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Violence Increases with Climate Change

Feb 6, 2020 | Jenessa Duncombe, American Goephysical Union

Climate change and environmental degradation are driving up violence against women and standing in the way of sustainable goals, according to a new report released…

World's Oceans Would Be Devastated by Nuclear War: Report

Feb 6, 2020 | Graham Slaughter, CTVNews.ca

Nuclear war anywhere on Earth could irrevocably harm the planet’s oceans and worsen the already bleak outlook for coral reefs, according to a new study.…

Myanmar: Beneficial-Owner Database Lauded Despite Some Weaknesses

Feb 6, 2020 | Thompson Chau, Myanmar Times

Owners of major businesses or their close relatives who hold prominent public positions have so far not declared themselves as such, according to a Myanmar Times…

Afghanistan/Iran: God, Gas and Heroin. Now, the Fight’s over Water

Feb 6, 2020 | Stefanie Glinski, LA Times

Men across this windblown, lawless desert have fought over opium, God and gasoline, but now a wheat farmer with a shovel and a rifle, senses…

Conflict Minerals: Apple Removed 18 Smelters and Refiners in 2019 for Flouting Conflict Mineral Code of Conduct

Feb 6, 2020 | Mikey Campbell, Appleinsider

Apple in a report on mineral sourcing issued Thursday said 18 smelters and refiners that were not willing to participate in third-party audits were removed…

Bridging the Gap of Women’s Role in the Peace and Security Agenda

Feb 4, 2020 | African Union

As the African Union (AU) dedicates year 2020 to accelerate action and efforts towards ending all wars, civil conflicts, gender-based violence and prevention of genocide,…

Egypt/Ethiopia: As the Risk of a ‘Water War’ Fades, Is It Too Late to Save the Nile?

Feb 4, 2020 | Peter Schwartzstein, World Politics Review

Ask the farmers, fishermen or anyone else who depends on the Nile River for their livelihood, and they’ll tell you this isn’t the same Nile…

Conflict Minerals: The Battle for Stronger EU Conflict Minerals Legislation

Feb 4, 2020 | John Williams, Global Mining Review

The EU's new conflict minerals regulation is due to come into force on 1 January 2021, almost 4 years after the text of the legislation…

Climate Change: The US Navy Quietly Shut down Its Task Force on Climate Change

Feb 3, 2020 | Union of Concerned Scientists

The US Navy has dismantled its Task Force on Climate Change, which was designed to use the best available science to prepare naval leadership for…

Mining: Gold Production Decline; Sierra Leone Smuggling: Mining Update

Feb 3, 2020 | Felix Njini, Michael Cohen, and Michael Kavanagh, Bloomberg

Global gold production is likely to keep falling. Sierra Leone’s government has deployed mine monitors and is considering using drones to try and stop the…

Iraq: Suspicious Oil Deals Dissipate Iraq’s Resources

Feb 2, 2020 | Arab Weekly

Analysts said they deplored the decision by the resigning Iraqi government to adopt suspicious deals that waste the country’s oil wealth. The move, an apparent…

Study: Climate Challenges Linked to Gender-Based Violence

Jan 31, 2020 | Africa Times

Climate change and related environmental challenges are implicated in gender-based violence and discrimination, notably in sub-Saharan Africa’s fishing and timber industries, according to a new…

Myanmar: Myanmar Earns US$310 M from Fishery Exports in 2020

Jan 31, 2020 | Eleven

Myanmar earned about US$310 million from fishery export from October 1 to January 17 in this fiscal year and it is more US$45 million compared…

Kyrgyzstan: From Where I Stand: “Expanding Economic Opportunities of Women is Key to Ensure Safety and Prosperity”

Jan 30, 2020 | UN Women

Kursanali kyzy Begimai, 24, is the leader of a self-help group in a village on the disputed Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan border. Running a profitable agro-business and conflict-resolution…

DRC: Congo Moves to Monopolise about 25 Percent of All Cobalt Exports

Jan 30, 2020 | William Clowes and Michael J. Kavanagh, Bloomberg

The Democratic Republic of Congo created a state monopoly for hand-mined cobalt as the government tries to exert more market control on the battery material.…

New Study Details Overlooked Link Between Climate Breakdown and Violence Against Women

Jan 29, 2020 | Julia Conley, Common Dreams

Women are often the "first to be targeted" when environmental shocks threaten natural resources, international conservation group says.

Colombia: Pablo Escobar's Hippos Have Become an Invasive Species in Colombia

Jan 29, 2020 | Alison DeNisco Rayome, CNET

In the early 1980s, infamous drug lord Pablo Escobar created a family zoo full of exotic animals in Colombia, including rhinos, giraffes, zebras and hippos.…

DRC: DRC Inks Deal to Refurbish Old Mpiana-Mwanga Hydropower Station

Jan 29, 2020 | Construction Review Online

The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo has signed an agreement with AVZ Minerals to investigate a potential refurbishment of the old Mpiana-Mwanga hydropower…

Liberia: NGO to Assist Citizens Protect Their Land from Government Officials, Companies in Bomi

Jan 29, 2020 | Lennart Dodoo, FrontPage Africa

A nongovernmental organization, Sustainable Development Institute (SDI), has begun working with local people in Bomi to empower them resist a wave of land grab in…

Climate Breakdown 'Is Increasing Violence Against Women'

Jan 29, 2020 | Fiona Harvey, The Guardian

Climate breakdown and the global crisis of environmental degradation are increasing violence against women and girls, while gender-based exploitation is in turn hampering our ability…

Guatemala: Indigenous Women's Agro-Ecology Is Healing Guatemala's Landscape

Jan 29, 2020 | Andrew J. Wight, Sojourners

RABINAL, BAJA VERAPAZ, GUATEMALA – The massive, white Catholic Cathedral of Rabinal, commissioned by Dominican friar Bartolomé de las Casas, who arrived in Guatemala's central…

'Join Foces in Defense of Life, Territory and our Womanhood!' Statement Signed by Indigenous Women of the World, Present at COP 25

Jan 28, 2020 | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change