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To Understand How Disasters Relate to Conflict and Peace, Reframe the Starting Point

Aug 11, 2020 | Laura E. R. Peters

Is the world doomed to be ever-more tumultuous? For years, headlines have suggested that climate change causes or acts as a threat multiplier for violent conflicts. For example, climate…

EnPAx Launches Road to Geneva Process for Second International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding, Seeks Partners for Preparatory Events

Aug 11, 2020 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

The Second International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding will be held in Geneva in February 2022 with a consortium led by the Graduate Institute of International…

Elaine (Lan Yin) Hsiao

Assistant Professor
Kent State University School of Peace and Conflict Studies
United States
Aug 11, 2020

Elaine (Lan Yin) Hsiao is a researcher working at the intersection of issues of biodiversity, community conservation, environment, and peacebuilding. She is currently a post-doctoral…

Scientists, Policy Experts Assess Environment's Impact on Stability, Defense Strategy

Aug 10, 2020 | Jim Garamone, US Department of Defense

Environmental factors affecting war and security have long been known, but a new Defense Department group seeks to increase awareness of these factors in making policy…

Scientists, Policy Experts Assess Environment's Impact on Stability, Defense Strategy

Aug 10, 2020 | Jim Garamone, US Department of Defense

Environmental factors affecting war and security have long been known, but a new Defense Department group seeks to increase awareness of these factors in making policy…

Kenya: KWS Pays out Ksh 98.5M to Victims of Human-Wildlife Conflicts

Aug 10, 2020 | Kenya Broadcasting Corporation

County Commissioner Maalim Mohammed said the compensation was paid out to 45 families for wildlife attacks reported between 2014 and 2016. Maalim said of the…

DRC: Field Coordinator

Aug 10, 2020 | Action Contre la Faim

Action Contre la Faim has been working in the DRC since 1997 with programs in nutrition-health, food security and livelihoods, and WASH. ACF implements emergency…

Sudan: WASH-E and Infrastructure Advisor

Aug 10, 2020 | Alight (formerly American Refugee Committee)

Formerly the American Refugee Committee, Alight is an international nonprofit, nonsectarian organization that has provided humanitarian assistance and training to millions of beneficiaries over the…

Myanmar: Senior EU Aid Volunteer - Urban Resilience and Land-Use Planning

Aug 10, 2020 | ActionAid Myanmar

The EU Aid Volunteers is an initiative of the European Union. It brings together volunteers and organisations from different countries, providing practical support to humanitarian…

South Sudan: Climate and Needs Monitoring Assessment Officer

Aug 10, 2020 | IMPACT Initiative

IMPACT Initiatives is a leading Geneva-based think-and-do tank which aims to improve the impact of humanitarian, stabilisation and development action through data, partnerships and capacity…

Solomon Islands: Natural Resource Management & Governance Team Leader

Aug 10, 2020 | Winrock International

Winrock International works with people around the world to increase economic opportunity, sustain natural resources, and protect the environment. Winrock matches innovative approaches in agriculture,…

Kenya: Programme Policy Officer (Joint Resilience Action)

Aug 10, 2020 | UN World Food Programme

The United Nations World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide.  The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve…

Iraq: National Expert on Climate Change

Aug 10, 2020 | UNDP

In the face of climate change impacts, Iraq encounters a host of complex and difficult challenges on a range of issues including water security, land…

Niger: Recruitment of an international consultant for the Assessment and capacity building of national actors to mobilize funds and develop projects for adaptation

Aug 10, 2020 | UNDP

Africa in general and the Sahel in particular are among the areas most exposed to the adverse effects of climate change. Floods, drought, deforestation and…

Syria: WASH Project Manager

Aug 10, 2020 | ACTED

Since 1993, as an international non-governmental organization, ACTED has been committed to immediate humanitarian relief to support those in urgent need and protect people’s dignity,…

Libya: WASH National Project Officer

Aug 10, 2020 | Committed To Good

CTG stands for Committed To Good. With an ethical approach at the heart of all that we do, it is a description that makes us…

Climate Change Is a Security Threat to the Asia-Pacific

Aug 10, 2020 | Shiloh Fetzek and Dennis McGinn

This week the ASEAN Joint Task Force on Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) will meet via video conference, with the COVID-19 pandemic escalating just…

How Impact Investing Can Help Girls Shatter the Glass Ceiling

Aug 10, 2020 | Henrietta H. Fore and Suzanne Biegel

Governments and private investors have long recognized the importance of investing in education and skills development, in terms of both achieving gender equality and economic…

The Key to an Inclusive Recovery? Putting Women in Decision-Making Roles

Aug 9, 2020 | Francesca Donner

As the world sketches out post-pandemic plans, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, the head of U.N. Women, explains why having more women in leadership positions could lead to…

Thoughts on Womanhood, Gender Roles, and Agriculture

Aug 7, 2020 | Patricia Marie Cordero Irizarry

As women, we’ve been generally told to be obedient, to sit with our legs closed, to comb our hair, to wear bras, and not to…

Liberia: Prominent Liberian Women Say ‘Discrepancy’ in the Law Contributes to Women’s Property Rights Violation

Aug 7, 2020 | J. H. Webster Clayeh, FrontPage Africa

Participants at the policy dialogue on women’s property rights and the implications of Sexual Gender-Based Violence say discrepancy in the service provisions and the laws…

Sierra Leone: Gender Lens Is Needed to Fully Understand Climate Crisis, Experts Say

Aug 7, 2020 | Cami Mondeaux, The Washington Diplomat

Although the effects of climate change are a threat to everyone, many experts say the ramifications will not be felt equally, with a warming planet…

Colombia: In Colombia, ‘Climate-Smart’ Villages Show How the Future of Farming Could Look

Aug 7, 2020 | Anmar Frangoul, CNBC

A country of vivid beauty, Colombia is home to vast swathes of fertile land producing everything from coffee and sugarcane to bananas, cocoa and rice. …

Colombia: In Colombia, a Protected Park Is Buffeted by Social, Environmental Conflicts

Aug 7, 2020 | Antonio José Paz Cardona, Mongabay

Las Quinchas is an Important Area for Bird Conservation (AICA), a significant carbon sink and a biodiversity hotspot. Despite its diversity, this protected area continues…

Sexual Violence Rampant and Expanding in Armed Conflicts, UN

Aug 6, 2020 | Aasim Saleem, InfoMigrants

Despite a decade of efforts and various resolutions, the use of sexual violence as a tactic of war and to spread terror remains rampant in…

Myanmar: After a Century of Logging, Myanmar Struggles to Preserve Its Teak Groves

Aug 6, 2020 | National Geographic

Demand in China, India, and Europe drives illegal logging of this valuable, versatile hardwood.

Liberia: Lack of Awareness on Land Rights Law: A Recipe for Future Conflict

Aug 6, 2020 | Abednego Davis, Observer

In September 2018, Liberia passed the Land Rights bill into law. Its passage by then was highly embraced by community members, civil society activists, and…

Online Course: Communicating Gender Statistics for Gender Equality

Aug 5, 2020 | PARIS21 Academy

This course on Communicating Gender Statistics is designed to guide journalists and statisticians to use statistics to report on the unique situation and needs of…

Anticipatory Action for COVID-19: Building the Systems That Protect Livelihoods throughout a Pandemic

Aug 5, 2020 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN

The impacts of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis on food systems are vast and varied, and as of yet hard to predict. But nowhere…

Iraq: In Heat-Struck Iraq, Power Shortages Prompt Protests

Aug 4, 2020 | Samya Kullab and Nabil Al-Jurani, Associated Press

In Iraq’s oil-rich south, the scorching summer months pose painful new choices in the age of the coronavirus: stay at home in the sweltering heat…