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Issue #242 – Apr 18, 2023 |
AnnouncementsApril 13, 2023 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association and Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies at Leiden University The Environmental Peacebuilding Association (EnPAx) is delighted to announce that the Third International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding will be held in The Hague, Netherlands, from 19th- 21st June 2024, convened in partnership with… |
EventsFor more upcoming events on environmental peacebuilding, please visit our online calendar of events.
May 17, 2023
Environmental Peacebuilding Association
New Tools for Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) of Environmental Peacebuilding
May 4, 2023
Environmental Law Institute, Environmental Peacebuilding Association, and Alliance for Peacebuilding
Addressing the Converging Risks of Climate, Insecurity, and Migration in Central America
April 28, 2023 - 2023-04-28
Wilson Center
Thematic Review on Climate Security and Peacebuilding 2023
April 25, 2023
UN Peacebuilding Fund
Climate Conflicts & Environmental Peacebuilding: Intersectional Approaches
April 25, 2023
Inclusive National Security
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LibraryIn the last two weeks, 18 new publications were added to our online library of materials on environmental peacebuilding. Here is a sampling of the new additions: Conflict Prevention, Climate Change, and Why Ghana Matters Now
January 1, 2023 | Anastasia Strouboulis, Erol Yayboke, and Abigail Edwards
Briefing Paper on Nuclear Weapons, the Environment, and the Climate Crisis
January 1, 2023
India's Lithium Resources Highlight Conflict Risks around Critical Minerals
January 1, 2023 | Tom Ellison
January 1, 2023 | Sayed Qudrat Hashimy
Confict and Cooperation in Aras International Rivers Basin: Status, Trend, and Future
January 1, 2023 | Mohammadreza Hajihoseini, Saeid Morid, Samad Emamgholizadeh, Bahram Amirahmadian, Emad Mahjoobi, and Houshang Gholami
January 1, 2023 | Daniel Amoak, Gabrielle Bruser, Roger Antabe, Yujiro Sano, and Isaac Luignaah
Thematic Review on Climate-Security and Peacebuilding
January 1, 2023 | Erica Gaston, Oliver Brown, Nadwa al-Dawsari, Cristal Downing, Adam Day, and Raphael Bodewig
Cascading Climate Effects in the Middle East and North Africa: Adapting through Inclusive Governance
January 1, 2022 | Frederic Wehrey and Ninar Fawal
Renewing Global Climate Change Action for Fragile and Developing Countries
January 1, 2022 | Landry Signé and Ahmadou Aly Mbaye
Transboundary Cooperation in the Post-Cold War Era: Spatial Patterns and the Role of Proximity
January 1, 2022 | Ziming Yan, Xiaojuan Qiu, Debin Du, and Seamus Grimes
Climate Change a "Top Tier Threat" in the 2022 U.S. National Security Strategy
January 1, 2022 | Sherri Goodman, Holly Kaufman, and Pauline Baudu
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JobsPlease visit our jobs page to view these positions and other job opportunities. Switzerland: Senior Programme Manager (m/f/d) Environmental Peacebuilding in the Lake Chad Region April 17, 2023 | TrustWorks Global TrustWorks enables public and private actors – including companies, investors, governments and global institutions – to operate in Fragile and Conflict-affected Settings (FCS) in a manner that is responsible, collaborative and innovative.Afghanistan: A Food Security - Livelihood and Disaster Risk Reduction Coordinator April 13, 2023 | Action Against Hunger Created in 1979, Action contre la Faim is a non-governmental organization that fights against hunger.Belgium: Climate Justice and Peace Coordinator April 13, 2023 | Quaker Council for European Affairs The Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA) is seeking to recruit Climate Justice and Peace Coordinator who will help QCEA develop and implement a climate justice and peace strategy in line with its…Ukraine: Ukraine Nationals: WASH Specialist April 13, 2023 | United Nations Children's Fund UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.April 13, 2023 | UN High Commissioner for Refugees The WASH Officer will be responsible for provision of professional technical support and guidance on activities within the areas of Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH) in the locations within the Areas of Responsibility…Afghanistan: Local Recruitment: CLTS Facilitator April 13, 2023 | 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.April 13, 2023 | United Nations Children's Fund UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential. |
International NewsIn the last two weeks, 19 international news items on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. The following is a sampling: Iraq: Climate-Stressed Iraq Must Pursue 'Green Growth': World Bank December 13, 2022 | Agence France-Presse Iraq, a top oil exporter battered by climate change impacts, must diversify its economy and pursue a "greener growth model", the World Bank said Tuesday.Colombia: Minister: Powerful Political Forces Have Blocked Land Reform in Colombia December 13, 2022 | Jaime Ortega Carrascal, La Prensa Latina Colombia’s inequitable land distribution is a problem as old as the country itself and has persisted due to the efforts of powerful political forces to maintain the status quo, Agriculture and Rural Development…Colombia: ‘Panic’ Sets in as Armed Groups Occupy, Deforest Colombian National Park December 12, 2022 | Astrid Arellano, Mongabay Once covering an expanse of more than 2,140 square kilometers (826 square miles) of the Colombian Amazon Rainforest, Tinigua National Natural Park has lost 29% of its forests over the past 20 years.Liberia: LEITI Calls For Concerted Efforts to Fight Corruption in Liberia’s Extractive Sector December 12, 2022 | FrontPage Africa As the World celebrates Anti-Corruption Day today, December 9, 2022, the Liberia Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (LEITI) is calling on all Liberians to unconditionally participate in the fight against the menace of corruption…Afghanistan: Afghanistan's Farmers and Traders Struggle to Sell Saffron [Video] December 12, 2022 | Pavni Mittal, Al Jazeera Farmers and traders in Afghanistan are struggling to find international buyers for their saffron. The spice is a major source of income and farmers say output has increased significantly this year.Liberia: Businesswoman Vows to Stop Illegal Logging, but… December 7, 2022 | Emmanuel Sherman, The DayLight Binta Bility, a businesswoman whose illegal logging activities were first exposed two months ago, has promised to work in the confines of forestry laws and regulations.DRC: DRC Accuses M23 Rebels of Plotting to Exploit Minerals for Export to Rwanda December 6, 2022 | Samuel Amanya, Uganda Radio Network Coltan is a dull black metallic ore which is refined into tantalum powder which is used to make heat-resistant capacitors for mobile phones, computers, automotive electronics, and cameras.Liberia: Lawmaker Accused of Depleting Forest Reserves for Personal Gains December 5, 2022 | Obediah Johnson, FrontPage Africa Multiple documents in the possession of FrontPage Africa have revealed the clandestine transfer of shares and depleting of a reserved forest belonging to citizens of Tartweh and Drapoh communities in lower Tartweh Chiefdom,…Afghanistan: Ministry Reviewing Proposals for Mine Extraction December 5, 2022 | Bibi Amina Hakimi, TOLOnews The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum is considering the proposals submitted by companies for the extraction of eight major mines in the western provinces of Ghor and Herat.ASEAN Launches Plan to Promote Women’s Security in Southeast Asia December 5, 2022 | UN Women Phnom Penh, Cambodia — Today, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), in partnership with the U. S. |
Blogs & OpinionIn the last two weeks, 5 blogs & opinion pieces on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. Conservation, Conflict, and Peace – Lessons Learned and Strategies for Success April 17, 2023 | Nora Moraga-Lewy Conservation – protecting nature for people and climate – often implicitly involves the transformation of relationships between people, land, and resources.Militaries, Metals, and Mining April 17, 2023 | Fabian Villalobos and Morgan Bazilian Today, the U. S. aerospace and defense industries still need access to critical minerals. Yet securing them today may be an even more complex task—one that requires more than deploying audacious subterfuge.How Critical Technology Minerals Are Fuelling Conflict in DR Congo April 7, 2023 | George Wachira The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is a leading global source of critical “technology” minerals.Tracking Conflict and Cooperation over the World’s International Freshwater Resources March 20, 2023 | Alexandra Caplan, Melissa McCracken, Susanne Schmeier, Zoe Rosenblum, and Aaron Wolf Waters that cross international political borders can drive the countries that share them to conflict—or encourage cooperation between them.Arms Are Not Enough: Solutions for the Sahel Must Consider Climate February 17, 2023 | Sinéad Barry On February 25, Nigeria will begin voting for its new president in one of the most tightly fought elections in decades. |
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Compiled by Carrie Hanks, Liz Hessami, Alreem Kamal, Diana Quevedo, Major Stevens, Leslie Terrones, Diego Toledo, Sarah Xu, Leela Yadav, and Julie Yoon |
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