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Kenya: Consultancy, Integrated Life-Saving and Disaster Risk Reduction Initiatives
Nov 13, 2021
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VSF Germany
VSF Germany is an international Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), providing humanitarian aid and development assistance to pastoralists and vulnerable communities in areas where livestock is of…
Ethiopia: Deputy Country Director
Nov 13, 2021
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One Acre Fund
One Acre Fund works to improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers. In Ethiopia, we engage farmers in agroforestry and community-based seed multiplication. In partnership with…
DRC: Program Coordinator, Forest Governance and Sustainable Agriculture
Nov 13, 2021
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Wildlife Conservation Society
The Wildlife Conservation Society is seeking a motivated and highly-organized full-time Project Coordinator to lead implementation of a growing program portfolio focused on forest governance…
DRC: Portfolio Manager
Nov 13, 2021
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Enabel
Enabel is the Belgian Development Agency. It carries out Belgian governmental cooperation. The Agency also implements actions for other national and international organizations. Together with its Belgian and…
CAR: Commercial Development Manager
Nov 13, 2021
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African Parks
African Parks is a non-profit conservation organization that takes full responsibility for the rehabilitation and long-term management of national parks in partnership with governments and…
Colombia: Chief of Party, Formalizing Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining
Nov 13, 2021
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Pact
A nonprofit international development organization founded in 1971, Pact works on the ground in nearly 40 countries to improve the lives of those who are…
Short-Term Consultancy: Diagnosing and Reducing Extractive Sector Corruption Risks
Nov 13, 2021
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Natural Resource Governance Institute
The Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI) is a not-for-profit group that promotes transparency and good governance in the oil, gas and mining sector. We seek a consultant knowledgeable in…
Jordan: Communications and Content Development Officer
Nov 13, 2021
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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…
Mozambique: WASH Field Coordinator
Nov 13, 2021
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Solidarités International
Since 2016, the Cabo Delgado region has seen its security context deteriorate sharply with the appearance of a radical group fighting Mozambican security forces and…
Mozambique: WASH Program Manager
Nov 13, 2021
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Solidarités International
Since 2016, the Cabo Delgado region has seen its security context deteriorate sharply with the appearance of a radical group fighting Mozambican security forces and…
Jordan: Logistics Coordinator
Nov 13, 2021
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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…
Cyprus: In Divided Cyprus, UN Sees Environment as Unifier
Nov 12, 2021
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Agence France-Presse
A broken plastic chair, a printer box, old tires and other discarded waste are loaded into the back of United Nations pickup trucks in the…
South Sudan: ApTech Installs 106 Automatic Drinking Water Dispensers
Nov 12, 2021
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Benoit-Ivan Wansi
The solar energy company ApTech is completing the installation of 106 Lorentz SmartTAP water dispensers in four locations in Southern Sudan. An initiative that will…
Kenya: Chief of Programme, Chief of Branch
Nov 12, 2021
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United Nations Environment Programme
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental…
Kenya: Senior Programme Management Officer
Nov 12, 2021
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United Nations Environment Programme
The United Nations Environment Programme is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of…
Supporting Women in Climate Action and Conflict Resolution
Nov 12, 2021
A new climate change focused fellowship promoting equal participation by women in peace resolution is being supported as part of a £300,000 funding commitment from…
How to Address the Sexual Violence Epidemic in Ethiopia?
Nov 12, 2021
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Ndeye Sow
Earlier this month, a joint report by the United Nations and the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) exposed how Ethiopia’s brutal and rapidly expanding war has…
Mozambique: The Farmers Navigating Conflict, Climate Change and Covid
Nov 12, 2021
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Tavares Cebola, African Arguments
According to a study by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), 76% of the households in Mozambique experienced moderate to severe food insecurity at…
On Peace, Security and Climate Finance at COP26
Nov 12, 2021
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George Conway
A few years ago, it may have been unusual to hear discussions around peace, security and fragility at international climate change fora such as COP26.…
Scotland: Supporting Women in Climate Action and Conflict Resolution
Nov 12, 2021
A new climate change focused fellowship promoting equal participation by women in peace resolution is being supported as part of a £300,000 funding commitment from…
Why Peace Should Matter for the COP, and Why COP26 Is Important for Peace
Nov 12, 2021
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Cedric de Coning and Florian Krampe
Over the past two weeks, the world’s attention was on Glasgow where the COP26 summit has brought the parties to the United Nations Framework Convention…
Afghanistan: ‘It’s Our lifeline’: The Taliban Are back but Afghans Say Opium Is Here to Stay
Nov 11, 2021
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Shah Meer Baloch, Guardian
Afghanistan is the largest opium producer in the world, accounting for more than 80% of global production between 2015 and 2020, and generating millions of…
Afghanistan: We Risk a Catastrophe If Agriculture Collapses in Afghanistan
Nov 11, 2021
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
Richard Trenchard, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations’ Representative in Afghanistan, warns that worsening drought and recent economic upheaval are having a…
Climate Change: Violence, Insecurity and Climate Change Drive 84 Million People from Their Homes
Nov 11, 2021
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UN
UNHCR’s Mid-Year Trends report, covering the first six months of this year, revealed a surge from 82.4 million since December – largely due to internal displacement –…
We Need More Female Leaders in the Fight Against Climate Change
Nov 11, 2021
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Maria Tanyag
Diverse participation leads to more robust solutions, but Cop26 shows we are still failing to include marginalised voices.
“Harrowing” Intelligence Report Still Downplays Threat of Climate Change to National Security
Nov 11, 2021
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Jessica McKenzie
The recent report was compiled at the request of President Joe Biden, who issued an Executive Order on “Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and…
Lundin Energy's Indictment for War Crimes Is Good News for South Sudan
Nov 11, 2021
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Pax for Peace
The decision today, 11 November, by Sweden to take Lundin Energy to court is a major step towards justice for the hundreds of thousands of…
Increasing Situational Awareness of Conflict Linked Oil Pollution with VHR Satellite Imagery
Nov 11, 2021
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Skye Boag and Wim Zwijnenburg
In regards to maritime and the environmental impacts this industry can impose, VHR satellite imagery can be a useful tool for monitoring and tracing oil…
Gender Equality and Indigenous People: Day Nine at Cop26 – In Pictures
Nov 10, 2021
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Eric Hilaire
Some of the best images from the global climate summit in Scotland on Tuesday 9 November.
Afghanistan: Stone Quarrying and Processing Industry Drops 90%
Nov 10, 2021
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TOLOnews
Officials from the Union of Stone Extraction and Processing Companies said nearly 90 percent of the production and extraction business in the country has stopped.…