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Climate Is Now a Security and Resilience Issue for Countries Everywhere
Nov 27, 2024
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Kaysie Brown and Travis Brubaker
As the world grapples with multiple crises, we cannot afford to overlook the most pressing and global crisis of our time – the climate crisis.…
DRC: Africa's New £78bn Megaproject That Could Transform Huge but Incredibly Poor Country
Nov 27, 2024
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Emily Wright
A growing population equals more needs to be met by governments. Therefore, the proposed hydroelectric dam at Inga Falls on the Congo River in the…
Afghanistan: Opium Production Remains 93 percent below Pre-Drug Ban Levels, Says UNODC
Nov 27, 2024
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UN Office on Drugs and Crime
Opium production in Afghanistan remains low for the second consecutive year, with production at 433 tons in 2024, confirmed new estimates from the UN Office…
Liberia: FDA Rehires Ex-Manager Disgraced for Alleged Corruption
Nov 27, 2024
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Emmanuel Sherman, The DayLight
The Forestry Development Authority (FDA) has rehired a former manager who was disgraced on multiple occasions for alleged corruption and involved with companies punished for…
Colombia: Guardians of Guaviare: Southern Colombia’s Land Fight
Nov 27, 2024
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Lital Khaikin, Fair Planet
The Jiw (pronounced “Hue”) are a small Indigenous community in southern Colombia, also known as Guiabero. The 3000 members of this community live along the…
Myanmar: Climate Change Is the Final Straw for Myanmar’s Farmers
Nov 27, 2024
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Luke Hunt, Union of Catholic Asian News
Across Myanmar, the talk among embattled farmers ranges from conflict and floods to planting and climate change. The conversations are also about conscription and whether…
Liberia: Calls for EU not to End Timber Treaty with Liberia
Nov 26, 2024
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Esau J. Farr, The DayLight
Calls are mounting for the European Union (EU) to reconsider its decision to terminate a timber trade agreement with Liberia. The issue is high on…
Sudan: Targeted Attacks, Lack of Maintenance Could Lead to Dam on the White Nile in Sudan Bursting
Nov 26, 2024
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Smart Water Magazine
The Jebel Aulia Dam, near Sudan’s capital Khartoum, is at risk of collapsing as a result of attacks carried out in violent clashes between the…
Climate Change: What Happens When Climate Change and Conflict Collide?
Nov 26, 2024
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International Rescue Committee
Climate change is a devastating force on its own, driving floods, droughts and raising temperatures worldwide. For countries already destabilized by conflict, it deepens humanitarian needs, making…
USA: Call for Applications: PhD-Level 2-Year Graduate Research Assistantship (GRA)
Nov 26, 2024
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Elaine (Lan Yin) Hsiao and He Yin, Kent State University
Kent State University’s (KSU) School of Peace and Conflict Studies (SPCS) began as the Center for Peaceful Change as a living memorial to the May…
The 2024 Montreal Climate Security Summit: Four Takeaways
Nov 25, 2024
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Claire Doyle
Hosted by NATO’s Climate Change and Security Center of Excellence (CCASCOE) and the Conference of Defense Associations in October, the summit brought together participants from…
Liberia: Disappointed in Logging, Communities Look to Conservation
Nov 25, 2024
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James Harding Giahyue, The DayLight
It has been some 15 years since logging was reintroduced in community forests following the end of over a decade of Liberia’s bloody civil wars.…
Ukraine/Russia: Wagner Earned over $2.5bn from Illegal Gold Mining to Fund War, Report Reveals
Nov 25, 2024
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Ecofin Agency
Gold mining is a key part of the Russian mercenary group’s business model. Even after coming under Kremlin control, it continues to offer security, training,…
Afghanistan: Assisting Communities Grappling with the Impact of Climate Change
Nov 25, 2024
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International Committee of the Red Cross
Decades of conflict and violence, underinvestment in critical infrastructure and economic challenges have weakened the country’s capacity to tackle the growing threats posed by climate…
Afghanistan: How Data Analysis, Community Engagement, and GIS Delivered a Reliable Water Source to an Afghan Community
Nov 25, 2024
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Alice Brindley and Bella Brittan, DAI
In early 2024, the Afghanistan Value Chains Program (AVCP), funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID), launched an initiative in northern Afghanistan aimed…
Uganda: Chief of Party - Resilience Food Security Activility
Nov 25, 2024
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MercyCorps
Mercy Corps is an international development organization that works in over 40 countries to promote community-led and market-driven development. With a strategic focus on countries…
Sudan: Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Lead
Nov 25, 2024
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MercyCorps
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 countries…
Sri Lanka: Social Scientist for Empowerment in the Plantation Sector
Nov 25, 2024
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AGIAMONDO
AGIAMONDO e.V. is the personnel service of German Catholics for development cooperation. In the Civil Peace Service, we offer professionals the opportunity for meaningful service…
South Sudan: Project Manager Climate Resilient Value Chains
Nov 25, 2024
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SNV Netherlands Development Organization
SNV is a global development partner, deeply rooted in the countries where it operates. SNV is driven by a vision of a better world: A…
Egypt/Tunisia: Program Manager
Nov 25, 2024
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Hivos
Together with citizens and their organizations, Hivos aims to contribute towards just, inclusive and life sustaining societies where people have equal access to opportunities, rights…
Afghanistan: Deputy Country Director Program
Nov 25, 2024
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Solidarités International
Solidarités International (SI) is an international humanitarian aid association which, since more than 40 years, has been providing assistance to populations affected by armed conflicts and natural…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Kurdistan PM Blasts Baghdad over $20 bln Lost Oil Revenue
Nov 24, 2024
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Hadley Gamble, Al Arabiya News
Kurdistan’s Prime Minister Masrour Barzani has laid bare the staggering financial toll on the semi-autonomous region of Iraq, as oil exports remain suspended. Barzani reports…
COP 29: The Climate-Peace Nexus Was on the Agenda, but …
Nov 23, 2024
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Volker Boege
This year’s COP 29 in Baku, the capital of the oil state of Azerbaijan (fossil fuels make up 90% of the country’s exports), has been…
The Climate Finance Deal, the Military and DOGE at COP29
Nov 23, 2024
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Saleem H. Ali
The deal which was finally reached at COP29 in Baku for a $300 billion investment for climate change finance for developing countries reflects a zero-sum…
Afghanistan: Afghan Women Harvest Saffron; Breath of Fresh Air in Afghanistan [Video]
Nov 23, 2024
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WION
A breath of fresh air for Afghan women whose rights have been trampled by archaic Taliban laws. Women in the Herat province are harvesting the…
Papuan Women’s Mangrove Forest Increasingly Threatened by Pollution
Nov 22, 2024
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Associated Press
On the southeastern coast of the city of Jayapura, Petronela Merauje walked from house to house in her floating village inviting women to join her…
Ethiopia: Understanding Climate Security Needs in Ethiopia
Nov 22, 2024
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Ibukun Taiwo, CGIAR
Over the last few years, Ethiopia has grappled with extreme drought, flooding, political instability, and conflict. Engagement on the intersection of the effects of climate…
Indonesia: Papuan Women’s Mangrove Forest in Indonesia is Increasingly Threatened by Development and Pollution
Nov 21, 2024
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Edna Tarigan and Firdia Lisnawati
On the southeastern coast of the city of Jayapura, Petronela Merauje walked from house to house in her floating village inviting women to join her…
In Viet Nam, loans help bolster gender equality and fight climate change - Viet Nam
Nov 21, 2024
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UNEP
Duong Khanh Ly, the founder of a tea cooperative in northeast Viet Nam, had a problem.
Severe downpours would often soak tea leaves that had been…
Gender and Climate Experts Come Together to Address Inequalities and Climate Resilience Challenges in Nigeria’s Agrifood systems
Nov 21, 2024
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CGIAR Initiative on Gender Equality
On October 9, 2024, gender and climate experts gathered in Abuja for the third high-level dialogue on gender and climate change, convened by HER+, the CGIAR…