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Philippines: How Women and Technology Can Help Boost Food Security in the Philippines

Oct 4, 2021 | Patricia Bianca Taculao

Food insecurity continues to be a pressing issue in the Philippines. According to the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), about 59 million Filipinos…

Argentina: Falklands Land-Grab: Argentina Tests UK with New Sovereignty Bid - 'No More Concessions!'

Oct 4, 2021 | Ciaran McGrath, Express

Argentina's new Malvinas minister has sought to turn up the heat over his country's sovereignty claim over the Falkland Islands, accusing previous regimes of "concession"…

Afghanistan: What’s Keeping Afghanistan’s Mineral Wealth Underground?

Oct 4, 2021 | Roshan Noorzai, Voice of America

The international community is renewing its focus on Afghanistan’s mineral wealth, believed to be worth more than $1 trillion, lying untapped within its often-hostile geography.…

Radioactive Time Bombs Will Be Lifted from Ocean Floor in 2030

Oct 4, 2021 | Thomas Nilsen, Barents Observer

The November-class submarine K-159 sank in late August 2003 while being towed in bad weather from the closed naval base of Gremikha on the eastern…

Mozambique: Climate Change Adaptation Manager

Oct 3, 2021 | ACDI/VOCA

Since 1963 and in 148 countries, ACDI/VOCA has empowered people in developing and transitional nations to succeed in the global economy. Based in Washington, D.C.,…

DRC: Landscape Director, Bili Mbomu Conservation Complex

Oct 3, 2021 | African Wildlife Foundation

With a mission to ensure wildlife and wild lands thrive in modern Africa, AWF has been a key player in African Conservation and sustainable development…

Israel: Investment and Entrepreneurship Officer

Oct 3, 2021 | EcoPeace Middle East

EcoPeace Middle East is a unique organization that brings together Jordanian, Palestinian, and Israeli environmentalists. Our primary objective is to promote cooperative efforts to protect…

Canada: Junior Researcher, Resilience

Oct 3, 2021 | 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…

Mauritania: Consultancy, Climate Crisis Priorities

Oct 3, 2021 | Save the Children

Save the Children is the world's first independent organization for children, with a vision of a world in which every child achieves the right to…

Mozambique: Executive Director of the Technical Centre for Disaster Risk Management, Sustainability and Urban Resilience (DiMSUR)

Oct 3, 2021 | Oxfam

Oxfam is a British founded confederation of 20 independent charitable organizations focusing on the alleviation of global poverty, founded in 1942 and led by Oxfam…

USA: Senior Manager, Climate and Environment

Oct 3, 2021 | InterAction

InterAction is the largest U.S. based coalition of international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) with 180+ members working around the world in low- and middle-income countries, fragile and post-conflict states, and emerging/growth…

West Bank Gaza Strip: Quality and Safety Standards Specialist

Oct 3, 2021 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN

FAO Coordination Office for the West Bank and Gaza Strip Programme is currently implementing the Multi-donor Agribusiness Programme (MAP) entitled “Reform and Development of Markets,…

West Bank Gaza Strip: Project Manager

Oct 3, 2021 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN

FAO’s Coordination Office for the West Bank and Gaza Strip (WBGS) Programme assists the Palestinian Government to formulate and implement policies, programmes and projects to…

Cameroon: Head of Finance, Congo Basin Sub-region

Oct 3, 2021 | Worldwide Fund for Nature

Worldwide Fund for Nature is an independent conservation organization, striving to sustain the natural world for the benefit of people and wildlife. From individuals and communities to business and…

Republic of Congo: Finance Coordinator

Oct 3, 2021 | Worldwide Fund for Nature

Worldwide Fund for Nature is an independent conservation organization, striving to sustain the natural world for the benefit of people and wildlife. From individuals and communities to business and…

DRC: Deputy Head of Programmes, Okapi Wildlife Reserve

Oct 3, 2021 | Wildlife Conservation Society

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is seeking a dynamic, adaptable, creative and experienced Deputy Head of Programmes (D-HOP) to provide technical, administrative and program implementation…

Liberia: Rights and Rice Foundation Launches Natural Resources Project to Strengthen Concession Affected Communities

Oct 3, 2021 | Willie N. Tokpah, FrontPage Africa

Rights and Rice Foundation (RRF) Liberia, has officially launched its natural resource project under the theme “Strengthening Concession Affected Communities to monitor extractive industries and…

South Sudan: Head of Field Office

Oct 3, 2021 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN

The main aim of the FAO country offices, which are headed by an FAO representatives, is to assistant governments to develop policies , programmes and…

South Sudan: Resilience Analysis and Monitoring Specialist

Oct 3, 2021 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN

The main aim of the FAO country offices, which are headed by an FAO representatives, is to assistant governments to develop policies , programmes and…

The Imperative of Climate Adaption for Africa: Building Resilience Across Societies in an Inclusive Manner

Sep 30, 2021

Empowered women and girls have the capacity to build resilient communities using local solutions to climate change to safeguard lives and ensure a sustainable future…

Gambia: Migration, Environment and Climate Change (MECC) Study 2.0

Sep 30, 2021 | International Organization for Migration

The International Organization for Migration is an intergovernmental organization that provides services and advice concerning migration to governments and migrants, including internally displaced persons, refugees,…

Gambia: Migration, Environment and Climate Change (MECC) Study 1.0

Sep 30, 2021 | International Organization for Migration

The International Organization for Migration is an intergovernmental organization that provides services and advice concerning migration to governments and migrants, including internally displaced persons, refugees,…

Addressing Masculinities and Gender Stereotypes to Prevent Violent Extremism and Terrorism

Sep 30, 2021 | Pablo Arrocha Olabuenaga

Fifteen years ago, the General Assembly unanimously adopted the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy (GCTS), which has served as the backbone for the efforts of States to…

No More ‘Environmental Loopholes’ for EU’s Militaries, Say Green Groups

Sep 30, 2021 | Laura Cole, ENDS Europe

Ursula von der Leyen’s call for more ‘political will’ to use Europe’s defence capabilities has reignited calls to end military exemptions to environmental legislation.

Arts for Environmental Peacebuilding: Call for Artists and Creative Submissions

Sep 29, 2021 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

For nearly a decade, the Environmental Peacebuilding Community of Practice has been critically examining the environment's role in peace and conflict, advocating for the productive…

DRC: Congo Reviews $6.2 Billion China Mining Deal as Criticism Grows

Sep 28, 2021 | Michael Kavanagh, Bloomberg

The Democratic Republic of Congo began reviewing a $6.2 billion minerals-for-infrastructure deal with China that’s faced growing criticism since President Felix Tshisekedi came to power…

Food as a Pathway to Peace: COVID, Climate, and the Hunger-Conflict Nexus

Sep 28, 2021 | Shruti Samala

Food insecurity, as outlined in the 2021 ISD report, Peace Through Food: Ending the Hunger-Instability Nexus, cuts across multiple crises the world is facing today,…

Colombia: Colombia’s Aerial Fumigation Push Fuels Fear of Coca Conflict

Sep 28, 2021 | Steven Grattan, Al Jazeera

Henri is one of an unclear number of Colombian farmers harvesting coca illegally in the South American nation, the world’s biggest producer of cocaine according…

Sudan: Sudan Protesters Agree to Resumption of Oil Exports

Sep 27, 2021 | Al Jazeera

Sudan’s government has reached an agreement with tribal protesters to allow the resumption of exports of landlocked South Sudan’s crude oil via a terminal on…

USA: Professorship in International Negotiation and Conflict Resolution

Sep 27, 2021 | Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University

The Fletcher School, established in 1933 as the first exclusively graduate school of international affairs in the United States, seeks to hire a tenure-track Assistant…