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Vietnam: US Firms behind Agent Orange Stand Trial in France

Feb 9, 2021 | Progressive International

The civil complaint targets more than 20 US chemical firms for their part in the production of Agent Orange, massively employed by US forces during…

India: Women Will Bear the Brunt of India’s New Farm Laws

Feb 9, 2021 | Bansari Kamdar, World Politics News

For over two months, hundreds of thousands of Indian farmers have been conducting sustained sit-ins on the outskirts of New Delhi. Undeterred by COVID-19 or violent police…

Climate and Environment Charter for Humanitarian Organizations Open Consultation with the Humanitarian Sector

Feb 9, 2021 | International Committee of the Red Cross and International Federation of the Red Cross

On Tuesday, February 9th, 2021 from 9am-10am and 4pm-5pm CET the ICRC and IFRC will be co-hosting an open consultation with the Humanitarian Sector.

The humanitarian consequences of the climate…

Pan-African Response to COVID-19: New Forms of Environmental Peacebuilding Emerge

Feb 9, 2021 | Ousseyni Kalilou, Elaine (Lan Yin) Hsiao, and Fakunle Aremu

Early predictions about COVID-19’s impacts on Africa suggested that the continent would be a disaster zone marked by weak medical systems collapsing under strain and undemocratic states failing to…

Myanmar: Myanmar’s Troubled Forestry Sector Seeks Global Endorsement after Coup

Feb 8, 2021 | Mongabay

In the midst of political chaos fomented by a Feb. 1 military coup of the government in Myanmar, the country’s forestry sector is seeking legitimization…

Bangladesh: Gender Equality Can Bring Sustained Peace, Security

Feb 8, 2021 | The Daily Star

Ensuring equality between men and women both in public and private spheres can bring about sustainable peace and security, foreign diplomats and civil society members…

Road to Geneva Announces Series of Initiatives to Strengthen Environmental Peacebuilding

Feb 8, 2021 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association has launched a series of initiatives designed to strengthen environmental peacebuilding. Undertaken in partnership with institutions around the world, the initiatives…

India: Assam: Aaranyak Installs 18-km Solar-Powered Fence in Nagrijuli to Reduce Human-Elephant Conflict

Feb 7, 2021 | Ne Now News

The premier biodiversity conservation organisation, Aaranyak has installed 18 km of solar-powered fence to facilitate human-elephant coexistence at Nagrijuli in Baksa district. Aaranyak said this…

Water Wars Special: How IUU Fishing Increases the Risk of Conflict

Feb 7, 2021 | Sam Cohen and Steve Floyd

This month, the Biden administration made some early pronouncements on Chinese activity in the Taiwan Strait and reassured Japan that the U.S. is committed to…

Leverage COVID-19 Data Collection Networks for Environmental Peacebuilding

Feb 7, 2021 | Carsten Pran

Environmental peacebuilding could benefit from COVID-era data innovation. A well-documented obstacle environmental peacebuilders face is a lack of shared, empirical datasets among parties engaged in, recovering from,…

A Climate Security Plan for America Part 2: Assess Climate Risks

Feb 7, 2021 | Erin Sikorsky

If the first pillar of the Climate Security Plan for America is all about leadership, the second pillar is about ensuring those leaders have the information they…

The Biden Administration & Climate Security: Week Two

Feb 7, 2021 | Francesco Femia and Caitlin Werrell

“This executive order I’m signing today…makes it official that climate change will be the center of our national security and foreign policy.” — President Joe Biden, January…

Without the Right Partnerships, EU Legislation Is Dead on Arrival

Feb 7, 2021 | Boukje Theeuwes

Over the course of the next year, we expect the Von Der Leyen Commission, with the backing of the major groupings of the European Parliament,…

Yemen: Programme Specialist

Feb 6, 2021 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN

FAO's office for Yemen assists the Government of Yemen to formulate and implement policies, programs and projects to achieve food security and to reduce hunger…

National Consultant to Support on Implementation Climate Action for Human Security in Iraqi Al Hwaizeh Marshlands Project

Feb 6, 2021 | UNDP

Iraq suffers from extremism in its environmental conditions that lead to floods in winter and droughts in summer, and climate change is one of the…

Syria: Protection Program Manager

Feb 6, 2021 | Cooperazione Internazionale

Cooperazione Internazionale (COOPI) is an Italian humanitarian non-governmental organization founded in Milan in 1965.  For more than 50 years of long-term support and constant presence in…

South Sudan: Area Coordinator

Feb 6, 2021 | Concern Worldwide

Concern Worldwide is an Irish-based non-governmental, international, humanitarian organisation dedicated to the reduction of suffering and working towards the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in…

CAR: Field Operations Manager

Feb 6, 2021 | Wildlife Conservation Society

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is a US non-profit, tax-exempt, private organization established in 1895 that saves wildlife and wild places by understanding critical issues,…

Tel Aviv: Investment and Entrepreneurship Officer

Feb 6, 2021 | EcoPeace Middle East

EcoPeace Middle East is a unique organization that brings together Jordanian, Palestinian, and Israeli environmentalists. Our primary objective is to promote cooperative efforts to protect…

South Sudan: Environmental Specialist

Feb 6, 2021 | Forcier Consulting

Forcier Consulting is a multi-disciplinary research, and monitoring & evaluation firm operating across challenging environments in Africa and the Middle East. Forcier Consulting is currently…

DRC: Project Logistics Assistant

Feb 6, 2021 | African Wildlife Foundation

The African Wildlife Foundation is the leading international conservation organization focused exclusively on Africa's wildlife and wild lands. AWF's programs and conservation strategies are designed…

Sudan: Head of Mission

Feb 6, 2021 | 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…

Yemen: WASH Advisor

Feb 6, 2021 | Medair

Medair is an international humanitarian organization inspired by Christian faith to relieve human suffering in some of the world's most remote and devastated places.

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CAR: Principal National Consultant, Agroeconomist

Feb 6, 2021 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN

Governments around the world have implemented a wide range of prevention and mitigation measures to control and contain the spread of Covid-19 and limit its…

CAR: Community Conservation and Livelihoods Coordinator

Feb 6, 2021 | Wildlife Conservation Society

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is a US non-profit, tax-exempt, private organization established in 1895 that saves wildlife and wild places by understanding critical issues,…

CAR: National Consultant, Specialist in Fisheries / Fish Farming and Forest Resources

Feb 6, 2021 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN

Governments around the world have implemented a wide range of prevention and mitigation measures to control and contain the spread of Covid-19 and limit its…

CAR: National Consultant Specialist in Plant Protection

Feb 6, 2021 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN

The overall objective is to support FAO in its Technical Cooperation program for the country, contributing to its positioning as a dynamic and modern organization…

Afghanistan: Ghor Residents Suffering from Shortage of Potable Water

Feb 6, 2021 | Afghanitan Times

Residents of Ghor province are suffering from shortage of drinking water, saying that they face health problems because of drinking unclean water. A large number…

Iraq: Project Managers

Feb 6, 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…

CAR: Land-Use Planning Coordinator

Feb 6, 2021 | Wildlife Conservation Society

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is a US non-profit, tax-exempt, private organization established in 1895 that saves wildlife and wild places by understanding critical issues,…