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Myanmar: Consultancy Assignment for Water Stewardships Initiatives

Feb 20, 2022 | World Wildlife Fund for Nature

WWF-Myanmar was established in 2014 and is working to conserve the country’s biodiversity and build a sustainable future for people and wildlife. The focus is…

Climate Environment & Health Programme Manager

Feb 20, 2022 | Médecins Sans Frontières

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international humanitarian aid organization that provides assistance in more than 60 countries to populations in distress, to victims of…

Palestine: Project Manager

Feb 20, 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.

Background

The United…

Ukraine nationals: Environmental Specialist

Feb 20, 2022 | United Nations Development Programme

Consultant, Climate Justice Research and Mapping in Africa

Feb 20, 2022 | American Friends Service Committee

The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is a Quaker organization that includes people of various faiths who are committed to social justice, peace, and humanitarian…

Switzerland: Climate Change, Disaster Risk Reduction and Early Action and Anticipatory Action Specialist

Feb 20, 2022 | United Nations Population Fund

The Climate Change, Disaster Risk Reduction and Early Action (EWEA) and Anticipatory Action Specialist (CC DRR EWEA and AA Specialist) is located in the Inter-agency…

East and Horn of Africa: Consultant, Research to Identify Hotspots of Migration and Resource-Based Conflict

Feb 20, 2022 | International Organization for Migration

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is the UN Migration Agency. With 173 member states it is committed to the principle that humane and orderly…

China/South Sudan: China, Oil and the South Sudan Resource Curse

Feb 18, 2022 | Mary Ajith Goch, The Elephant

South Sudan is caught between a rock and a hard place, heavily dependent on the revenues generated by a resource whose extraction is having a…

Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone Lawsuit against Diamond Mine Runs up against Corporate Opacity

Feb 17, 2022 | Emma Black, Mongabay

Residents of Koidu, in eastern Sierra Leone, are pursuing a class-action lawsuit against the operators of a diamond mine they say has dumped toxic mine…

Burkina Faso: Terrorist Cattle Rustling Part of Toxic Mix of Food Insecurity in Sahel

Feb 17, 2022 | Henry Wilkins, Voice of America

The U.N World Food Program says Africa’s Sahel region is facing unprecedented food insecurity, caused by soaring prices, terrorist activity, high regional demand and COVID-19.…

Palestine: Women, Peace and Security Expert (Consultant)

Feb 16, 2022 | UN Women

UN Women (UNW), grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women…

Fijil: Women’s Resilience to Disasters – Communications & Visibility Consultant

Feb 16, 2022 | UN Women

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and…

Mali: Gender Equality, Diversity, and Social Inclusion Advisor

Feb 16, 2022 | Mercy Corps

Mercy Corps is an international development and humanitarian organization whose mission is to reduce suffering, poverty and oppression by helping people around the world develop…

South Asia & Pacific: Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Lead

Feb 16, 2022 | World Vision

With over 70 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life.
Come join…

Somalia: GBV Manager

Feb 16, 2022 | International Medical Corps

International Medical Corps is a global, humanitarian, nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs.

Established…

Middle East: Water-for-Energy Deal Could Help Prevent Climate Conflict in the Middle East

Feb 16, 2022 | Anastasia Kapetas, Australian Strategic Policy Institute

The climate crisis is both a multiplier of current security crises and a driver of new threats. This relationship between a worsening climate and conflict…

Iraq/Kurdistan: Kurds Denounce 'Unjust' Oil and Gas Ruling as Energy Feud Escalates

Feb 16, 2022 | Alex MacDonald, Middle East Eye

The long-running saga of the Iraqi-Kurdish energy feud escalated late on Tuesday, when Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region hit back at an order by the country's top…

London, The Hague, and Nairobi: Climate and Peace Advocacy Advisor

Feb 15, 2022 | International Alert

For over 30 years, International Alert has been working to build positive peace and reduce violence, working across conflict lines and with all parties to…

Climate Change: Climate Migration Fuels Conflicts in Bay of Bengal Region

Feb 15, 2022 | Anuradha Nagaraj, Thomson Reuters Foundation

Military and civil conflicts could intensify along the Bay of Bengal coastline, fuelled by climate change-linked migration, land loss and displacement, researchers said on Tuesday.…

Afghanistan: China Wants to Invest in Afghanistan's Solar Power & Mining

Feb 15, 2022 | Wadsam

The Chinese ambassador in Kabul met with the islamic Emirate's Foreign Minister and announced that his country wants to invest in solar power and mining.…

Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraqi Federal Court Deems Kurdish Oil and Gas Law Unconstitutional

Feb 15, 2022 | Rowena Edwards and Moataz Mohamed, Reuters

Iraq's federal court on Tuesday deemed an oil and gas law regulating the oil industry in Iraqi Kurdistan unconstitutional and demanded that Kurdish authorities hand…

Yemen: Yemen’s Forgotten Environmental Crisis Can Further Complicate Peacebuilding Efforts

Feb 15, 2022 | Hadil al-Mowafak, Yemen Policy Center

The peace and security of Yemen is increasingly threatened by waning environmental stability. Dwindling water resources, changing weather patterns, and worsening soil, water, and air…

Russia: Russia Halts Grain Exports to Ex-Soviet Republics

Feb 15, 2022 | Agence France-Presse

Russia, a major supplier of grain, has put a stop on exports to four former Soviet countries to secure domestic supplies and avoid a spike…

Myanmar: Kachin Tycoon Draws Controversy over Gold Mining at Myitsone

Feb 11, 2022 | Emily Fisbhein, Jaw Tu Hkwang, Nu Nu Lusan, and Jauman Naw, Frontier Myanmar

The confluence, known as Myitsone in Burmese and Mali N’Mai Zup in Kachin, captured global attention in 2011 when then-President U Thein Sein suspended a…

Bending Gender Norms: Women’s Engagement in Agriculture

Feb 11, 2022 | Manisha Shrestha

Researchers at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) have studied and witnessed that women, particularly in South Asia, have strongly ingrained and culturally…

How Can Climate Finance Work Better for Fragile and Conflict-Affected Regions?

Feb 10, 2022 | Catherine Wong and Yue Cao

Climate change often hits the hardest and is felt most profoundly in fragile and conflict-affected settings, which suffer high vulnerability and low investments in coping…

DRC/Uganda: UN's Top Court Orders Uganda to Pay $325 Million to DR Congo

Feb 10, 2022 | UN

Uganda must pay the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) $325 million in reparations related to the brutal conflict between the two nations from 1998…

Ireland: Covid-19 has Created a 'Pandemic Within a Pandemic' of Gender-Based Violence

Feb 9, 2022 | Maeve Lee

The Irish Consortium on Gender Based Violence (ICGBV) has demanded increased efforts to stop violence against women, warning that Covid-19 has created “a pandemic within…

Iran: Iran’s Water Woes Worsen Despite Warmer Taliban Ties

Feb 9, 2022 | Shelly Kittleson, Al-Monitor

Iranian and Taliban officials have issued conflicting claims about how water from a dam in southwestern Afghanistan will be used, amid worsening shortages in Iran…

Vietnam: Women Coffee Growers in Vietnam Boost Climate Mitigation Through Agroforestry

Feb 9, 2022 | Julie Mollins

Greater gender equity benefits reforestation efforts.