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Colombia: In Colombia, a Simple Fencing Fix Offers a Win-Win for Wildlife and Ranchers

Nov 28, 2024 | Marlowe Starling, Mongabay

In Colombia, a team of researchers teamed up with cattle ranchers in the department of Meta to find a solution to one central question: How…


Iraq: Enabling Iraq’s Energy Independence

Nov 28, 2024 | Petroleum Economist

Transforming Iraq’s natural gas sector is the key to the country’s energy self-sufficiency, allowing it to chart a course towards becoming a supply hub for…


Conflict Minerals: How Conflict Minerals Legislation Is Reshaping Supply Chains

Nov 28, 2024 | Tom Chapman, Supply Chain Digital

Supply chain management has undergone a profound transformation since the introduction of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act in 2010, with Section…


Myanmar: How Climate Change Feeds Our Wars

Nov 28, 2024 | Michele Barnes and Luisa Bedoya Taborda, IMPAKTER

A twin crisis faces the people of Myanmar, but while the war could end tomorrow, climate change will still shape the futures of millions.


Climate Is Now a Security and Resilience Issue for Countries Everywhere

Nov 27, 2024 | Kaysie Brown and Travis Brubaker

As the world grapples with multiple crises, we cannot afford to overlook the most pressing and global crisis of our time – the climate crisis.…


DRC: Africa's New £78bn Megaproject That Could Transform Huge but Incredibly Poor Country

Nov 27, 2024 | Emily Wright

A growing population equals more needs to be met by governments. Therefore, the proposed hydroelectric dam at Inga Falls on the Congo River in the…


Afghanistan: Opium Production Remains 93 percent below Pre-Drug Ban Levels, Says UNODC

Nov 27, 2024 | UN Office on Drugs and Crime

Opium production in Afghanistan remains low for the second consecutive year, with production at 433 tons in 2024, confirmed new estimates from the UN Office…


Liberia: FDA Rehires Ex-Manager Disgraced for Alleged Corruption

Nov 27, 2024 | Emmanuel Sherman, The DayLight

The Forestry Development Authority (FDA) has rehired a former manager who was disgraced on multiple occasions for alleged corruption and involved with companies punished for…


Colombia: Guardians of Guaviare: Southern Colombia’s Land Fight

Nov 27, 2024 | Lital Khaikin, Fair Planet

The Jiw (pronounced “Hue”) are a small Indigenous community in southern Colombia, also known as Guiabero. The 3000 members of this community live along the…


Myanmar: Climate Change Is the Final Straw for Myanmar’s Farmers

Nov 27, 2024 | Luke Hunt, Union of Catholic Asian News

Across Myanmar, the talk among embattled farmers ranges from conflict and floods to planting and climate change. The conversations are also about conscription and whether…


Liberia: Calls for EU not to End Timber Treaty with Liberia

Nov 26, 2024 | Esau J. Farr, The DayLight

Calls are mounting for the European Union (EU) to reconsider its decision to terminate a timber trade agreement with Liberia. The issue is high on…


Sudan: Targeted Attacks, Lack of Maintenance Could Lead to Dam on the White Nile in Sudan Bursting

Nov 26, 2024 | Smart Water Magazine

The Jebel Aulia Dam, near Sudan’s capital Khartoum, is at risk of collapsing as a result of attacks carried out in violent clashes between the…


Climate Change: What Happens When Climate Change and Conflict Collide?

Nov 26, 2024 | International Rescue Committee

Climate change is a devastating force on its own, driving floods, droughts and raising temperatures worldwide. For countries already destabilized by conflict, it deepens humanitarian needs, making…


USA: Call for Applications: PhD-Level 2-Year Graduate Research Assistantship (GRA)

Nov 26, 2024 | Elaine (Lan Yin) Hsiao and He Yin, Kent State University

Kent State University’s (KSU) School of Peace and Conflict Studies (SPCS) began as the Center for Peaceful Change as a living memorial to the May…


The 2024 Montreal Climate Security Summit: Four Takeaways

Nov 25, 2024 | Claire Doyle

Hosted by NATO’s Climate Change and Security Center of Excellence (CCASCOE) and the Conference of Defense Associations in October, the summit brought together participants from…


Liberia: Disappointed in Logging, Communities Look to Conservation

Nov 25, 2024 | James Harding Giahyue, The DayLight

It has been some 15 years since logging was reintroduced in community forests following the end of over a decade of Liberia’s bloody civil wars.…


Ukraine/Russia: Wagner Earned over $2.5bn from Illegal Gold Mining to Fund War, Report Reveals

Nov 25, 2024 | Ecofin Agency

Gold mining is a key part of the Russian mercenary group’s business model. Even after coming under Kremlin control, it continues to offer security, training,…


Afghanistan: Assisting Communities Grappling with the Impact of Climate Change

Nov 25, 2024 | International Committee of the Red Cross

Decades of conflict and violence, underinvestment in critical infrastructure and economic challenges have weakened the country’s capacity to tackle the growing threats posed by climate…


Afghanistan: How Data Analysis, Community Engagement, and GIS Delivered a Reliable Water Source to an Afghan Community

Nov 25, 2024 | Alice Brindley and Bella Brittan, DAI

In early 2024, the Afghanistan Value Chains Program (AVCP), funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID), launched an initiative in northern Afghanistan aimed…


Uganda: Chief of Party - Resilience Food Security Activility

Nov 25, 2024 | MercyCorps

Mercy Corps is an international development organization that works in over 40 countries to promote community-led and market-driven development. With a strategic focus on countries…


Sudan: Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Lead

Nov 25, 2024 | MercyCorps

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 countries…


Sri Lanka: Social Scientist for Empowerment in the Plantation Sector

Nov 25, 2024 | AGIAMONDO

AGIAMONDO e.V. is the personnel service of German Catholics for development cooperation. In the Civil Peace Service, we offer professionals the opportunity for meaningful service…


South Sudan: Project Manager Climate Resilient Value Chains

Nov 25, 2024 | SNV Netherlands Development Organization

SNV is a global development partner, deeply rooted in the countries where it operates. SNV is driven by a vision of a better world: A…


Egypt/Tunisia: Program Manager

Nov 25, 2024 | Hivos

Together with citizens and their organizations, Hivos aims to contribute towards just, inclusive and life sustaining societies where people have equal access to opportunities, rights…


Afghanistan: Deputy Country Director Program

Nov 25, 2024 | Solidarités International

Solidarités International (SI) is an international humanitarian aid association which, since more than 40 years, has been providing assistance to populations affected by armed conflicts and natural…


Iraq/Kurdistan: Kurdistan PM Blasts Baghdad over $20 bln Lost Oil Revenue

Nov 24, 2024 | Hadley Gamble, Al Arabiya News

Kurdistan’s Prime Minister Masrour Barzani has laid bare the staggering financial toll on the semi-autonomous region of Iraq, as oil exports remain suspended. Barzani reports…


COP 29: The Climate-Peace Nexus Was on the Agenda, but …

Nov 23, 2024 | Volker Boege

This year’s COP 29 in Baku, the capital of the oil state of Azerbaijan (fossil fuels make up 90% of the country’s exports), has been…


The Climate Finance Deal, the Military and DOGE at COP29

Nov 23, 2024 | Saleem H. Ali

The deal which was finally reached at COP29 in Baku for a $300 billion investment for climate change finance for developing countries reflects a zero-sum…


Afghanistan: Afghan Women Harvest Saffron; Breath of Fresh Air in Afghanistan [Video]

Nov 23, 2024 | WION

A breath of fresh air for Afghan women whose rights have been trampled by archaic Taliban laws. Women in the Herat province are harvesting the…


Papuan Women’s Mangrove Forest Increasingly Threatened by Pollution

Nov 22, 2024 | Associated Press

On the southeastern coast of the city of Jayapura, Petronela Merauje walked from house to house in her floating village inviting women to join her…