 28, 2022
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Vétérinaires Sans Frontières Germany
Vétérinaires Sans Frontières Germany (VSF-G) is an international Non-Governmental Organization, providing humanitarian and development assistance to pastoralists and vulnerable communities in areas where livestock is…
Ukraine: Programme Specialist, Ukraine Response
Nov 28, 2022
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Plan International UK
Plan International UK is a global children’s charity. We strive to advance children’s rights and equality for girls all over the world.
Working together with children,…
South Sudan: Procurement and Operations Officer
Nov 28, 2022
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Vétérinaires Sans Frontières Germany
Vétérinaires Sans Frontières Germany (VSF-G) is an international Non-Governmental Organization, providing humanitarian and development assistance to pastoralists and vulnerable communities in areas where livestock is…
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…
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,…
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…
CAR: National Humanitarian Affairs Officer
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: Climate Change and Environment Advisory Services
Nov 28, 2022
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Cowater International
With more than 35 years' experience, Cowater International is one of Canada's global leaders in management consulting services specializing in international development and has managed…
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…
Afghanistan: Baradar Wants Practical Work Started on Mes Aynak Copper Mine
Nov 26, 2022
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Ahmad Sohaib Hasrat, Pajhwok Afghan News
Deputy prime minister for economic affairs Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, accompanied by a high level delegation, visited the Mes Aynak copper mine in central Logar…
Philippines: Philippine Church Slams Violent Land Grabs from Tribal People
Nov 25, 2022
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Joseph Peter Calleja, Union of Catholic Asian News
Two Catholic dioceses in the Philippines have condemned attacks against ethnic tribal people who attempted to save their ancestral land from grabbing by a private…
Ukraine: In Warsaw, Parliamentarians Address Impacts of War in Ukraine on Fundamental Rights, Economics and Environment, and OSCE
Nov 25, 2022
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OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
Some 170 parliamentarians from 46 OSCE participating States gathered for two days of debates in Warsaw under the general theme of “The War in Ukraine:…
Afghanistan: Commission Formed to Counter Land Grabbing Becomes Active in Kabul
Nov 25, 2022
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Imran Danish, TOLOnews
The Islamic Emirate has begun pursuing cases of land grabbing in Kabul in the Mullah Tarakhail township.The Ministry of Justice's spokesperson, Abdul Hamed Jihadyar, said…
Ukraine/Russia: Shelling Forces Kherson Hospitals to Evacuate as UN Warns Millions Plunged into Hardship – as It Happened
Nov 25, 2022
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Léonie Chao-Fong, Harry Taylor, and Helen Sullivan, Guardian
More on the shelling in Kherson, where the governor of the region said that patients are being evacuated from the city’s hospitals because of bombardment…
Afghanistan: The Chinese Entrepreneurs Chasing an Afghan ‘Gold Rush’ [Video]
Nov 24, 2022
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101 East and Al Jazeera
When the Taliban returned to power in August 2021, most foreigners and multinational companies had already packed up and left Afghanistan. Going against the stream…
Ukraine: Ukrainians Prepare for Winter by Cutting down Trees, Raising Concerns about Forests [Audio]
Nov 24, 2022
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Nathan Rott, NPR
Ukraine is suffering power outages and damaged heating systems as Russia attacks its energy systems. Many are preparing for winter by cutting down trees, raising…
DRC: DRC Puts Mining Deal with China under Review as Targets Windfall Mineral Profits
Nov 23, 2022
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Miningmx
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is seeking additional investment in infrastructure from China in terms of a review it is conducting with a mining…
USA: Water and Conflict Resilience Director
Nov 23, 2022
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Chemonics
Chemonics seeks a Water and Conflict Resilience Expert to support agile and sustainable WSSH programming in fragile contexts, with a focus on supporting locally-led approaches…
The Case for Integrating Sustaining Peace into an Expanded Climate, Peace and Security Concept
Nov 23, 2022
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Cedric de Coning and Hafsa M. Maalim
One of the key themes that emerged from the just concluded COP27 is the recognition that climate change does not only exacerbate the causes and…
Iraq: Salt, Drought Decimate Buffaloes in Iraq's Southern Marshes
Nov 23, 2022
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Samya Kullab, Associated Press
Drought that experts believe is spurred by climate change and invading salt, coupled with lack of political agreement between Iraq and Turkey, are endangering the…
Syria: Turkish Strikes Spark Fire in Syrian Oil Field [Video]
Nov 23, 2022
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Associated Press
In recent days, Turkey has launched a barrage of airstrikes on suspected militant targets in northern Syria and Iraq, in retaliation for a deadly November…
Water Wars: Causes and Possible Solutions
Nov 23, 2022
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Politecnico di Milano
A study published in the prestigious Nature Sustainability by a group of researchers from the Politecnico di Milano has investigated the phenomenon, also in light…
One Earth, One Security Space: From the 1972 Stockholm Conference to Stockholm+50 and Beyond
Nov 22, 2022
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David Michel
The 1972 United Nations Conference on the Human Environment marked a watershed in world environmental politics. Gathered in Stockholm, Sweden, the international community collectively recognized…
Kenya: UN’s Highest Environmental Honour Celebrates Ecosystem Restoration
Nov 22, 2022
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UNEP
Nairobi, 22 November 2022 – The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) today announced its 2022 Champions of the Earth, honouring a conservationist, an enterprise, an economist, a women’s…