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UK: Campaigner (Military and Climate Change)
Jan 13, 2022
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Conflict and Environment Observatory
The Conflict and Environment Observatory was launched in 2018 with the primary goal of increasing awareness and understanding of the environmental and derived humanitarian consequences…
Gender Day Gives Rise to the Forgotten Energy Providers in the Climate Conversation
Jan 13, 2022
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Philippe Benoit
The singular issue that emerged on Gender Day during during last year's COP26 was the need for disadvantaged women, who are the majority producers and users of biomass…
Climate Change: Department of Homeland Security Announces Climate Change Professionals Program
Jan 12, 2022
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Homeland Security Today
Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the creation of a new Climate Change Professionals Program to recruit recent graduates and current federal employees to support…
Myanmar: Gold Extraction Escalating Near Suspended Myitsone Dam
Jan 12, 2022
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Kachin News Group
Under military rule, gold mining has increased around the suspended Myitsone Dam along the Mali hka and Irrawaddy rivers, and in Chipwi Township in Kachin…
How We Misunderstand the Magnitude of Climate Risks – and Why That Contributes to Controversy
Jan 12, 2022
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Peter Schwartzstein
The Syrian civil war has raged for almost a decade now, and in the climate security community it can feel as if we’ve spent at…
To Help Ensure Food and Economic Security in Afghanistan, Invest in the Skills of Young Women and Girls
Jan 12, 2022
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Nangyalai Attal
With the prevailing food security crisis in Afghanistan, the international community must invest in the significant potential of Afghan girls to increase their participation in…
The Soldiers Came Home Sick. The Government Denied It Was Responsible.
Jan 11, 2022
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Megan K. Stack, New York Times
The soldiers with inexplicable breathing complaints started appearing in Dr. Robert F. Miller’s pulmonology clinic in 2004, the year after Baghdad fell to invading United…
Myanmar: Despite Sanctions, US Companies Still Importing Myanmar Teak, Report Says
Jan 11, 2022
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Sheryl Lee Tian Tong, Mongabay
U.S. timber companies imported nearly 1,600 metric tons of teak from Myanmar last year, circumventing sanctions and channeling millions of dollars in revenue to the…
Afghanistan: 500,000 Saplings Being Planted in Helmand Capital
Jan 11, 2022
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Rizwanullah Bilal, Pajhwok Afghan News
The Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock Department has started planting 500,000 saplings in the Bolan area of Lashkargah, capital of southern Helmand province...
Environmental Peacebuilding: 2021 in Review
Jan 11, 2022
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Environmental Peacebuilding Association
Do you remember January 1, 2021? We were so happy to have 2020 in the rear view mirror. We were all exhausted, and hopeful for…
Nigeria: Niger Delta Women Seek America, Britain’s Intervention to Avoid Conflict in Region
Jan 10, 2022
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Obinna Nwaoku
Woman advocating for the development of Niger Delta, under the aegis of Wailing Women of the Niger Delta (WWND), has written to the American and…
Climate Change: National Defense Authorization Act Cements DOD’s Climate Resilience Role
Jan 10, 2022
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Kylie Bielby, Homeland Security Today
On December 27, President Biden signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (NDAA). The NDAA authorizes fiscal year appropriations principally…
Climate Change Amplifies the Risks for Violent Conflicts in Africa
Jan 10, 2022
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Philip Osano
The potential for climate change to exacerbate violent conflict is manifest in Africa. Growing competition over natural resources will likely increase tensions on a continent…
Colombia: Colombia’s New Anti-Deforestation Law Provokes Concern for Small-Scale Farmers
Jan 10, 2022
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Christina Noriega, Mongabay
Last year, when Colombia’s parliament approved a reform of the nation’s environmental crime laws, the legislation received stark opposition from a surprising assortment of environmentalists,…
No, There Will Not Be a War for Water
Jan 10, 2022
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Jeroen Warner and Sumit Vij
Some people falsely believe that the Afghanistan takeover by the Taliban during a drought increases the risk of violence over shared waters such as the…
Second International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding *GOING VIRTUAL*
Jan 10, 2022
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Environmental Peacebuilding Association and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
The Organizing Committee for the Second International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding has decided to convert the hybrid format to an ostensibly virtual conference.
This announcement covers…
Switzerland: Geneva Internship Program (Spring/Summer 2022)
Jan 9, 2022
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International Institute for Sustainable Development
The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) is an award-winning independent think tank working to accelerate solutions for a stable climate, sustainable resource management, and…
South Sudan: Consultancy, Evaluation of a JPF-Funded Project
Jan 9, 2022
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Japan Platform
The Japan Platform (hereinafter referred to as "JPF") is an international emergency humanitarian aid organization which offers the most effective and prompt emergency aid in…
Philippines Nationals: Environment and Natural Resources Sustainable Management (ENSM) Sub Group Leader
Jan 9, 2022
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
For more than four decades, FAO has been working with the Government of the Philippines, civil society, community-based organizations and the private sector to address…
Mozambique: Consultancy to Support the WASH Emergency Responses in Cabo Delgado Related to Water Supply
Jan 9, 2022
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United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To…
Iraq: International Vegetable Production and Farmer Field School Specialist
Jan 9, 2022
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FAO's office for Iraq is responsible for developing, promoting, overseeing and implementing agreed strategies for addressing countrywide food, agriculture and rural development. It develops and…
Philippines: International Consultant, Agribusiness and Value Chain Management
Jan 9, 2022
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
For more than four decades, FAO has been working with the Government of the Philippines, civil society, community-based organizations and the private sector to address…
Italy: Forced Migration Consultant
Jan 9, 2022
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
The Office of Emergencies and Resilience (OER) is responsible for ensuring FAO's efforts to support countries and partners in preparing for and effectively responding to…
Jordan: Communications and Content Development Officer
Jan 9, 2022
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EcoPeace Middle East
EcoPeace Middle East is a unique trilateral environmental organization. Our primary objective is the promotion of cooperative efforts to protect our shared environmental heritage. In…
Canada: Program Assistant, Resilience Program
Jan 9, 2022
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International Institute for Sustainable Development
The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) is an award-winning independent think tank working to accelerate solutions for a stable climate, sustainable resource management, and…
Program Assistant
Jan 9, 2022
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Natural Resource Governance Institute
The Program Assistant (Governance/Legal and Economics): is a newly created role at NRGI, that will provide administrative, program management and research support to the Legal and Economic and Governance…
Ethiopia or Tunisia: Scientist, Soil and Water Conservation Modeling
Jan 9, 2022
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International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas
The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) is a treaty-based international non-profit research organization supported by CGIAR.
ICARDA’s mission is to reduce…
Sweden: Director, Water Resources Cooperation Department
Jan 9, 2022
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Stockholm International Water Institute
SIWI is a policy institute that generates knowledge and informs decision-making towards a water wise world. SIWI conducts research, builds institutional capacity, and provides advisory…
Germany: Senior Advisor, Climate Diplomacy
Jan 9, 2022
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adelphi
adelphi is the leading independent think-and-do tank in Europe for climate, environment and development. We are some 280 strategists, thought leaders and practitioners working at the…
USA: PhD-Level 3-Year Graduate Research Assistantship (GRA) Call for Applications
Jan 8, 2022
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Kent State University, School of Peace and Conflict Studies
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…