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Syrie/Turquie: La Guerre Oubliée de la Turquie contre les Kurdes Empoisonne les Sols de Syrie
Feb 4, 2024
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Lyse Mauvais et Solin Muhammed Amin, Reporterre
La Turquie a récemment mené plusieurs campagnes aériennes dévastatrices dans le nord-est de la Syrie. Bilan : de nombreuses victimes civiles, une pollution catastrophique et la destruction…
Nepal: IFC’s $56-million Investment in Global IME Bank to Bolster Gender and Climate Financing in Nepal
Feb 3, 2024
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My Republica
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is investing $56 million in Nepal's largest commercial bank, Global IME Bank Limited (GIBL), to support small businesses, including those…
Israel/Palestine: How Israel’s Flooding of Gaza’s Tunnels Will Impact Freshwater Supply
Feb 3, 2024
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Shola Lawal, Al Jazeera
Israel confirmed this week that its troops are pumping seawater into a network of tunnels in Gaza, a method environmentalists say could violate international law…
Afghanistan: MoI Creates Security Unit to Protect Forests
Feb 3, 2024
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Sohrab Sarwari, Pajhwok Afghan News
The Ministry of Interior (MoI) has created a security unit to protect the country’s forests, an official said on Saturday.
Bridging the Global Gender Chasm in 2024: Need For More Steam?
Feb 3, 2024
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Arundhatie B. Kundal
A sluggish global economy and growing geopolitical tensions compounded by a looming climate crisis have erected multiple roadblocks that have thwarted concerted efforts to bridge…
Nigeria: WASH Officer
Feb 3, 2024
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Danish Refugee Council
IntroductionThe Danish Refugee Council assists refugees and internally displaced persons across the globe: it provides emergency aid, fight for their rights, and strengthen their opportunity for…
Ethiopia: Consultancy – Technical Expert to Support International Alert Programming Under Water, Peace & Security Partnership
Feb 3, 2024
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International Alert
International Alert intends to engage a technical expert who will support the project implementation in Omo-Gibe Ethiopia, in collaboration with the project team in Nairobi…
Somalia: Consultancy Services for Somalia Green Climate Fund Funding Proposal Design Package
Feb 3, 2024
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Save the Children
Save the Children International is inviting submissions of Expression of Interest (EOI) from consultants, firms, or consortiums to undertake the development of the funding proposal…
Switzerland: Climate Change (CC), Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Anticipatory Action (AA) Specialist, Humanitarian Response Division (HRD), P4
Feb 3, 2024
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United Nations Population Fund
UNFPA is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is…
Yemen: Climate Change Consultant - Abyan
Feb 3, 2024
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Committed To Good
CTG staff and support humanitarian projects in fragile and conflict-affected countries around the world, providing a rapid and cost-effective service for development and humanitarian missions.…
Yemen: Climate Change Consultant - Shabwa
Feb 3, 2024
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Committed To Good
CTG staff and support humanitarian projects in fragile and conflict-affected countries around the world, providing a rapid and cost-effective service for development and humanitarian missions.…
Belgium: Researcher - Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence
Feb 3, 2024
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International Peace Information Service
International Peace Information Service (IPIS) is an independent research institute based in Antwerp (Belgium), providing governmental and non-governmental actors with information, analysis and policy advice…
Canada: Global Issues in Water and Environmental Health (Spring 2024) - Professor/Lecturer
Feb 3, 2024
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Wilfrid Laurier University
This course will introduce students to the water cycle, and current water issues. Discussion of issues is global in context and diverse in perspectives touching on both surface and…
South Sudan: WaSH Cluster Coordinator South Sudan
Feb 3, 2024
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Norwegian Refugee Council
The overall objective is to ensure the WASH Cluster is functionally achieving effective humanitarian coordination in the field of WASH response in South Sudan. The…
Germany: Call for Tender: Design and Facilitation of a Training Course on "Greening WASH"
Feb 3, 2024
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Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict
The Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV) is one of the leading academic institutions in Europe for teaching and research in the context…
Liberia: Meet the Woman on the Frontline of Conservation in Liberia
Feb 2, 2024
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Tina S. Mehnpaine
31-year-old Grace Zansi was obsessed with the rampant butchering of wildlife in her hometown, Beo Bongarplay, Nimba County.
“I felt bad when I saw people killing…
Colombia: Severe Drought in Colombia Threatens Crops, Livestock [Video]
Feb 2, 2024
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Reuters
Severe drought in Colombia wreaks havoc on its water resources, threatening agriculture, livestock, and the population, resulting in cracked soil and small mud islands in…
South Sudan: Land Dispute Clashes between South Sudan Herders Kill 39
Feb 2, 2024
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Waakhe Simon Wudu, Reuters
Fighting between herders from two neighbouring states in central South Sudan has killed at least 39 people, officials said, blaming the violence on protracted land…
Afghanistan: Taliban's Mining Illegitimate, Revenue Spending Unclear: Ashraf Ghani
Feb 2, 2024
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Khaama Press
Ashraf Ghani, former President of Afghanistan, says that mining extraction contracts handed over secretly by the Taliban lack international legitimacy. Mr. Ghani stated that it…
Pakistan: Solar Power Project in Nangarhar Irrigates 4,000 Hectares: Ministry
Feb 2, 2024
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Pakistan Observer
A solar power system was opened in Nangarhar to irrigate more than 4,000 hectares of land with a total cost of 143 million Afs. The…
India: 3,247 Murders in UP between 2017 and 2022 Triggered by Land Disputes: NCRB Data
Feb 2, 2024
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Hindustan Times
Malihabad incident shows failure of local administration in resolving a long pending dispute between two families, pointing to the existing corruption among lower-rung officials of…
Nigeria: Stakeholders Seek Alignment of Gender, Climate Change in Agric Policies
Feb 1, 2024
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Tina Abeku, Guardian
From Gaza to Sudan, Conflict Is Driving a Rise in Hunger Worldwide
Feb 1, 2024
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Dylan Scott
In 2015, the UN set the ambitious goal of eliminating world hunger by 2030. Over the last decade, though, all that progress has started to…
Water: A Platform for Peace in the Tides of War
Feb 1, 2024
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Ellen Pokorny, Cécile Pillon Hue, and Katie Goldie-Ryder
Sabotaging civilians' access to water during an armed conflict is a war crime that violates international humanitarian law. Yet, many belligerent forces resort to using…
NATO Climate Change and Security Centre of Excellence to Open in Montréal: What Does It Mean for Canadian Security?
Feb 1, 2024
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Ryan Atkinson
This year Montréal is set to become the home for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s new Climate Change and Security Centre of Excellence (CCASCOE). The…
Liberia: Landesa, Partners Rally Support for Inclusive Climate Action and Land Rights
Jan 31, 2024
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Gerald C. Koinyeneh, FrontPage Africa
Landesa, a global advocate for land rights and women’s empowerment, in collaboration with the Rights and Rice Foundation, has commenced a groundbreaking conference titled “Land…
Colombia: Colombia Wildfires Toll in Latin America: "9 Million at Risk of Environmental Displacement"
Jan 31, 2024
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Rocío Magnani, Latin Times
In the past week, amid what authorities have labeled as the hottest January in thirty years, Colombian firefighters are contending with extinguishing flames in forest…
International Banking Projects and Restoring the Lower Dnipro’s Ecosystems
Jan 31, 2024
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Oleksiy Vasyliuk and Eugene Simonov
International development banks are extremely important participants in Ukraine’s recovery. It is important for civil society to engage in dialogue with them, and banks must…
Call for Papers/Contributions: WUN Workshop
Jan 31, 2024
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Interdisciplinary Global Development Centre
Peasants, indigenous people and rural communities across the Global South have been at the forefront of mobilising against the fossil fuel industry, large-scale land acquisitions,…
Israel/Palestine: How War Destroyed Gaza’s Neighbourhoods – Visual Investigation
Jan 30, 2024
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Niels de Hoog, Antonio Voce, Elena Morresi, Manisha Ganguly, and Ashley Kirk, Guardian
A Guardian investigation has detailed the mass destruction of buildings and land in three neighbourhoods in Gaza.Using satellite imagery and open-source evidence, the investigation found…