International
Israel/Palestine: Visualising How Israel Keeps Stealing Palestinian Land
Jul 11, 2024
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Mohammed Haddad, Al Jazeera
On July 2, Israeli authorities announced the largest single seizure in more than 30 years – 12.7sq km (4.9sq miles) in the Jordan Valley.
It was the latest…
Spain/Sierra Leone: Spanish Police Arrest "Blood Diamond Boss"
Jul 10, 2024
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John Jeffay, IDEX Online
Armed police in Spain have arrested a man allegedly responsible for trafficking blood diamonds from Sierra Leone to fund a rebel group behind the country's…
Colombia: Deforestation in Colombia Falls to Lowest Level in 23 Years
Jul 10, 2024
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Luke Taylor, The Guardian
Deforestation in Colombia fell sharply in 2023 to its lowest level in 23 years, the country’s environment ministry has said.The amount of forest loss fell…
NATO Releases 2024 Climate Change and Security Impact Assessment Report
Jul 9, 2024
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO released the Secretary General’s annual Climate Change and Security Impact Assessment on Tuesday (9 July 2024). It notes that accelerating climate change has “a…
South Sudan: No Oil, No Food: Damaged Pipeline Piles Misery on South Sudan
Jul 9, 2024
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Philip Buda Ladu, Barron's
At 75, Galiche Buwa has lived through civil wars, famine and natural disasters, but the South Sudanese widowed mother of four always managed to get…
The Gambia: Wildlife/Farmer Conflict in CRR Aggravates as Hippos Go on Rampage Again
Jul 8, 2024
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Momodou Justice Darboe, TheVoice
The long-standing conflict between farmers and hippopotamuses in the Gambia’s Central River Region (CRR) has rekindled in recent times as hippos ravaged rice fields and caused…
Arria-Formula Meeting: “Stepping up Preventive Action: From Environmental Challenges to Opportunities for Peace”
Jul 7, 2024
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Security Council Report
On Monday (8 July), Council members will convene for an Arria-formula meeting on “Stepping up Preventive Action: From Environmental Challenges to Opportunities for Peace”. Slovenia is organising…
Afghanistan: Appointing a Committee to Finalize the Five-Year Alternative Livelihood Plan for Poppy
Jul 7, 2024
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Afghan Voice Agency
Misbahuddin Mostain, the head of information and public awareness of the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock, in a conversation with the AVA reporter, said…
Interlinkages between Security and Climate Change Explored by OSCE Academy Alumni
Jul 5, 2024
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Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Alumni of the OSCE Academy in Bishkek discussed the principles of a well-governed security sector with a specific focus on climate change as a risk-multiplier…
South Sudan: Antelope Poaching on rise in South Sudan
Jun 29, 2024
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Associated Press
Seen from the air, they ripple across the landscape — a river of antelope racing across the vast grasslands of South Sudan in what conservationists…
South Sudan: Antelope Poaching on Rise in South Sudan
Jun 29, 2024
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Voice of America
Seen from the air, they ripple across the landscape — a river of antelope racing across the vast grasslands of South Sudan in what conservationists…
Women Lead Sustainable Livestock Farming near the Colombian Amazon Rainforest
Jun 28, 2024
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Sean Mattson
Women in Colombia’s Amazon Rainforest biome highly value trees on their small-scale livestock farms. Better integration of farmers' motivations to conserve the environment could support…
UN Action on Gender and Climate Faces Uphill Climb As Warming Hurts Women
Jun 28, 2024
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Daisy Clague
In poor households without taps, the responsibility for collecting water typically falls on women and girls. As climate change makes water scarcer and they have…
South Sudan: South Sudan Revenge Attack Sparked by Cattle Raid Kills 17
Jun 24, 2024
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Reuters
A revenge attack triggered by a cattle raid earlier this month has killed at least 17 people in northern South Sudan and forced oil workers…
Niger: Coup-Hit Niger Was Betting on a China-backed Oil Pipeline as a Lifeline. Then the Troubles Began
Jun 22, 2024
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Associated Press
A China-backed pipeline that would make Niger an oil-exporting country is being threatened by an internal security crisis and a diplomatic dispute with neighoring Benin,…
Afghanistan: Climate Change Impacting Eradicating of Poppy Cultivation
Jun 22, 2024
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TOLOnews
The Washington Post reported that climate change is a serious challenge to eradicating drug production in Afghanistan. According to the report, climate change has made…
South Sudan: Illegal Poaching Threatens to Wipe out South Sudan’s Elephants and Other Wildlife
Jun 21, 2024
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Patrick Oyet, Channel News Asia
Nimule is one of six national parks and more than 10 game reserves covering over 13 per cent of South Sudan’s terrain. Many of the…
As Climate Change and Conflict Increase, New IUCN Reports Says Conservationists Need to Better Consider How They Engage with Migration and Displacement of Both Human and Other Species
Jun 21, 2024
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International Union for Conservation of Nature
In a thought-provoking new report titled "Planet on the Move", IUCN’s Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP) underscores the need for a paradigm…
China/Philippines: ‘Only Pirates Do This’: Philippines Accuses China of Using Bladed Weapons in Major South China Sea Escalation
Jun 20, 2024
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CNN
The Philippines has accused China’s Coast Guard of launching a “brutal assault” with bladed weapons during a South China Sea clash earlier this week, a…
Afghanistan: Taliban Earn Nearly $90 Million from Mining, Oil Fields in Two Months
Jun 20, 2024
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Amu TV
In less than two months, the Taliban has generated nearly $90 million, equivalent to 63.9 billion Afghanis, from mining and oil field extractions in Afghanistan,…
Colombia: The Landmark Ruling against Chiquita Exposes the Failure of Voluntary “Corporate Social Responsibility”
Jun 20, 2024
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Manpreet Kaur Kalra and Anna Canning
Last week, Chiquita Brands International — one of the world’s largest banana distributors — was found liable in a Florida court for financing a Colombian paramilitary group. The ruling marks a landmark…
Colombia: Colombia Faces Severe Food Insecurity Due to Conflict, Extreme Weather Patterns
Jun 20, 2024
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StringersHub
More than 4.5 million people in Colombia are facing severe levels of food insecurity, particularly in rural areas, due to armed conflicts, low income and…
Forests: How Effective Is the EU’s Marquee Policy to Reduce the Illegal Timber Trade?
Jun 19, 2024
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Mike Gaworecki, Mongabay
It’s extremely difficult, perhaps impossible, to determine the full extent of the illicit production and trade of timber worldwide. Illegal loggers and the shadowy networks…
Israel/Palestine: Gaza Conflict Has Caused Major Environmental Damage, UN Says
Jun 18, 2024
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Gloria Dickie and Alison Withers, Reuters
The conflict in Gaza has created unprecedented soil, water and air pollution in the region, destroying sanitation systems and leaving tons of debris from explosive…
DRC: What $7 bn ‘Minerals-for-Infra’ Pact with China Could Mean for Democratic Republic of Congo
Jun 18, 2024
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Manavi Sharma, ThePrint
Ties are ‘extractive’ given vast cobalt reserves in DRC and China’s bid to leverage its ability to fund infra in one of world’s least developed…
Colombia: Desperate to Heal the Soil, Colombia’s Smallholder Farmers Go Regenerative
Jun 18, 2024
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Masha Hamilton, Rockefeller Foundation
Sugarcane now accounts for 88.5 percent of the permanent crops in this region. Monoculture crops, which cover some 80 percent of agricultural land globally, are…
Ukraine/Russia: Russia’s War with Ukraine Accelerating Global Climate Emergency, Report Shows
Jun 18, 2024
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Oluwole Ojewale, Institute for Security Studies
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is the world’s leading cobalt producer, contributing around 70% to global production. However, complex levels of organised crime…
Sudan: Water Crisis Batters War-Torn Sudan as Temperatures Soar
Jun 16, 2024
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Agence France-Presse
War, climate change and man-made shortages have brought Sudan — a nation already facing a litany of horrors — to the shores of a water…
Palestine: Palestinian Children Battle a Deadly Foe in Gaza — Starvation
Jun 14, 2024
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Corky Siemaszko and Courtney Kube, NBC News
Every morning, while the Israelis lay siege to Gaza, a battalion of Palestinian children carrying pots, plastic bottles, buckets and even empty paint cans mobilizes…
Israel/Palestine: UN: More Than Half of Cropland in Hungry Gaza Is Damaged
Jun 14, 2024
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Reuters
More than half of Gaza's agricultural land, crucial for feeding the war-ravaged territory's hungry population, has been degraded by conflict, satellite images analyzed by the…