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Sudan: Project Manager Livelihoods and Resilience

Sep 6, 2021 | COOPI - Cooperazione Internazionale

COOPI has been present in Sudan since 2004 initially contributing to addressing the humanitarian needs in the Darfur region that for a long time has…


Chad: Chargé de la Sécurité Environnementale, Sociale et Sanitaire (SESS) (Environmental, Social and Health Security Officer)

Sep 6, 2021 | Catholic Relief Services

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) est une agence de secours et de développement basée aux États-Unis qui travaille dans près de 100 pays / territoires pour…


Syria: WASH and Rehabilitation Coordinator (National & Expat Position)

Sep 6, 2021 | Acción contra el Hambre

Action Against Hunger is a global humanitarian organization which originated in France and is committed to ending world hunger. The organization helps malnourished children and…


Iraq: Livelihoods Programme Manager

Sep 6, 2021 | Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund Deutschland

The Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund Deutschland (ASB) is a German aid and welfare organisation with more than 300 branches at national, regional, district and municipal level all over…


Colombia: Oficial de Wash (WASH Official)

Sep 6, 2021 | Danish Refugee Council

El Consejo Danés para Refugiados / Grupo Danés de Desminado (DRC/DDG por sus siglas en inglés) es una de las principales ONG humanitarias del mundo,…


DRC: Programme Director

Sep 6, 2021 | Concern Worldwide

Concern Worldwide is an international humanitarian organisation that strives for a world free from poverty, fear and oppression. It delivers life-saving and life-changing interventions to…


Heat Is on When It Comes to Cross-Border Environmental Threats

Sep 6, 2021 | Kerry Boyd Anderson

Last week, an oil spill from a refinery in the northwest Syrian town of Baniyas drifted toward Cyprus, forcing authorities on the island to take…


Afghanistan: Taliban Takeover Threatens Afghan Agriculture as Farmers Fear Being Forced to Grow Poppy [Video]

Sep 6, 2021 | Mike Cerre, PBS

As Afghans figure out how to get on with their lives, fears abound that the new Taliban government will crack down on local business and…


Avoiding Transboundary Waters Conflicts: A Tale of Two Treaties

Sep 5, 2021 | Robert Sandford

The outdated treaties, compacts, bilateral agreements, acts, laws, policies and hardened institutions globally that stand in the way of effective, just and resilient 21st century…


Egypt/Ethiopia/Sudan: Nile Dam Dispute Remains Stalled as Egypt, Sudan Run out of Options

Sep 5, 2021 | Mohamed Saied, Al-Monitor

The long-running dispute over the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) that Ethiopia is building on the Blue Nile, the main tributary of the Nile…


Ethiopia: Women and Girls Bear Significant Costs of Ethiopian Conflict

Sep 3, 2021 | UNFPA

Since conflict between federal and regional forces erupted in Tigray in north Ethiopia last November, some 2 million Tigrayans have been displaced with thousands fleeing…


To Address Climate Change, Address Gender Inequity

Sep 3, 2021 | Elizabeth Chun Hye Lee

Hurricane Ida has devastated communities in Louisiana, leaving many without electricity during one of the hottest months of the year. Because of a lack of…


Ethiopia: Women and Girls Bear Significant Costs of Ethiopian Conflict

Sep 3, 2021 | UNFPA

Since conflict between federal and regional forces erupted in Tigray in north Ethiopia last November, some 2 million Tigrayans have been displaced with thousands fleeing…


Nigeria: The Nigerian Activist Trying to Sell Plants to the Oil Company That Destroyed Them

Sep 3, 2021 | Ruth Maclean

“I need to help my women to stand,” says Martha Agbani, who helped a group of women from the Niger Delta build a flourishing mangrove…


DRC: 12 Dead after Mining Pollution in DR Congo River

Sep 3, 2021 | World Is One News

Twelve people have died and thousands have fallen ill after a river in southern DR Congo was polluted by toxic waste from a diamond mine,…


Colombia: Study Shows Colombian Guerrillas Were Guardians of the Forest

Sep 3, 2021 | Luke Taylor, Discover

When Colombia’s largest guerrilla group laid down its weapons in 2016 as part of a landmark peace deal, it ushered in a new chapter in…


Kazakhstan Moves to Ease Water Conflict in Central Asia

Sep 3, 2021 | Wilder Alejandro Sanchez

An early August meeting of Central Asian heads of state in Turkmenistan addressed issues such as the COVID-19 pandemic and regional consequences of renewed Taliban…


Myanmar: Italian Firms Flout EU Rules to Trade in Illegal Myanmar Timber, Report Says

Sep 2, 2021 | Sheryl Lee Tian Tong, Mongabay

Negligible fines and inadequate enforcement are turning Italy into a hotspot for illegal Myanmar timber in spite of EU sanctions and regulations against the latter’s…


Climate Change: Former Defence Leaders Sound Alarm on Australia’s Climate Security Risks

Sep 2, 2021 | Duncan Murray, The Fifth Estate

Australia is failing in its duty to protect its people, according to a network of former defence and security leaders, who say regional unrest and…


The Uncertain Future of Afghanistan’s Nascent Environmental Laws

Sep 2, 2021 | Elizabeth Hessami

Afghanistan is in turmoil. The abrupt withdrawal of U.S. forces set in motion by a deal between former President Trump and the Taliban, and executed…


Integrating Conflict Prevention and Climate Change in US Foreign Policy and Development Assistance

Sep 1, 2021 | Cynthia Brady, Liz Hume, and Nick Zuroski

Climate change is no longer an abstract issue we may face in the future. Devastating forest fires, the hottest June on record in the United States, lethal flooding…


It's Time to Let Young People Help Shape Climate Policy

Sep 1, 2021 | Jessica Cooke

The climate crisis is one of the defining injustices of our time, and young people will live with the consequences for the longest. It’s no…


Integrating Conflict Prevention and Climate Change in US Foreign Policy and Development Assistance

Sep 1, 2021 | Cynthia Brady, Liz Hume, and Nick Zuroski

Climate change is no longer an abstract issue we may face in the future. Devastating forest fires, the hottest June on record in the United…


Deforestation in Colombia's Amazon: Outlining the Problem

Sep 1, 2021 | Katie Jones and María Fernanda Ramírez

Deforestation is the most visible face of environmental crime in Colombia’s Amazon. From around 2016, the region’s forests registered accelerating encroachment and destruction. According to…


The Council on Strategic Risks Selects Erin Sikorsky as New Director of the Center for Climate and Security, and John Conger as Senior Advisor

Sep 1, 2021 | Francesco Femia and Caitlin Werrell, Center for Climate and Security

Today the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) announced it has selected Erin Sikorsky as its new Director of the Center for Climate and Security (CCS).…


Nigeria: Nigeria Tackling Gender-Based Violence Through Surveillance

Aug 31, 2021 | All Africa

Response to violence against women and girls (VAWG) remains extremely inadequate and barriers to reporting such assaults often make it hard for victims to seek…


Nigeria: Nigeria Tackling Gender-Based Violence Through Surveillance

Aug 31, 2021 | All Africa

Response to violence against women and girls (VAWG) remains extremely inadequate and barriers to reporting such assaults often make it hard for victims to seek…


Israel/Jordan: Drought Diplomacy Boosts Israel-Jordan Ties

Aug 31, 2021 | Al Jazeera

As scientific warnings of dire climate change-induced drought grow, many in Israel and Jordan cast worried eyes at the river running between them and the…


Peaceful Minefields: Environmental Protection or Security Risks?

Aug 30, 2021 | Darcie DeAngelo

It’s no surprise that minefields and other military waste can prevent development and economic prosperity, but perhaps counterintuitively, their presence can also provide ecological protections…


Afghanistan: Amid Taliban Takeover, Climate Change Could Drive Conflict

Aug 30, 2021 | Jennifer Collins, Deutsche Welle

The past 30 years have brought flood, drought and hunger to Afghanistan. With the Taliban sweeping to power, many within and outside of the country…