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Niger: Science & Data Lead (Climate and Geospatial Services) – SERVIR West Africa 2

Apr 5, 2021 | Mercy Corps

Mercy Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better world is possible. In disaster, in hardship, in more than 40…


Mozambique: WASH Program Manager

Apr 5, 2021 | Action Contre la Faim

Since the beginning of 2020, the ERRU Team have been closely monitoring the deterioration of the situation in Cabo Delgado. By mid 2020, given the…


Senior Researcher for Climate Change - Research and Learning

Apr 5, 2021 | Mercy Corps

Mercy Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better world is possible. In disaster, in hardship, in more than 40…


Call for Technical Experts: WASH and Water Resources Management - Global

Apr 5, 2021 | DevWorks

DevWorks International (DevWorks) is seeking technical experts for upcoming projects focused on water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) and water resources management (WRM) globally. WASH and WRM…


Consultancy: Short-Term, Full-time Consultant

Apr 5, 2021 | Natural Resource Governance Institute

The Natural Resource Governance Institute is an independent nonprofit organisation dedicated to improving countries' governance over their natural resources to promote sustainable and inclusive development.

Countries…


South Africa: Programme Officer, Water and Sanitation

Apr 5, 2021 | Stockholm International Water Institute

The Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) is looking for an experienced Programme Officer to work on different water and sanitation programs at the global level,…


Programme Officer MENA Water and Sanitation

Apr 5, 2021 | Stockholm International Water Institute

The Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) is looking for an experienced Programme Officer to work on different water and sanitation programs, including in Middle East…


Iraq: Head of Mission

Apr 5, 2021 | Cooperazione Internazionale

COOPI Cooperazione Internazionale is a humanitarian, non-confessional and independent organization founded in 1965 in Milan, Italy. For more than 50 years we have been dedicated…


Iraq: Head of Mission

Apr 5, 2021 | Cooperazione Internazionale

COOPI Cooperazione Internazionale is a humanitarian, non-confessional and independent organization founded in 1965 in Milan, Italy. For more than 50 years we have been dedicated…


Communications Officer, Ottawa

Apr 5, 2021 | International Institute for Sustainable Development

The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) is an independent think tank that delivers the knowledge to act. Our mission is to promote human development…


Communications Officer, Winnipeg

Apr 5, 2021 | International Institute for Sustainable Development

The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) is an independent think tank that delivers the knowledge to act. Our mission is to promote human development…


South Sudan: Resilience Technical Specialist

Apr 5, 2021 | Save the Children

The Resilience Technical Specialist will be the main focal point for roll out of the Country Office’s recently developed Resilience Approach and Strategy, as well…


Conflict-Sensitive Programming Specialist (Anticipatory Action)

Apr 5, 2021 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN

The Office of Emergencies and Resilience (OER) is responsible for ensuring FAO's efforts to support countries and partners in preparing for and effectively responding to…


Philippines: Agriculture Resilience Specialist

Apr 5, 2021 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN

For more than four decades, FAO has been working with the Government of the Philippines, civil society, community-based organizations and the private sector to address…


Call for Abstracts: Warfare, Environment, Social Inequality, and Pro-Sociability Biennial Conference 2022

Apr 5, 2021 | Richard J. Chacon and Yamilette Chacon

Over millennia, warfare, environmental degradation, and social inequality have brought much suffering to humankind. In an effort to facilitate interdisciplinary cross-fertilization, WESIPS brings together a…


Afghanistan: Commercial Farming Limited by Lack of Land, Water

Apr 5, 2021 | Zabihullah Jahanmal, TOLOnews

Afghan farmers on Sunday stated that insufficient water and lack of agricultural land is hindering many investors from establishing commercial farms in the country. In…


Liberia: Urban Farmers Want Gov’t Stop Land Encroachment

Apr 5, 2021 | Judoemue Kollie, Observer

Farmers in Zubah Town community, Paynesville City are calling on the Government of Liberia (GoL) to stop some individuals who are encroaching on their farmland…


Myanmar: Military Junta Bombs Salween Peace Park in Indigenous Karen Territory after Coup d’État in Burma/Myanmar

Apr 5, 2021 | ICCA Consortium

On 1 February 2021, the military staged a coup d’état in Burma/Myanmar, sparking nation-wide demonstrations in an unprecedented surge of civic mobilization. The military has…


Afghanistan: First Person: The Afghan Woman Putting her Life at Risk to Rid her Home of Mines

Apr 4, 2021 | UN News

Thanks to the bravery and hard work of deminers such as Fezeh Rezaye, the Afghan province of Bamyan has been declared free from mines. On International…


Herder-Farmers Conflict: Embracing the Ganduje, Abounu Solution

Apr 4, 2021 | Oludayo Tade

Fielding questions from journalists in Katsina, recently, the Kano State governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, said his administration has been able to stem the tide of banditry…


Lebanon: Lebanon to Swap Medical Expertise for Iraqi Oil

Apr 3, 2021 | Agence France-Presse

Officials from Beirut and Baghdad signed a preliminary agreement Friday that would see Lebanon trade its medical expertise for Iraqi fuel supplies, Lebanese state media…


Myanmar: China Again Seeks Myanmar Regime's Assurances on Oil, Gas Pipelines Security

Apr 2, 2021 | Irrawaddy

China has reportedly requested a meeting with Myanmar over growing concerns about the security of its oil and natural gas twin pipelines project after ethnic…


Egypt and Ethiopia Are Heading toward Conflict over Water. It’s Time to Intervene.

Apr 2, 2021 | Ezzedine C. Fishere

Egypt and Ethiopia are inching, slowly but surely, toward conflict. Negotiations over the construction and operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Nile…


Colombia: Deforestation Rises in Colombia’s Chiribiquete National Park as Cattle Invade

Apr 2, 2021 | Antonio José Paz Cardona, Mongabay

For the past several years, the Colombian Amazon has been hit harder by deforestation than any other region in the country, according to the Institute…


Renouncing Reprisals: An Opportunity for the Biden Administration

Apr 1, 2021 | Adil Ahmad Haque

The United States has taken a number of morally objectionable positions regarding the lawful conduct of armed conflict over the years. Among those positions, it…


Yemen: Women Struggle to Get by as Yemen Conflict Hits Six-Year Mark

Mar 31, 2021 | Jean Nicolas Beuze, UNHCR

As the world’s worst humanitarian crisis rages on, women and children make up three-quarters of the four million people forced from their homes, putting them…


India: Environment, the Unsuspecting Victim of Cross-Border Conflicts

Mar 31, 2021 | Vaishnavi Rathore, Bastion

Be it the deserts of Rajasthan and Gujarat, or the Himalayan regions of Himachal Pradesh, Ladakh, and Arunachal Pradesh, these strategically sensitive and secluded landscapes…


Policy Brief Describes New Mindset Needed to Accelerate Gender Equality

Mar 31, 2021 | International Institute for Sustainable Development

A policy brief published by the International Institute for Sustainable Development offers a “formula” for accelerating implementation of the 2030 Agenda – enabling women’s participation…


If War Were to Doom Us All Tomorrow, the ICJ Would Still Plant a Tree

Mar 30, 2021 | Moises A. Montiel M.

The ICJ is no stranger to the growing concern about the environment. In fact, the existence (albeit brief) of an Environmental Chamber credits the importance…


Afghanistan: Country’s Four Million Internally Displaced Need Urgent Support amid Pandemic

Mar 30, 2021 | Amnesty International

The Afghan government and the international community must urgently scale up efforts to support the country’s four million internally displaced people (IDPs), who have been…