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Afghanistan: CASA-1000 Project: A New Gateway for Energy Cooperation and Economic Growth in Afghanistan
Jun 7, 2026
Radio Television of Afghanistan
The Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat has announced that work on the strategic CASA-1000 power transmission project is progressing rapidly across three phases in different parts of…
South Asia's New Water Conflict Is over Data, Not Dams
Jun 6, 2026
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Saima Afzal
Today the challenge facing the treaty extends beyond water allocation itself. It concerns transparency, compliance and the growing strategic value of information in shared river…
UNCLOS Conciliation: Cambodia’s Path to Peace, Not Conflict
Jun 6, 2026
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Roth Santepheap
Cambodia’s decision to pursue compulsory conciliation under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea is not a move toward confrontation. It is a…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Energy Security, Illegal Weapons among Key Issues in Erbil-Baghdad Talks: Official
Jun 6, 2026
BasNews
The head of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) bloc in the Iraqi parliament said on Saturday that representatives of oil companies operating in the…
Climate Change: The Green Transition’s Dirty Secret: How Climate Projects Are Stripping Indigenous Land Rights
Jun 6, 2026
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Utkarsh Mishra
CounterCurrents
There is a version of the green transition that appears in corporate sustainability reports and climate conference presentations: renewable energy scaled at speed, forests preserved…
Water Wars Washing away South Asia’s Fragile Peace
Jun 5, 2026
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Jannatul Naym Pieal
Six decades of water cooperation are giving way to surging water nationalism — a shift that is fast weaponizing the region’s rivers.
Afghanistan: Afghanistan’s Community-Led Green Push Restores Forest Cover Lost to War [Video]
Jun 5, 2026
WION
On World Environment Day, a community-led reforestation initiative in Char Bagh village in northeastern Afghanistan highlights a powerful story of environmental recovery. After years of…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan Climate Crisis Deepens as Communities Scale up Environmental Action
Jun 5, 2026
UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan
As Afghanistan marks World Environment Day, communities across the country are grappling with intensifying climate and environmental challenges that are increasingly affecting livelihoods, food security,…
DRC/Uganda: A Disease of Deforestation: How Ebola Is Linked to the Smartphone in Your Pocket
Jun 5, 2026
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Sonia Shah
Guardian
As demand for cobalt, gold and other minerals grows, mining is accelerating deforestation in the Congo basin – and increasing the risk of deadly Ebola…
Environmental Security Means National Security. It Cannot Be Secured through Treaties Alone
Jun 4, 2026
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Aisha Khan
On every World Environment Day (June 5), nations pause to acknowledge a crisis that has been in the making for over half a century. For…
Disaster Risk Reduction during Armed Conflicts
Jun 4, 2026
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Rebekah Harries
Countries enduring conflict are hit harder and suffer more deaths when disasters such as storms and earthquakes strike. Rebekah Harries asks whether disaster risk reduction…
Afghanistan: Drought and Water Shortages Deepen Crisis in Rural Afghanistan [Video]
Jun 4, 2026
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Jack Barton
Al Jazeera
Afghanistan's worsening drought is pushing farmers and families to the brink in Herat province, where falling water tables have forced some to dig wells more…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan Signs 20-mln-USD Deal for Salt Mine Development
Jun 4, 2026
Xinhua
Afghanistan's Ministry of Mines and Petroleum signed a major contract on Thursday with a private company to develop the second block of the Namsar salt…
Afghanistan: From Poplars to Pistachios, Afghans Rediscover the Value of Trees
Jun 4, 2026
Agence France-Presse
Under the shade of recently planted poplars in northeastern Afghanistan, village leader Ghulam Ali Poya is proud to see residents rediscover the value of trees…
The Geopolitics of Geo-Engineering: Weather Warfare vs. Climate Security
Jun 3, 2026
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Nayef Al-Rodhan
What happens when the climate itself becomes a theatre of geopolitical competition? As climate instability deepens and rivalry between major powers intensifies, environmental systems are…
Water, Climate and Survival in Afghanistan: A Dossier of Reports on the Environment
Jun 3, 2026
Afghanistan Analysts Network
Two themes run through almost all the reports in this dossier – the climate crisis and water. Together, the reports in this dossier offer a…
Do Minefields Protect Wildlife? It’s Complicated.
Jun 3, 2026
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Franciany Braga-Pereira
By excluding people minefields can reduce pressure from human activities like hunting or development. With governments obliged to clear mines and explosive remnants of war,…
Geopark and Biosphere Programs Provide a Path for Peace in Hormuz
Jun 3, 2026
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Saleem H. Ali
The current conflict between Iran, Israel and the United States has unexpectedly become anchored in the Arabian/Persian Gulf, and most notably around the Straits of…
Afghanistan: Kabul Residents Voice Concerns over Drinking Water Shortage
Jun 2, 2026
TOLOnews
A number of Kabul residents have expressed concern over the shortage of drinking water, a challenge that has significantly disrupted their daily lives.
From Conflict to Coexistence: Climate, Peace, and Pakistan’s Diplomatic Role
Jun 1, 2026
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Shuja Ahmad
By integrating climate responsibility into its diplomacy, Pakistan can promote peace, strengthen its global standing, and advocate for environmental justice in an increasingly conflict-ridden world.
Liberia: LEITI, Stakeholders Renew Push for Extractive Sector Transparency
Jun 1, 2026
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Ishmael F. Menkor
Liberian Observer
The Liberia Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (LEITI) and its Multi-Stakeholder Group (MSG) have renewed their commitment to strengthening transparency, accountability, and good governance in Liberia’s…
Afghanistan: New Decree Gives Taliban Leader Final Say over Opponents’ Assets
Jun 1, 2026
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Ahmad Azizi
Amu TV
Taliban have issued a new law that grants their leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, the final authority over the return of assets belonging to individuals they classify…
Syria: The Ancient Flower That Survived Syria’s Wars Faces a New Threat
May 31, 2026
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Emily Garthwaite
Atmos
The Damascus rose has survived empire, crusade, and civil war. Now it faces a heating planet, and the question of who gets to claim it.
Norway/Russia: Norway-Russia Fish Pact Raises EU Security Concerns [Video]
May 28, 2026
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Marie Sina
Deutsche Welle
While much of Europe has cut its links to Russia, Norway's collaboration on cod with the country continues. The EU is concerned that the pact…
Sudan: Swedish Court to Rule in December on Oil Execs Accused in Sudan War Crimes Case [Video]
May 28, 2026
africanews
A Stockholm court on Thursday wrapped up hearings in the trial of two former oil executives accused of complicity in war crimes over their business…
The Pentagon Knows the True Threat of Climate Denialism. Too Bad It Can’t Do Anything about It.
May 27, 2026
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Charles P. Pierce
Newly uncovered documents reveal that the military very recently identified potentially dire geopolitical consequences of climate change. Then a climate denier moved into the Oval…
Climate Change: The Climate Security Threat: Pentagon War Games, European Political Risks, and Darfur Violence
May 27, 2026
National Security Archive
State Department intelligence analysts predicted widening political fissures in Europe and warned about the rise of populist and radical political parties in response to climate…
Iran/Israel/USA: US-Israel War on Iran Driving Historic Levels of Global Hunger, UN Says
May 27, 2026
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Julian Borger
Guardian
The continuing US-Israel war on Iran has compounded other global disasters to drive record numbers of people into hunger at a time when funding to…
Environmental Peacebuilding Is Dead. Long Live Climate Realism
May 26, 2026
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Carmit Lubanov
For decades, the standard textbook for Mediterranean environmental diplomacy was built on a comforting premise known as “environmental peacebuilding.” The theory promised that climate change…
Why Is ODI Global Researching Social Movements for Climate Justice in the Niger Delta?
May 26, 2026
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Caitlin Stronge and Isaac Asume Osuoka
Previous research at ODI Global has demonstrated the importance of grassroots social movements for achieving social and political change and argues that, if supported with…