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Iraq: In Oil-Rich Iraq, a Few Women Buck Norms, Take Rig Site Jobs
Feb 28, 2021
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Samya Kullab, Associated Press
Zainab Amjad and Ayat Rawthan, both 24, are among just a handful who have eschewed the dreary office jobs typically handed to female petroleum engineers…
Bangladesh: Climate Change in Bangladesh to ‘Impact Int’l Security’: Muniruzzaman
Feb 28, 2021
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United News of Bangladesh
President of Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security (BIPSS) Maj Gen (retd) ANM Muniruzzaman on Sunday talked about the risks Bangladesh faces as a frontline…
Climate Change, Conflict: What Is Fuelling the Lake Chad Crisis
Feb 28, 2021
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Abhijit Mohanty, Kieran Robson, Samuel Ngueping, and Swayam Sampurna Nanda
One of Africa’s largest freshwater bodies, the Lake Chad, has shrunk by 90 per cent. Over 10 million people across the region are in need…
The Impact of Climate Change on Peace and Security in Somalia: Implications for AMISOM
Feb 28, 2021
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Kheira Tarif and Anab Ovidie Grand
The February 2021 mandate renewal for the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) is an opportunity to review what we know about climate change and…
Climate-Conflict Research: A Decade of Scientific Progress
Feb 28, 2021
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Halvard Buhaug and Nina von Uexkull
The last decade was the warmest on record, with 2020 tied with 2016 for the all-time high average annual global temperature. This 10-year period also saw…
Ghana: Nomads-Farmers’ Conflict: Security Analyst Urges Ghana to Enact Ranching Law
Feb 27, 2021
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GhanaWeb
Dr Festus Kofi Aubyn, a Security Analyst, has urged the Government to enact a Cattle Ranching Law, as part of measures to address the perennial…
Liberia: LLA Launches ‘Land Conflict’ Awareness In Maryland County
Feb 27, 2021
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E. Varney Kamah, Global News Network
As land conflict has become a serious problem in Maryland County, Liberia at the official lunching of the Awareness Campaign on the dissemination of information…
India: Human Lives Lost to Wildlife-Human Conflict Should Be Compensated Better: Scientists
Feb 26, 2021
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Press Trust of India
The lives of people lost due to wildlife-human conflicts are not adequately compensated in India, according to a new study which says changing the approach…
South Sudan: Influential South Sudan Chiefs Warn of Conflict over Land Grabs
Feb 26, 2021
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Winnie Cirino, Voice of America
Ten traditional chiefs from South Sudan’s Central Equatoria state have demanded the state government stop a campaign of illegal land grabs and are threatening the…
Iraq: Decades after the Gulf War, Iraq’s Youth View Oil as a Curse
Feb 26, 2021
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Sofia Barbarani, Al Jazeera
Like most of the young people who joined Iraq’s countrywide demonstrations in 2019, musician Sally Mars took to the streets to demand that the government…
2021: A New Year Marked by New Rules against Conflict Minerals in the EU
Feb 25, 2021
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Agathe Smyth
While the news did not make the headlines, 1 January 2021 marked the culmination of a long civil society campaign as new European legislation on…
Yemen: Houthis Again Delay UN Examination of Loaded Oil Tanker
Feb 25, 2021
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Environment & Energy News
The United Nations said yesterday that new requests by Yemen's Houthi rebels will further delay U.N. experts from examining an oil tanker moored off the…
Liberia: Wildlife and Conservation Reporters Network Aided in the Confiscation of Protected Animal
Feb 25, 2021
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FrontPage Africa
The Confiscation Unit of the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) with the aid of the Wildlife and Conservation Reporters Network have arrested a man for selling…
South Sudan: South Sudan Integrates Environmental Protection with Hydrocarbon Exploration
Feb 24, 2021
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Charné Hundermark, Africa Oil & Power
Despite holding the third-largest oil reserves in sub-Saharan Africa – estimated at 3.5 billion barrels – only 30% of South Sudan has been explored to…
DRC: First Minerals Exported from DRC with Blockchain
Feb 24, 2021
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MINING.com
Minexx has exported minerals with full financial transparency from the Democratic Republic of Congo, by processing $250k of blockchain certified payments – a first for…
Climate Change: France's Macron Proposes Appointment of UN Climate Security Envoy
Feb 23, 2021
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Reuters
The United Nations Security Council should consider appointing a special envoy for climate security to coordinate the council’s efforts in this area, French President Emmanuel…
The EU Military Sector’s Carbon Footprint
Feb 23, 2021
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Stuart Parkinson and Linsey Cottrell
Militaries are frequently exempt from publicly reporting their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and there is currently no consolidated public reporting of GHG emissions for the…
Ousseyni Kalilou
Co-chair of Forest Interest Group
Environmental Peacebuilding Association
United States
Feb 23, 2021
Ousseyni Kalilou is an environmental peacebuilding practitioner based in North Carolina. His work focuses on the opportunities for environmental peacebuilding in forested regions, specifically looking…
Afghanistan: 4 Died during Unlawful Mining for Gold
Feb 22, 2021
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Middle East North Africa Financial Network
Officials saw on Monday, February 22, that land sliding alleged the lives of as a minimum four Afghan gold miners who were working on removing…
Myanmar: Military Coup, Economic Sanctions Hike Threats to Myanmar's Forests
Feb 22, 2021
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Michael Taylor, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Myanmar’s military coup and a potential ramp up in trade boycotts by foreign governments and business could fuel the risk of deforestation in the Asian…
Registration Open for Forests & Peace Social Hour
Feb 22, 2021
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Environmental Peacebuilding Association
On Tuesday, March 2, from 9:30 - 11:00 EST, the Forest Interest Group, Africa Interest Group, and the Young Professionals Interest Group of the Environmental…
As Biden Seeks Answers on Climate’s Impact on Migration, Sydney Declaration Provides Legal Ground Rules for Action
Feb 22, 2021
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Jane McAdam
In an executive order earlier this month, President Joe Biden ordered a report into “climate change and its impact on migration, including forced migration, internal displacement, and…
Why United Nations Peace Operations Cannot Ignore Climate Change
Feb 22, 2021
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Florian Krampe
On 23 February the United Nations (UN) Security Council will hold an open session on the topic of climate change and security. The security implications…
Saudi-Led Attacks Devastated Yemen’s Civilian Infrastructure, Dramatically Worsening the Humanitarian Crisis
Feb 22, 2021
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Jeannie Sowers and Erika Weinthal
In early February, the Biden administration announced several shifts in U.S. policy toward the war in Yemen — a conflict that has left 20 million…
Iraq: Iraq Seeks International Investors to Build 750 MW Solar Projects
Feb 21, 2021
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Reuters
Iraq is seeking international investors to build seven solar power plants, with a total capacity of 750 megawatts (MW) as it aims to develop its…
DRC Is Rich with Farmland, So Why Do 22 Million People There Face Starvation?
Feb 21, 2021
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Vava Tampa
I was food shopping when I read the news. Nearly 22 million people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are facing starvation and malnutrition. Now. In…
DRC: Law Enforcement Advisor Okapi Wildlife Reserve
Feb 20, 2021
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Wildlife Conservation Society
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has been active in the Okapi Wildlife Reserve (OWR) for more than 30 years, supporting its creation, and subsequently working…
Syria: Food Security and Livelihood Program Manager
Feb 20, 2021
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Cooperazione Internazionale
Cooperazione Internazionale (COOPI) is an Italian humanitarian non-governmental organization founded in Milan in 1965. COOPI aims to help the world’s poorest to improve their access…
Somalia: National Project Manager
Feb 20, 2021
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UNDP
Somalia is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to climate change stemming from its social, economic, and political conditions, as well as…
Indonesia: Consultant as Full Stack GIS Developer
Feb 20, 2021
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World Resources Institute
World Resources Institute (WRI) is an independent, nonprofit global research organization that turns big ideas into action at the nexus of environment, economic opportunity and human…