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Request for Proposals to Host the Third and Fourth International Conferences on Environmental Peacebuilding
Jan 3, 2022
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Environmental Peacebuilding Association
The Board of Directors of the Environmental Peacebuilding Association® (EnPAx™) hereby requests proposals to host the next two International Conferences on Environmental Peacebuilding. The Third…
Azerbaijan: Combatting Stereotypes to Prevent Violence Against Women in Azerbaijan
Jan 1, 2022
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UN News
Azerbaijani activist Maryam Majidova is fighting to improve gender equality in her country, and address the daily challenges faced by women and girls.
Year in Review: The Top Climate & Security Stories of 2021
Dec 31, 2021
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Joon Hwang
2021 was a momentous year for climate security. From President Biden’s Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad, to NATO’s Climate…
Militaries Are among the World’s Biggest Emitters. This General Wants Them to Go Green.
Dec 30, 2021
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Michael Birnbaum
Convinced that someone needed to shake awake Britain’s security establishment about the risks of climate change, Nugee asked to be tasked with one final mission…
Iraq: After the Wars in Iraq, ‘Everything Living Is Dying’
Dec 29, 2021
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Lynzy Billing, Inside Climate News
As far back as 2005, the United Nations had estimated that Iraq was already littered with several thousand contaminated sites. Five years later, an investigation…
Ukraine: Ukraine’s Water Wars
Dec 29, 2021
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Politics.co.uk
Anatoli Malyuk and his team of fifteen fitters are responsible for the maintenance of 300 kilometres of water pipeline. It supplies three million people downstream…
Poverty, Displacement and 300 Storms: How 'Climate Violence' Threatens Iraq
Dec 29, 2021
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Safaa Khalaf
As water flows in rivers decline dramatically, Iraq is expected to become one of the world’s most water-stressed countries by 2040, with a forecasted rating of 4.6 out…
Colombia: Why Are So Many Environmental Activists Being Killed in Colombia?
Dec 28, 2021
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Victoria Seabrook, Sky News
Since 2018 the number of massacres in Colombia has grown constantly, with 2020 recording the highest number since 2014, according to the United Nations. And…
Afghanistan: Roundup: Afghan Authorities Dig Deep to Create Mining Jobs in Baghlan
Dec 28, 2021
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Xinhua
Since the U.S. military withdrawal, Afghanistan has suffered crisis upon crisis as the economy withers away. The country now faces a life-or-death battle against poverty…
Chile: Chile Writes a New Constitution, Confronting Climate Change Head on
Dec 28, 2021
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Somini Sengupta, New York Times
Rarely does a country get a chance to lay out its ideals as a nation and write a new constitution for itself. Almost never does…
Afghanistan: High Taxes on Mining in Afghanistan Deter Investors
Dec 27, 2021
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Banafsha Binesh, TOLOnews
The high rate of taxes on mine extraction has affected the mining process in Afghanistan, the investors said on Sunday, adding that they are not…
The Defense Department’s Role in the New Sustainability Executive Order
Dec 27, 2021
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Erin Sikorsky
On Dec. 8, President Biden announced a new executive order, Catalyzing Clean Energy Industries and Jobs Through Federal Sustainability, which directs the federal government to…
Panama: Programme Specialist, Climate and Security Risk
Dec 26, 2021
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United Nations Development Program
UNDP is the knowledge frontier organization for sustainable development in the UN Development System and serves as the integrator for collective action to realize the…
Senegal: Programme Specialist, Climate and Security Risk
Dec 26, 2021
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United Nations Development Program
UNDP is the knowledge frontier organization for sustainable development in the UN Development System and serves as the integrator for collective action to realize the…
Thailand: Programme Specialist, Climate and Security Risk
Dec 26, 2021
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United Nations Development Program
UNDP is the knowledge frontier organization for sustainable development in the UN Development System and serves as the integrator for collective action to realize the…
Turkey: Programme Specialist, Climate and Security Risk
Dec 26, 2021
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United Nations Development Program
UNDP is the knowledge frontier organization for sustainable development in the UN Development System and serves as the integrator for collective action to realize the…
Sudan: International Consultant for the “Strengthened Protected Areas System and Integrated Ecosystem Management in Sudan” Project
Dec 26, 2021
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United Nations Development Program
UNDP country programme in Sudan aims to strengthen community resilience and promote inclusive sustainable development aligned with UNDP’s corporate Strategic Plan, the United Nations Development…
Benin: Peace Advisor for the Civil Peace Service (CPS) in the Area of Natural Renewable Resource Governance
Dec 26, 2021
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Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH, often shortened to simply GIZ, is a German development agency headquartered in Bonn and Eschborn that provides services…
CAR: Technical Advisor, Programme Development
Dec 26, 2021
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World Wide Fund for Nature
The World Wide Fund for Nature is an international non-governmental organization founded in 1961 that works in the field of wilderness preservation and the reduction…
Ethiopia: Head of Mission
Dec 26, 2021
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Cooperazione Internazionale
COOPI Cooperazione Internazionale is a humanitarian, non-confessional and independent organization founded in 1965 in Milan, Italy. For more than 50 years we have been dedicated…
US: Request for Proposals: Advancing a Gender Analysis of Conflict, Displacement, and Climate Change
Dec 26, 2021
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Women’s Environment and Development Organization
Founded in 1991, the Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO) is a women’s global advocacy organization based in New York. WEDO works on issues of…
US: Request for Proposals: Advancing a Gender Analysis of Conflict, Displacement, and Climate Change
Dec 26, 2021
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Women’s Environment and Development Organization
Founded in 1991, the Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO) is a women’s global advocacy organization based in New York. WEDO works on issues of…
Liberia: Women Struggle to Participate in Forest Governance 15 Years after Law
Dec 24, 2021
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Observer
Before the Liberian Civil War in 2003, communities—including women—did not participate in forestry though are the custodians of the forest. But the National Forestry Reform…
Towards Enforcement of the EU Conflict Minerals Regulation in Belgium
Dec 24, 2021
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Camille Leroy and Justine Tixhon
Although the EU Conflict Minerals Regulation no. 2017/821 of 17 May 20171 (the CMR) entered into force on 1 January 2021, there has been no…
Myanmar: Myanmar Jade Mine Landslide Leaves Dozens Feared Dead
Dec 23, 2021
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Reuters
At least one person was killed and scores were missing after a landslide of dirt and rubble ripped down the waste heap of a Myanmar…
Afghanistan: Changing Climate Parches Afghanistan, Exacerbating Poverty
Dec 23, 2021
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Associated Press
Fed by rain and snowmelt from mountains, this valley nestled among northwestern Afghanistan's jagged peaks was once fertile. But the climate has changed in the…
Consultant: Literature Review and Update on Conservation, Conflict, and Peace Nexus, with a Political Ecology Focus
Dec 23, 2021
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Conservation International
Conservation International (CI) has nearly a decade of experience directly engaging on the intersection of conservation, peace and conflict. Activities have included workshops for CI…
USA: Peace and Justice Studies - Assistant Professor
Dec 23, 2021
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Pace University, Dyson College of Arts and Sciences
For more than 100 years, Pace University has been preparing students to become leaders in their fields by providing an education that combines exceptional academics…
How Does Political Instability in the Mekong Affect Deforestation?
Dec 23, 2021
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Sheryl Lee Tian Tong
Myanmar’s rainforests, home to the endangered Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus), critically endangered Sunda pangolin (Manis javanica) and endangered lar gibbon (Hylobates lar), are some of…
Climate Change Is a Feminist Issue Not Just an Environmental One
Dec 23, 2021
In 2015, Botswana experienced its worst drought in history. Since then, families have had to move, taking their children out of schools; farmers have lost…