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Environmental Justice: Why Civil Rights and Protecting the Planet Go Hand-in-hand
Sep 15, 2021
As the global ecological crisis impacts ever-more lives, it is becoming clearer that we cannot talk about cimate change, pollution or biodiversity loss without talking…
Climate Security: It’s about Time
Sep 15, 2021
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Sharon Burke
Like most of us who were alive at that time, Sharon Burke knows exactly where she was on 9/11 when she heard the news. She…
Butterfly Effect: Why Spies Need to Focus on Climate Change
Sep 15, 2021
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Charu Sudan Kasturi
When President Joe Biden and 40 other world leaders gathered for a virtual summit on climate change organized by the U.S. in April, the list…
How Inaction on Climate Change Can Worsen the Crisis in Afghanistan
Sep 15, 2021
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Jariel Arvin
After decades of foreign intervention and violent conflict, the American mission in Afghanistan has ended and the Taliban have announced a new government. But for…
Sudan and Ethiopia Are Nearing a Fight over Land and Water
Sep 15, 2021
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Christopher Rhodes
Humanitarian agencies and the international community have rightly decried the growing conflict within Ethiopia as a humanitarian disaster. Last November, conflict broke out between the…
USA: PhD Graduate Research Assistantship in the Human Dimensions of Natural Resources
Sep 15, 2021
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences
Housed within the College of ACES, the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences educational and research programs center on science, applied ecology, and conservation…
Energy: Commodity Giants Race to Clean up Mineral Supply Chains amid Green Energy Boom
Sep 15, 2021
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Jessica Davis Plüss, SWI
To meet global climate change targets, demand for minerals and metals like cobalt, copper, and nickel used in green technologies like rechargeable batteries is expected…
Australia: Emergency WASH Gender Advisor
Sep 14, 2021
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CARE Australia
The Emergency WASH Gender Advisor is responsible for ensuring a quality, gender-responsive approach to CARE’s emergency WASH. The role is hosted by CARE Australia on…
Ecuador: Consultoría para la Elaboración de Propuesta Técnica sobre Género, Cambio Climático y Seguridad Alimentaria
Sep 14, 2021
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UN Women
La entidad de las Naciones Unidas para la Igualdad de Género y el Empoderamiento de las mujeres, ONU Mujeres, basándose en la visión de igualdad consagrada…
Tunisia: Women Peace and Security Programme Assistant
Sep 14, 2021
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UN Women
Under the overall supervision of the UN Women Country Representative and direct supervision of the Women Peace and Security Analyst, the WPS Programme Assistant works…
South Sudan: Gender and Peacebuilding National Consultant
Sep 14, 2021
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UN Women
Under the supervision of the Deputy Country Representative and in close collaboration with the Under Secretary in the Ministry of Peacebuilding, where this position is…
Guatemala: Especialista en Género, Equidad e Inclusión Social, I-WASH
Sep 14, 2021
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CARE
El Especialista en Equidad de Género e Inclusión Social - GESI liderará la implementación de la evaluación de equidad, género e inclusión social y las…
Solidarity and Support Programme Officer on Environmental and Climate Justice
Sep 14, 2021
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UAF-Africa
The Solidarity & Support Officer will support the programme to ensure that time urgent financial and technical resources are awarded to feminist and women’s human…
DRC: China backs Congo's Ban on 6 Small Chinese Mining Companies
Sep 14, 2021
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Helen Reid, Reuters
China gave its backing on Tuesday to a Congolese provincial government’s order last month banning six small Chinese-owned mining companies operating illegally. The move comes…
Climate Change: How Australia’s Stance on Climate Change Has Impacted on National Security
Sep 14, 2021
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Nastasha Tupas, Defence Connect
A new report by the Climate Council has found that Australia’s geopolitical influence has been impacted following data showing its analysis of climate and security…
Call for Abstracts: Hiroshima International Conference on Peace and Sustainability
Sep 13, 2021
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Network for Education and Research on Peace and Sustainability, Hiroshima University
Introducing the first edition of the Hiroshima International Conference on Peace and Sustainability hosted by the Network for Education and Research on Peace and Sustainability…
Netherlands: Data Scientist
Sep 13, 2021
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Bellingcat
Bellingcat is an independent collective of international researchers, investigators and citizen journalists using open source and social media investigations to probe conflict, corruption, crimes, misinformation,…
Netherlands: Developer
Sep 13, 2021
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Bellingcat
Bellingcat is an independent collective of international researchers, investigators and citizen journalists using open source and social media investigations to probe conflict, corruption, crimes, misinformation,…
Colombia: Women building dreams: Sustainable livelihoods on Colombia's Pacific coast
Sep 13, 2021
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Lia Valero
Afro-Colombian women on the Pacific coast have faced violence, conflict and the ecological fallout of mining and illegal logging. Now they're working together to protect…
Somalia: “If Your Animals Die, You Die with Them” – Somali Herders Defenceless against the Climate Crisis
Sep 13, 2021
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International Committee of the Red Cross
In the latest piece exploring the link between climate change and conflict, ICRC focues on Somalia and a way of life under threat. With COP26…
DRC: DR Congo President Seeks Review of Mining Contracts with China
Sep 11, 2021
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Al Jazeera
Felix Tshisekedi, the president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has called for a review of mining contracts signed with China in 2008…
Ethiopia: A New Year’s Call for Peace and End to Tigray’s Multifaceted War
Sep 10, 2021
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The Africa Report
Our country Ethiopia is facing a multifaceted crisis in Tigray, Amhara, South and West Oromia, Somali, Afar, Benishangul-Gumuz and Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People of…
Afghanistan: Lithium and an Unexpected Battle for Energy Transition in Afghanistan
Sep 10, 2021
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Aliaksei Patonia, Diplomat
Most researchers agree that lithium demand will only increase. Afghanistan’s estimated reserves put it among global leaders — if the metal can be extracted.
Liberia: Sinoe, Rivercess in Land Dispute
Sep 10, 2021
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Kruah Thompson, New Dawn
Sinoe County Superintendent Lee Nagbe Chea alarms serious tension is building up between citizens of Sinoe and the people of Rivercess County over disputed land.…
Liberia: Covid-19 Shrinks Extractive Revenues in 2020
Sep 10, 2021
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Siaway T. Miapue, FrontPage Africa
Revenues generated from Liberia's extractive industries in the first half of last year dropped by more than US$5 million due to the coronavirus pandemic, according…
Ethiopia: A New Year’s Call for Peace and End to Tigray’s Multifaceted War
Sep 10, 2021
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The Africa Report
A call for peace by Local Civil Society Organizations of Ethiopia.
Yemen: As Conflict Drags on, ‘No Quick Wins’ – UN Envoy
Sep 10, 2021
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UN News
The complexities of the years-long war in Yemen “multiply as the conflict drags on”, the country’s new UN envoy told the Security Council on Friday,…
Yemen: As Conflict Drags on, ‘No Quick Wins’ – UN Envoy
Sep 10, 2021
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UN News
The complexities of the years-long war in Yemen “multiply as the conflict drags on”, the country’s new UN envoy told the Security Council on Friday,…
Nigeria: Advocacy on Women’s Rights Will Address Gender-Based Violence
Sep 9, 2021
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This Day Live
Ugo Aliogo and Loveth Chinagorom, engaged the Country Director, ActionAid Nigeria, Mrs. Ene Obi, on scaling public investments in agriculture, and the issues of gender-based…
Liberia: UNDP Supports Gender Stakeholders' Conference On Women's Political Participation
Sep 9, 2021
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All Africa
Monrovia — Delegates at a gender stakeholders' conference are reviewing and strengthening an existing Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on women's political participation, signed between the…