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Palestine: Project Manager

Aug 7, 2022 | United Nations Development Programme

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the UN’s global development network, advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help…

Ukraine: Energy Efficiency Policy Analyst

Aug 7, 2022 | United Nations Development Programme

The United Nations Development Programme is a United Nations organization tasked with helping countries eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth and human development.

The objective…

Bangladesh: Global Climate and Environmental Mainstreaming Advisor

Aug 7, 2022 | Danish Refugee Council

Founded in 1956, the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is Denmark’s largest, and a leading international NGO - one of the few with a specific expertise…

Kenya or Uganda: Global Climate and Environmental Mitigation Advisor

Aug 7, 2022 | Global Climate and Environmental Mitigation Advisor

Founded in 1956, the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is Denmark’s largest, and a leading international NGO - one of the few with a specific expertise…

Iraq: Heatwaves Scorch Iraq as Protracted Political Crisis Grinds on

Aug 6, 2022 | Shawn Yuan, Al Jazeera

Under Iraq’s blistering summer heat, thousands gathered inside Baghdad’s Green Zone for mass prayer on Friday. Some wrapped their faces in cloths soaked in water,…

Call for Abstracts: NERPS Conference 2023

Aug 6, 2022 | Network for Education and Research on Peace and Sustainability and Asian Institute of Technology

Following the success of the first Hiroshima International Conference on Peace and Sustainability (HICPS 2022), the NERPS Conference 2023 is a platform to facilitate continued…

Should Nigerian Forces Carpet-Bomb Forest Areas in Tackling Terrorism?

Aug 6, 2022 | Aliyu Dahiru

Several Nigerians, including political leaders in the country, have floated the notion of defeating terrorists in Nigeria with carpet bombing. Terrorists often seek refuge in Nigeria’s…

Niger, Benin: Peace Advisor for the Civil Peace Service (CPS) in Renewable Natural Resource Governance

Aug 5, 2022 | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

For more than 50 years, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), as a company of the German Federal Government, has been supporting the implementation…

Chad: Programme Specialist (Climate and Security Risk - Lake Chad Basin Commission)

Aug 5, 2022 | United Nations Development Programme

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…

Mozambique: Climate Resilient Development Specialist

Aug 5, 2022 | Aga Khan Foundation

The Aga Khan Foundation (AKF), alongside its sister AKDN agencies, has implemented innovative, community-driven solutions to development challenges for over 50 years. It brings together…

Hungary: Hungary Eases Logging in Protected Forests to Tackle Gas Crunch

Aug 5, 2022 | Marton Kasnyik, Bloomberg

Hungary waived environmental regulations protecting native forests from logging, showing the increasingly extreme steps the government is willing to take to prepare for next winter’s…

Russia’s Invasion Is Putting the Future of Ukraine’s Forests at Risk

Aug 5, 2022 | Yehor Hrynyk

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has sparked Europe’s largest armed conflict since WWII and inflicted catastrophic damage on the continent’s largest nation. In addition to…

Senior Researcher, Climate Risk and Human Security

Aug 4, 2022 | Institute for Security Studies

The Institute for Security Studies is an African non-profit organisation with offices in South Africa, Kenya, Ethiopia and Senegal. Our work covers transnational crimes, migration,…

Colombia: How Colombia's Conflict Intensified Violence Against Women and the LGBTQI+ Community

Aug 4, 2022 | Insight Crime

The testimonies of women and LGBTQI+ persons in Colombia have revealed the disproportionate violence they suffered during the country's armed conflict, warning of the cycles…

The ILC Draft Principles on the Protection of the Environment in Armed Conflict

Aug 4, 2022 | Stavros Pantazopoulos

After almost a decade working on the topic “Protection of the environment in relation to armed conflicts” (PERAC), the UN International Law Commission (ILC) adopted…

Policy Dialogue on the Role of Women in Peacebuilding and Reconciliation in Ethiopia

Aug 3, 2022 | UNDP

UNDP and the Ministry of Women and Social Affairs (MoWSA) organised a one-day national-level policy dialogue in July 2022 to provide a platform for key…

Liberia: Liberia's Cocoa Sector Gets Big Boost as Regional Collaboration Gears to Overcome Binding Constraints on Growth

Aug 3, 2022 | J.H. Webster Clayeh, FrontPage Africa

As part of efforts to improve cocoa production in Liberia; the African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) in collaboration with Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) has…

Afghanistan: The Taliban’s Black Gold: Militants Seize on Coal to Reboot Economy

Aug 3, 2022 | Financial Times

To reboot the economic system, the Taliban have aggressively elevated coal exports, brushing apart environmental and moral considerations in a bid to spice up, management…

Closing the Gender Gap to Build Forward Better

Aug 3, 2022

Drinkable, usable water is very rare in cyclone-affected areas. One has to walk long distances to reach just a little bit of potted water. Otherwise…

UK: PhD on Climate Crisis & Genocide Prevention

Aug 2, 2022 | University of Exeter and University of Queensland

The University of Exeter and the University of Queensland are seeking exceptional students to join a world-leading, cross-continental research team tackling major challenges facing the…

Colombia: Colombia Enlists Ripple Labs to Put Land Deeds on Blockchain

Aug 2, 2022 | Crypto News BTC

Colombia’s authorities has launched a partnership with Ripple Labs, the corporate behind the cryptocurrency XRP, to place land titles on the blockchain, a part of…

Women are Turning the Tide on Climate Policy Worldwide, and May Launch a New Era for Australia

Aug 1, 2022 | Jacqueline Peel, Annabelle Workman, Kathryn Bowen, and Rebekkah Markey-Towler

When the new federal parliament opened last week, a record number of female politicians took their seats: 38% in the House of Representatives and 57% in the…

Green Peace: How Israel and Its Neighbors Are Fighting to Save the Environment Together

Aug 1, 2022 | Chaim Lax

In Israel, the government has taken the danger of global warming seriously, with the Defense Ministry developing contingency plans for dealing with future heat waves and former…

Request for Proposals: The Implications of Climate and Environmental Change on Migration and Displacement (Sectoral and Country Analyses)

Jul 31, 2022 | United States Institute of Peace

USIP is a national, nonpartisan, independent institute, founded by Congress and dedicated to the proposition that a world without violent conflict is possible, practical, and…