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Iraq: Circular Solution to Mosul’s Conflict Debris Launched

May 4, 2021 | UN Environment Programme

Mosul – Iraq’s second largest city – suffered massive devastation during the conflict with the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). An estimated…


Myanmar: Political Instability Puts Myanmar’s Biggest Mangrove Forest at Risk

May 4, 2021 | Burma News International

Wun Paik mangrove forest, the biggest of its kind in Myanmar, has seen increased logging since the military coup in February, according to Ramree Township…


EnPAx Icon Kelly Bridges

JD Candidate
University of Chicago Law School
United States
May 4, 2021

Kelly Bridges is the Senior Associate at Global Water 2020, where she supports water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) advocacy work throughout the developing world. She…


“Land Is Now the Biggest Gun”: Climate Change, Conflict, and the Telling Case of Karamoja, Uganda

May 3, 2021 | Daniel Abrahams

Whether and how climate change drives conflict has driven considerable debate over the past decade. Yet understandings of climate-conflict remain general, and in many respects,…


In Colombia, Indigenous Lands Are Ground Zero for a Wind Energy Boom

May 3, 2021 | María Paula Rubiano

The northernmost tip of South America, home to the Indigenous Wayúu people, is the epicenter of Colombia’s nascent wind energy industry. But Wayúu leaders are…


Examining the Interconnected Threats to a Biodiversity Hotspot in Columbia

May 3, 2021 | Daniel Henryk Rasolt

Sumapaz is the world's largest páramo — a type of high-altitude moorland ecosystem found in the South and Central American neotropics that functions as a…


Yemen: Consultancy on Fish Hatchery Business Development

May 2, 2021 | Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe

Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe (DKH) is a recognized cooperation partner of ECHO, the Office for Humanitarian Aid of the European Commission, as well as of EuronAid, a…


Yemen: Consultancy on Energy-Efficient Cook Stoves and Solar Food Driers

May 2, 2021 | Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe

Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe (DKH) is a recognized cooperation partner of ECHO, the Office for Humanitarian Aid of the European Commission, as well as of EuronAid, a…


USA: Research Associate, Hydrology and Climate Change, Biological and Environmental Engineering

May 2, 2021 | Cornell University

The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University embraces diversity and seeks candidates who will contribute to a climate that supports students, faculty,…


Syria: WASH Advisor for Whole of Syria

May 2, 2021 | Relief International

Relief International (RI) is a leading nonprofit organization working in 16 countries to relieve poverty, ensure well-being and advance dignity. They specialize in fragile settings,…


USA: Monitoring Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Lead

May 2, 2021 | Natural Resource Governance Institute

For the one billion people living in poverty in resource-rich countries, the oil, gas and mining sectors have failed to deliver on the promise of…


UK: Monitoring Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Lead

May 2, 2021 | Natural Resource Governance Institute

For the one billion people living in poverty in resource-rich countries, the oil, gas and mining sectors have failed to deliver on the promise of…


Peru: Los Servicios Profesionales de Consultoría para “Propuesta de Instrumentos Complementarios para la Comisión Binacional para la Gestión Integrada de los Recursos Hídricos de las Cuencas Transfronterizas entre la República del Ecuador y la República d

May 2, 2021 | International Union for the Conservation of Nature

La UICN, Unión International para la Conservación de la Naturaleza y los Recursos Naturales, ayuda al mundo a encontrar soluciones pragmáticas para nuestros desafíos más…


Africa de l'Ouest: Mission de consultation pour l’appui technique à l’équipe du PREE en matière de gouvernance des ressources naturelles, de droits et de gestion des conflits, ainsi qu’en matière de planification et gestion intégrée des ressources naturel

May 2, 2021 | International Union for the Conservation of Nature

Le Comité français de l'UICN est le réseau des organismes et des experts de l'Union internationale pour la conservation de la nature en France.

I- Contexte et Justification Du PREE

1.1-Contexte…


Nigeria: Consultancy, Imagining a Future beyond Oil

May 2, 2021 | Natural Resource Governance Institute

For the one billion people living in poverty in resource-rich countries, the oil, gas and mining sectors have failed to deliver on the promise of…


Syria: Environment and Climate Change Programme Officer (based in Jordan)

May 2, 2021 | ACTED

Since 1993, as an international non-governmental organization, ACTED has been committed to immediate humanitarian relief to support those in urgent need and protect people’s dignity,…


Israel: Finance and Operations Manager

May 2, 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…


Kyrgyzstan/Tajikistan: Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan Agree New Ceasefire after Border Clashes

May 1, 2021 | Al Jazeera

Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have agreed what they called a complete ceasefire after reports of fresh shooting and troop build-ups in the aftermath of border clashes…


Rights Watch: Turkey's Cutting off Euphrates Waters Is War Crime

May 1, 2021 | Olfa Haj Mansour

The Turkish occupation state wages a water war on the regions of north and east Syria, and resorts to locking up the Euphrates water, which…


Climate Change: Climate Crisis: Our Children Face Wars over Food and Water, EU Deputy Warns

Apr 30, 2021 | Fiona Harvey, Guardian

Older people will have to make sacrifices in the fight against climate change or today’s children will face a future of fighting wars for water…


Afghanistan: La Niña Looms Large over One-Third of Afghan Population Acutely Food Insecure Today

Apr 30, 2021 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN

One in three Afghans are acutely food insecure, according to the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report released by the Government of the…


China/India/Kyrgyzstan/Tajikistan: Press Review: What Sparked the Tajik-Kyrgyz Conflict and China Beating India in S. Asia

Apr 30, 2021 | TASS

A conflict over a disputed water distribution facility on the border between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, which broke out on the morning of April 29, quickly…


Somalia: Somalia Is Facing Another Food Crisis: Here’s Why – and What Can Be Done to Stop the Cycle

Apr 29, 2021 | Conversation

Since the fall of Siad Barre’s regime in 1991, which led to a prolonged period of civil unrest, Somalia has been in a near-constant state…


Vietnam: Gender Equality Integration Crucial to Climate Policies in Vietnam

Apr 29, 2021 | Vietnam Plus

Adding the gender issue to climate change policies is crucial to promoting gender equality in Vietnam, according to Deputy Director of the Institute of Strategy…


Vietnam: Gender Equality Integration Crucial to Climate Policies in Vietnam

Apr 29, 2021 | Vietnam Plus

Adding the gender issue to climate change policies is crucial to promoting gender equality in Vietnam, according to Deputy Director of the Institute of Strategy…


Kyrgyzstan/Tajikistan: Four Die as Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan Armies Clash on Disputed Border

Apr 29, 2021 | Associated Press

Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan traded blame on Thursday for cross-border shelling and clashes that left at least four people dead and dozens injured in a conflict…


Afghanistan: How Afghanistan’s President Helped His Brother Secure Lucrative Mining Deals with a US Contractor

Apr 28, 2021 | Margaux Benn and Zack Kopplin, Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project

With the stroke of a pen, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani put his sibling into the chromite business with a tarnished U.S. defense contractor.


Iraq: ‘There’s No Rain’: Climate Change Threatens Iraq’s Bedouins

Apr 28, 2021 | Simona Foltyn, Al Jazeera

During a two-day trip across Muthanna’s deserts, nomadic herders painted a grim picture of an increasingly uninhabitable environment, where temperature increases and erratic rains have…


UAE: UAE Launches Drive to Empower Female Afghan Farmers

Apr 28, 2021 | National

The UAE is launching an innovative drive to help empower Afghan female farmers. It will facilitate the sale of organic produce grown by the women,…


Call for Proposals: Establishing Research Chairs on Forced Displacement in the Middle East and East Africa

Apr 28, 2021 | International Development Research Centre

The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) is pleased to announce a call for proposals to establish research chairs working on issues of forced displacement in two regions,…