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Colombia: Fight for Survival as Environmental Defenders Targeted in Colombia
Oct 22, 2024
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LatinAmerican Post
Since 2016, 248 environmental defenders have been murdered in Colombia, with the vast majority being Indigenous, Afro-descendant, and rural community leaders. These activists face extreme…
Beyond Food Security: The Potential Gendered Consequences of Food Aid
Oct 21, 2024
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Caroline Delgado and Simone Bunse
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
In conflict-affected humanitarian settings where there are high levels of food insecurity, women and men face distinct challenges that can deeply affect gender relations. The same…
Girls' Climate Change Advocacy Network Launched in Visayas in Celebration of International Day of the Girl
Oct 21, 2024
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Plan International
A new network of young female climate change advocates launched in Visayas on Friday, October 11, in time for the International Day of the Girl.
The…
How Biodiversity Loss Affects Women, and How to Turn the Tide
Oct 21, 2024
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UN Women
The triple planetary crisis—biodiversity loss, climate change, and pollution—is putting lives and livelihoods at risk, and altering all life on Earth.
Increases in temperatures and pollution…
DRC: Rural Women Empowerment in Eastern DRC Through the Beans Value Chain
Oct 21, 2024
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Bola Amoke Awotide, Julie Ntamwinja, and Lucky Kalisya
On International Rural Women's Day (October 15, 2024), the 'Beans for Women Empowerment' project (B4WE) celebrates the resilience, strength, and contributions of rural women across…
Vietnam: Fueling Change: How Women are Leading Viet Nam’s Just Energy Transition
Oct 21, 2024
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UN Women
In Viet Nam, climate change is causing storms, floods, and droughts to occur more often and with greater intensity. Dang Thi Nga, a member of…
Colombia’s Call for Peace with Nature
Oct 21, 2024
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Catalina Gutiérrez Chacón
The United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP16) that convenes this week in Cali, Colombia, will have “Peace with Nature” as its main theme. Although this motto,…
Environmental Peacebuilding in Protracted Refugee Situations: From Conflict to Cooperation
Oct 21, 2024
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Tom Cavanagh
In 2024, the global refugee crisis has reached unprecedented levels, with over 120 million people forcibly displaced as a result of violence and conflict. Many…
Climate Security and Geopolitics
Oct 21, 2024
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Project Syndicate
Being especially vulnerable to climate change, the Global South is open to receiving financial, technical, and other forms of support from wherever they can get…
Colombia: Colombia's Fight against Deforestation Is Hampered by Deeply-Rooted Challenges
Oct 21, 2024
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Marie Delcas, Le Monde
Colombia, where the COP16 on biodiversity opened on October 21, has lost six million hectares of forest since 1990. The government is fighting both deforestation…
Colombia: From Coca Fields to Eco-Tourism: Colombian Farmers Embrace Green Pivot
Oct 21, 2024
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Reuters
In the heart of the Colombian jungle, farmers have traded coca production and deforestation for tourism, which provides work for hundreds of locals. Tourists can…
DRC: M23 Rebels Seize Kalembe: The Struggle for Congo's Riches
Oct 21, 2024
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Devdiscourse
The M23 rebel group has captured the town of Kalembe in eastern Congo, intensifying its insurgency. Accusations of Rwanda's support continue as the group reportedly…
Liberia: Group Formed to Tackle Land Conflicts
Oct 21, 2024
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Esau J. Farr, Observer
Communities in rural Liberia seek a customary deed to their ancestral lands but are plagued by boundary disputes. Now, a new group, the Southeast Regional…
South Sudan: How Conservation Is Helping Bring Peace to Conflict-Affected South Sudan
Oct 21, 2024
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Fauna & Flora
Fauna & Flora’s long-term vision for conservation in South Sudan is to ensure there is a network of functioning protected areas that will safeguard crucial…
Climate Change: Conflict, Climate Change, and Instability Drive Migration Worldwide. Health Care Organizations Adapt in Real Time.
Oct 21, 2024
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Talya Meyers, DirectRelief
The world is increasingly on the move, with growing numbers of people displaced from their homes or leaving their countries of origin. These shifts in…
Peace through Nature – Five Ways in Which Conservation Helps Prevent and Reduce Conflict
Oct 21, 2024
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Fauna & Flora
Fauna & Flora has been magnetically drawn to many of the world’s conflict zones. The reason is simple: biodiversity is at its most vulnerable in…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan Gets Access to 900 MW Electricity: Energy Minister
Oct 20, 2024
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Safiya Begum, Munsif Daily
The Afghan caretaker government’s acting Energy and Water Minister Abdul Latif Mansoor has said that his war-torn country has access to 900 Megawatts of electricity…
Finland/Ukraine: Finland and Ukraine Strengthen Environmental and Energy Cooperation as Part of Sustainable Reconstruction of Ukraine
Oct 19, 2024
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Finnish Ministry of the Environment
Finland promotes Environmental Security in war-ravaged Ukraine. Minister of Climate and the Environment of Finland Kai Mykkänen and Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources…
Ukraine: Current Losses to Ukrainian Ecosystems Estimated at USD 65 Billion: Prime Minister at Environmental Security Conference
Oct 19, 2024
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Government of Ukraine
Russia’s war against Ukraine has caused widespread ecological destruction, resulting in unprecedented pollution, ecosystem disruption and damage to biodiversity not only in Ukraine but around…
Ukraine: Environmental Security: The Sixth Conference in Continuation of the First Peace Summit Was Held in Helsinki
Oct 19, 2024
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President of Ukraine
Head of the Office of the President Andriy Yermak took part in a thematic conference dedicated to the eighth point of the Peace Formula, Environmental…
Ukraine: Damage to Ukrainian Ecosystems from War Reached USD 65 Billion - Shmyhal
Oct 19, 2024
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Ukrinform
Russia's war against Ukraine has caused large-scale environmental destruction, leading to unprecedented environmental pollution - damage to Ukrainian ecosystems is estimated at USD 65 billion.
Afghanistan: Kabir: Islamic Emirate Pursuing Energy Self-Sufficiency
Oct 18, 2024
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Liluma Qadiry, TOLOnews
Mawlawi Abdul Kabir, the deputy prime minister for political affairs, said during the inauguration of a commercial market in Kabul on Thursday that the Islamic…
Colombia: Colombian Coca Leaf Farming Hit Two-Decade High in 2023, UN Says
Oct 18, 2024
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Luis Jaime Acosta, Reuters
Colombian land dedicated to the cultivation of coca leaves, a raw ingredient for cocaine, jumped 10% last year to reach the largest area in over…
Community Stability in the Aftermath of Climate-Related Disasters: Integrating WPS and DRR for Better Outcomes
Oct 18, 2024
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Maryruth Belsey Priebe
In September 2024, heavy monsoon rains caused severe flooding in several states of India where the intense rainfall damaged infrastructure and agricultural land, which exacerbated…
Pollution From World’s Militaries in Spotlight at UN Summit
Oct 17, 2024
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Ken McLaughlin, The War Horse
Should the world’s militaries be required to report the amount of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases they release into the atmosphere? The coalition launched…
Ukraine: Japanese Drones to Look for Land Mines in Ukraine
Oct 17, 2024
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Takuya Michiue, Nikkei
A Japanese industrial drone manufacturer is launching a business to use its products to detect land mines that have proliferated in Ukraine following Russia's invasion,…
South Sudan: A Broken Oil Pipeline Plunges South Sudan’s Capital into Chaos
Oct 17, 2024
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Okech Francis and Simon Marks, Bloomberg
The scene of urban decay is just the tip of a catastrophic economic breakdown in the country since a pipeline carrying oil that accounts for…
Kenya: Gender and Land Tenure Specialist
Oct 17, 2024
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Landesa
Grounded in the knowledge that having legal rights to land is a foundation for prosperity and opportunity, Landesa partners with governments and local organizations to…
Why Climate Security Needs a Superhero – Its Name, Is Foresight
Oct 16, 2024
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Jennifer Hotsko
Climate security refers to the ways in which climate change exacerbates existing social, economic, and political vulnerabilities, potentially leading to conflict and instability. It turns…
Securing a Climate for Peace, Grounded in Local Reality
Oct 16, 2024
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Juliane Schillinger
“Climate security” is defined by the UN as the impacts of climate change on peace and security, especially in areas that are already fragile or…