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Mining and Green New Deals
Aug 4, 2021
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Sebastian Ordoñez Muñoz
The recent mainstreaming of the Green New Deal framework has intensified scrutiny on oil majors.
However, the same cannot be said of global extractivist power -…
DRC/Rwanda: How ‘Blood Mineral’ Traders in Rwanda Are Helping Fund Congo Rebels – and Undermining Global Supply Chains
Aug 4, 2021
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Geoffrey York and Judi Rever, Globe and Mail
New evidence from a United Nations report and a high-profile The investor arbitration case is shedding a spotlight on Rwanda’s role in the sophisticated smuggling…
Food Security: A Widespread Famine Accelerated by Floods, Droughts — and Guns
Aug 3, 2021
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Thalif Deen, InDepthNews
A recent joint press release by the World Food Programme and the Food and Agriculture Organization had an arresting headline: Famine Relief Blocked by Bullets,…
USA: UN Advocacy Assistant
Aug 3, 2021
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PAX
PAX is a peacebuilding organization which works with partners around the world on programming and advocacy related to sustainable peacebuilding and the protection of civilians…
Myanmar: ‘Weapons, Power and Money’: How Rare Earth Mining in Kachin Enriches a Tatmadaw Ally
Aug 3, 2021
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Juaman Naw, Emily Fishbein, and Ronja Pilgaard, Frontier Myanmar
The leader of a Tatmadaw-controlled Border Guard Force in a remote region of Kachin State has emerged as a key player in the global rare…
Climate Change: Is Climate Change Heating up Central Asia’s Border Disputes? Clues from Satellite Imagery
Aug 2, 2021
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Bellingcat
In late April, dozens were killed, hundreds were injured and thousands of civilians fled their homes during border clashes between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. It was…
Women, Peace and Security Agenda in Mali: Birthday Blues or Renewed Hope?
Aug 2, 2021
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Maelle Salzinger
Mali’s past efforts to implement the Women, Peace and Security Agenda have been criticized for their lack of implementation and failure to reach women in…
Afghanistan: China and India Wrestle over Afghanistan's Mineral Resources
Aug 1, 2021
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Florence Jenikns, Germany Eye
The promising, threatening and haggling have begun. Americans and Europeans have packed their weapons and left, and now ministers and diplomats from neighboring countries are…
How Drones Are Impacting Land Mine Reduction Globally
Aug 1, 2021
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sUAS News
In late November 2019, the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining organized the “Mine Action Technology Workshop,” where Humanity & Inclusion and Mobility Robotics presented data to…
DRC: Hard to Breathe: Gold Mining Damages Miners, Forests
Jul 31, 2021
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Noella Nyirabihogo, Global Press Journal
Mining has ravaged the soil that locals had used to farm. So instead, they join the hunt for gold. And the consequences continue to mount…
Mali: Building Resilience to Conflict and Climate Change in Mali
Jul 30, 2021
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People in Need
Rising temperatures, coupled with decreases in annual rainfall, granivorous bird attacks, armed conflict between the Malian Armed Forces and radical jihadists groups, the COVID-19 pandemic,…
These 550 Kenyan Women Are Saving a Forest
Jul 30, 2021
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Peyton Fleming
One of around a half-dozen semi-nomadic tribes in the vast drylands of northern Kenya, the family spent years shifting locations to find water and grazing…
Afghanistan: Afghan Gov't to Build 1,000 Greenhouses
Jul 29, 2021
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Xinhua
Afghanistan's Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock has said that plans are underway to construct 1,000 greenhouses in different provinces of the conflict-battered country.
Iran: Is Iran on the Verge of Sparking a Water War?
Jul 29, 2021
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The Week
Years of mismanagement has left Iran facing “irreversible” water shortages that threaten to trigger conflict across the Middle East, an exiled former minister has warned.
Afghanistan: Afghan Taliban: Floods Kill 150 People in Northern Nuristan Province
Jul 29, 2021
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TRT World
At least 100 homes destroyed in Taliban-controlled area, say government officials with limited access, after flash floods wash away homes, burying villagers in mud and…
Alma Segoviano
Lecturer and Legal Advisor
University of the Environment (UMA) and CARMA Consultancy
Mexico
Jul 28, 2021
Alma Segoviano is a lawyer, researcher, and practitioner defending indigenous communities’ land and resource rights through conflict transformation. Since 2015, she has been a law…
Water Disputes Will Compound Instability in the Middle East
Jul 28, 2021
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Amin Saikal
The Middle East is one of the driest regions in the world. The scarcity of water has often been touted as a source of national…
2021 Risk Award Recognizes Vietnamese Women Fighting Climate Change
Jul 28, 2021
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UNDRR
A mangrove restoration project in Vietnam which combines building the resilience of a disaster-prone coastal community with risk-themed theatre was announced today as the winner…
Yemen: Conflict and Economic Collapse in War-Torn Yemen Worsening Hunger Crisis
Jul 28, 2021
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Lisa Schlein, Voice of America
The World Food Program warns Yemen's already alarming hunger crisis is worsening due to ongoing conflict and a rapidly declining economy that are sending food…
Iraq/Kuwait: UN Panel Pays $600M to Kuwait Oil Firm for Invasion by Iraq
Jul 27, 2021
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Associated Press
A United Nations panel paid out $600 million to Kuwait’s national oil company Tuesday as compensation for Iraq’s invasion and occupation of Kuwait three decades…
Don’t Blame Men for the Climate Crisis – We Should Point the Finger at Corporations
Jul 27, 2021
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Arwa Mahdawi
Sorry, boys, but it’s all your fault. Melting ice caps, flash floods, rising sea levels: men are to blame for the lot of it. Please don’t drown the…
US and Australia Must Deepen Defence Cooperation on Climate Security
Jul 27, 2021
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Robert Glasser and Erin Sikorsky
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has just arrived in Singapore, where he’ll deliver a major address on Indo-Pacific security. He’s the first member of…
Deadly Water Conflict a Warning for the World
Jul 26, 2021
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Donna Miles
For thousands of years, Iran, which lies in a semi-arid part of the world, had remarkable success in sustainable water management. Ancient Iranians devised innovative…
Iran: Iran Urges Regional Cooperation on Environmental Issues
Jul 26, 2021
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Tasmin News Agency
The president of Iran called for collaboration among regional and neighboring countries to settle environmental problems. In comments after inaugurating a number of projects via videoconference…
Iraq: Iraq Oil Expert: Baghdad Shouldn't Replace Oil with Renewables
Jul 26, 2021
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Tsvetana Paraskova, OilPrice.com
It is not in Iraq's best interest to adopt renewable energy at the expense of fossil fuels, energy and oil expert Hamza al-Jawaheri told local…
Afghanistan: International Consultant, Climate Change & NRM Specialist
Jul 25, 2021
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
Through its Country Offices, or FAO Representations, FAO assists governments to develop policies, programmes and projects to address hunger, food security and malnutrition, and provides…
CAR: Country Director
Jul 25, 2021
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Wildlife Conservation Society
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is a US non-profit, tax-exempt, private organization established in 1895 that saves wildlife and wild places by understanding critical issues,…
South Sudan: ERT, WASH Manager
Jul 25, 2021
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Medair
Medair is an international non-governmental organisation whose purpose is to relieve human suffering in some of the world's most remote and devastated places. Medair aims to assist people…
Iraq: Environmental Expert to Conduct Environmental Analysis
Jul 25, 2021
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Adyan Foundation
Adyan, Foundation for Diversity, Solidarity and Human Dignity, works locally, regionally and internationally for pluralism, inclusive citizenship, community resilience, and spiritual solidarity, through homegrown solutions…
DRC: Sustainable Wildlife Management Sustainable Hunting Technician
Jul 25, 2021
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Wildlife Conservation Society
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is a US non-profit, tax-exempt, private organization established in 1895 that saves wildlife and wild places by understanding critical issues,…