International
Ukraine: The Impact of Conflict in Ukraine on Global Food Security
Mar 3, 2022
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Gilbert F. Houngbo, International Fund for Agricultural Development
Conflict and hunger are closely intertwined -- when one escalates, the other usually follows. As in any crisis, it is the poorest and most vulnerable…
Climate Change: Ukraine Is a Climate Story. Because Everything Is a Climate Story
Mar 3, 2022
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Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times
You know that scene in “The Matrix” where Keanu Reeves is offered a choice between ignorance and truth, in the form of a blue pill…
Myanmar: Hundreds of Tonnes of Illegal Timber Seized in Arakan State Last Month
Mar 3, 2022
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Burma News International
More than 540 tonnes of illegal timber were seized in Arakan State in February, according to figures from the state’s Forest Department. Timber seizures were…
Ukraine: Ukraine Is in an Environmental Crisis Too
Mar 3, 2022
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Gregory Barber and Matt Simon, Wired
In the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, the ground has been behaving strangely. In some places, it is sinking; elsewhere it “heaves”—bulging upward, according to…
1000+ Environmental, Legal, and Peacebuilding Experts and Organizations Warn of Russian Invasion’s Environmental Costs
Mar 3, 2022
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Environmental Peacebuilding Association and the Center for International Environmental Law
Fire at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant, Other Environmental Impacts Could Magnify Impacts on Human Rights and LivesIn an urgent open letter, more than 900 international law, environment,…
Afghanistan/China: Eye on Lithium: China Chats with Taliban about Accessing Afghan Lithium, Core flies on Tesla Tieup
Mar 2, 2022
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Stockhead
The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) has tweeted that Chinese companies are looking access Afghanistan’s lithium and copper deposits. China has had their…
Egypt/Ethiopia/Sudan: With World Attention on Ukraine, Nile Dam Conflict Escalates
Mar 2, 2022
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Mohamed Saied, Al-Monitor
It seems international momentum to solve the dispute between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia over Addis Ababa's start of operation of its giant and controversial hydroelectric…
Ukraine: Environmental Organisations Call upon UN and Member States to Act on Ukraine
Mar 1, 2022
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PAX
The Russian invasion in Ukraine coincided with the start of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA) in Nairobi where Member States gather to discuss the world’s…
DRC: Chinese Company Removed as Operator of Cobalt Mine in Congo
Feb 28, 2022
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Eric Lipton and Dionne Searcey, New York Times
A court in the Democratic Republic of Congo has sidelined the Chinese owner of one of the world’s largest copper and cobalt mines, a major…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq's Kurdistan Region Presidency Rejects Federal Court's Oil and Gas Ruling
Feb 28, 2022
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Rowena Edwards, Reuters
The Kurdistan Region's presidency in Iraq rejected on Monday a federal court ruling on its oil and gas activities, and said the region would continue…
Colombia: Colombian Farmers and Exporters Are Worried about Russia's Exclusion from the Swift Network
Feb 27, 2022
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Diego Vargas Riaño, El Colombiano
The Colombian agricultural sector will be affected by the consequences of the military aggression perpetrated by Russia in Ukraine. One of the sector's biggest concerns…
DRC: DRC Signs Deal with Israeli Tycoon Gertler to Recover Mining Assets
Feb 27, 2022
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Patrick Ilunga, East African
The Democratic Republic of Congo has signed an “amicable agreement with the Ventura Group of Israeli businessman Dan Gertler” to end the legal dispute between…
Russia-Ukraine War: Russian Military Destroy Dam Built to Stop Water Flow to Crimea
Feb 27, 2022
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Asian News International and Sputnik
The concrete dam built by Ukraine in the Kherson region in 2014 to cut off the water supply to Crimea through the North Crimean Canal…
Ukraine/Russia: Caribbean Food Security Likely to Be Impacted by Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Feb 27, 2022
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Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes
As Russia began its invasion of neighboring Ukraine on February 24, the world watched— and reacted. On top of the deeply devastating human elements of…
Ukraine/Russia: Ukraine Crisis: War in World's Breadbasket Has Big Buyers Hunting for Wheat
Feb 26, 2022
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Áine Quinn and Megan Durisin, Bloomberg
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is threatening shockwaves through two of the world’s staple grain markets, prompting countries that rely on imports from the region to…
Egypt/Ethiopia/Sudan: Egypt, Sudan Call for Unity in Nile Water Use Dispute
Feb 26, 2022
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Mawahib Abdallatif and Bob Karashani, East African
Egypt and Sudan used Tuesday’s Nile Day meeting in Dar es Salaam to call for dialogue on the use of Nile waters, making a turn…
Iraq: Iraq Shuts down Two Oil Fields, Further Curtailing OPEC Output
Feb 26, 2022
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Khalid Al Ansary and Verity Ratcliffe, Bloomberg
Iraq stopped oil production from two southern fields with a combined capacity of almost half a million barrels a day. The shutdowns curtail the ability…
Ukraine: Chernobyl Isn't the Biggest Nuclear Risk. Ukraine's Active Nuclear Power Plants Are.
Feb 25, 2022
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Phil McCausland, NBC News
While much attention has been paid to Chernobyl this week as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, there is growing concern about the four active nuclear…
Ukraine: Conflicting Reports on Chernobyl Radiation after Russian Capture
Feb 25, 2022
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Al Jazeera
Radiation levels increased at the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, Ukraine authorities said on Friday, warning that the seizure of the nuclear plant by invading Russian troops…
Ukraine/Russia: How the Russia-Ukraine Conflict Could Drive up Food Prices in Africa
Feb 25, 2022
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Wandile Sihlobo, African Arguments
Wheat and other grains are back at the heart of geopolitics following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Both countries play a major role in the global…
Ukraine/Russia: Western Powers Condemn Russia at Environmental Summit
Feb 25, 2022
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John Geddie and Valerie Volcovici, Reuters
Ukraine has asked the United Nations to cease talks on a proposal by Russia at a high-level environmental summit in Kenya, citing Russia's invasion of…
Ukraine/Russia: War Comes to Chernobyl, Raising Nuclear Fears in Russia Invasion of Ukraine
Feb 24, 2022
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Alexander Nazaryan, Yahoo News
According to Ukrainian authorities, Russian forces have seized the Chernobyl nuclear reactor in northern Ukraine, where the world’s worst nuclear disaster took place in 1986…
Ukraine: Canal in Annexed Crimea to Be Readied for Water from Ukraine's Dnieper, Official Says
Feb 24, 2022
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Reuters
The governor of Russian-annexed Crimea said on Thursday he had ordered local authorities to prepare a water canal to receive water from the Ukrainian river…
Human-Animal Conflict: Aaranyak, WWF-India Install 7.5 km Long Solar-Powered Fence in Assam’s Udalguri
Feb 24, 2022
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Ne Now News
Assam’s human-elephant conflict is intensifying day by day, resulting in casualties on both sides. Property damage and crop damage are escalating in conflict zones across…
DRC: High Malnutrition among Artisanal Gold Miners in Eastern DR Congo
Feb 24, 2022
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Patrick Ilunga, East African
In Maniema, eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), gold deposits are plenty. But the deposits are being extracted by people who are…
Ukraine: War in Ukraine Has Implications for Arctic Co-Operation, Climate Change Research
Feb 24, 2022
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CBC News
Russia's invasion of Ukraine may seem half a world away, but it has implications for northerners and for circumpolar collaboration on important issues, including climate…
Ukraine: WFP Ready to Step in as Conflict Erupts
Feb 24, 2022
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Simona Beltrami, World Food Programme
As Ukraine descends into conflict, the World Food Programme (WFP) stands ready to deploy in support of affected populations. A first responder in humanitarian emergencies,…
Sudan/South Sudan: Oil Cooperation with South Sudan Could Alleviate Neighboring Sudanese Crisis
Feb 24, 2022
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Grace Goodrich, Energy Capital & Power
Exporting its crude via pipeline from Hegleig and Paloch to Khartoum and then to Port Sudan, South Sudan shares the same economic lifeblood as that…
Sudan/South Sudan: Local Leaders in Aweil Urge Dialogue in Twic-Abyei Land Dispute
Feb 24, 2022
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Sudan Tribune
Church and traditional leaders in South Sudan’s town of Aweil, Northern Bahr el Ghazal State, have called for dialogue to end the ongoing crisis between…
Ukraine: How a Russian Invasion of Ukraine, the ‘Breadbasket of Europe,’ Could Hit Supply Chains
Feb 23, 2022
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Weizhen Tan, CNBC
Oil and gas prices are set to spike further as the Russia-Ukraine crisis escalates, but the impact on energy won’t be the only ramification. From…