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NORCAP Seeks Housing, Land and Property Advisers

Jul 7, 2020 | Norwegian Capacity

In countries with a high degree of displacement, conflict or unrest, issues of housing, land and property are of vital importance. People may be forcibly…

Egypt and Ethiopia: The Curse of the Nile

Jul 7, 2020 | Marina Ottaway

A slow-motion crisis has been developing in the Nile Valley since the Ethiopian government announced the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on…

Liberia: Ministry of Internal Affairs Resolves Boundary Disagreement in Rivergee; as Minister Sirleaf Stresses Peaceful Co-Existence

Jul 6, 2020 | FrontPage Africa

Residents of two Districts of Rivergee County namely Chedepo and Potupo have finally settled their long-running boundary dispute, days after a dialogue initiated by the…

Countdown to a Bitter Battle Over the Water of the Nile?

Jul 6, 2020 | Ricard González

In the 1990s, after the collapse of the USSR, the idea that water would drive the wars of the future took hold among analysts and…

Depopulating Military Installations Because of Sea Level Rise

Jul 6, 2020 | Marc Kodack

In case you missed it, an audit of the U.S. Department of Defense’s installation climate resilience from last year, conducted by the Government Accountability Office, found that…

Iraq/Lebanon: Lebanon, Iraq Discuss Exchanging Oil for Food

Jul 4, 2020 | Middle East Monitor

Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab and Iraqi Oil Minister Ihsan Abdul Jabbar discussed on Friday exchanging Iraq’s oil with Lebanon’s food and other industries, news…

Myanmar: ‘I Thought I Would Die’: Inside Myanmar’s Risky Pursuit of Jade

Jul 3, 2020 | Saw Nang and Richard C. Paddock, New York Times

Mr. Aung Kyaw Htay was one of hundreds of unauthorized jade pickers scavenging on the edges of the Wai Khar open-pit mine in Kachin State,…

China/Philippines/Vietnam/South China Sea: Vietnam, Philippines Denounce China Military Drills in Disputed Waters

Jul 2, 2020 | Phuong Nguyen and Neil Jerome Morales, Reuters

Vietnam and the Philippines on Thursday criticised China’s holding of military drills in a disputed part of the South China, warning it could create tension…

Unlocking the Biggest Resource We Have to Fight COVID-19 and Climate Change: Women in STEMM

Jul 2, 2020 | Anna Madlener and Natalie Unterstell

In times of the Covid-19 outbreak, social isolation is illuminating the gender gap perhaps like never before. Just count how many online “manels’’ (a panel…

Exploitation Of The Environment In War Or Armed Conflict Is Inevitable; Three Case Studies Including Gaza Strip, Yemen, And Iraq

Jul 2, 2020 | George Stacey

Any kind of war or armed conflict is a miserable thing as it kills numbers of innocent civilians. Conflict destroys communities, cultures, infrastructure, and most…

DRC: Report Accuses Israeli Mogul of Setting up Global Network to Launder DR Congo Money

Jul 2, 2020 | i24 News

An Israeli mining mogul set up a global money laundering network to work around American sanctions and extract mineral wealth from the Democratic Republic of…

Join Now: The Friends of CEOBS Community

Jul 2, 2020 | Conflict and Environment Observatory

The purpose of the voluntary Friends of CEOBS community is to increase CEOBS' technical capacity, and to give individuals an opportunity to become more involved…

Rwanda: How Rwanda’s New Export Certificate Will Curb Illegal Mineral Imports

Jul 1, 2020 | Ishioma Emi, Ventures

The Rwandan government recently launched a new mineral export certificate to curb the illegal smuggling of precious metals from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).…

Syria: A River of Toxic Waste Flows through Syria

Jul 1, 2020 | PAX

Rivers of crude oil and oil waste are flowing through northeast Syria, with no solution in sight for the thousands of people affected by the…

Climate Change, Disease and the Legitimacy of Armed Non-State Actors

Jul 1, 2020 | Farah Hegazi

To many, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic came as a surprise. It has placed enormous strain on governments to contain the spread of the…

Disasters Meet Political Unrest, Displacing Millions in East Africa

Jul 1, 2020 | Clémentine André, Ivana Hajzmanova, and Maria Teresa Miranda Espinosa

In recent weeks, our news channels have been flooded with stories about the Covid-19 pandemic, political and social unrest around the world, natural hazards upending…

Egypt/Ethiopia: Egypt, Ethiopia Discuss Nile Dam Dispute at UN Security Council

Jun 30, 2020 | James Bays, Al Jazeera

Egypt has told the United Nations it faces an existential threat, from a hydroelectric dam that Ethiopia is building on the Blue Nile River. Ethiopia…

Syria: US Troops 'Secure' Northeast Syria Oil, as Contamination from It Imperils Lives

Jun 30, 2020 | Dan Wilkofsky and Amberin Zaman, Al-Monitor

The Kurds of northeast Syria shot to global renown for their valiance against the Islamic State (IS). But today, they face a scourge that is potentially…

Juha Uitto

Director, Independent Evaluation Office
Global Environment Facility
United States

Jun 30, 2020

Juha Uitto is the Director of the Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) of the Global Environment Facility (GEF). His work focuses on global environmental and sustainable…

The Coffee Crisis in Colombia

Jun 30, 2020 | Yanis Iqbal

With the unabated march of the Covid-19 pandemic, the economic situation of Colombian coffee farmers is rapidly deteriorating. The price of Arabica coffee has reduced to an…

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

Jun 30, 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…