International
UK: Northern Ireland’s Rural Women at ‘Disproportionate Risk’ from Climate Change Carbon Budgets, Warns Campaign Group
Nov 30, 2025
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Mark Robinson
MSN
Rural women in the north are among those that could facing a “disproportionate” impact from the government’s future carbon-cutting budgets, according to a campaign group.
It comes…
Sudan: Khartoum Residents under Threat from Environmental Hazards in War-Ravaged City [Video]
Nov 30, 2025
Africanews
It’s been six months since Sudan’s Armed forces retook the capital Khartoum. But two years of fighting has wrought untold devastation. Now, people returning to…
DRC/Rwanda: Apple Sued over Conflict Minerals Linked to DRC and Rwanda [Video]
Nov 29, 2025
CNBC-TV18
A US-based advocacy group has sued Apple, alleging the tech giant continues to use conflict-linked minerals from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda.…
Russia/Turkey: Mystery Fire: Two Russian Shadow Fleet Tankers Catch Fire in Black Sea Near Turkey
Nov 29, 2025
Mathrubhumi
Two oil tankers linked to Russia’s shadow fleet caught fire in the Black Sea near Turkey on 28 November 2025, triggering rescue operations and raising…
Climate Change: Africa Confronts Climate–Security Crisis with Call for Peace-Resilient Action
Nov 28, 2025
Devdiscourse
Climate change is no longer just an environmental crisis in Africa—it is a driver of conflict, forced displacement, and growing insecurity across the continent.
Iraq: Weaponising Energy: Khor Mor Attacks Expose Iraq’s Power Struggles
Nov 28, 2025
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Amena Bakr
The National
This week, the Khor Mor gasfield in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq was struck once again in a rocket attack. The explosion triggered an immediate…
Iraq: Drone Strike Hits Iraq Gas Complex, Cuts Supply
Nov 27, 2025
Agence France-Presse
A drone strike on Wednesday targeted a gas complex in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, disrupting the gas supply to the region's power plants, local authorities…
Myanmar: From Forest to Farm: The Changing Landscape of Myanmar’s Rural Communities
Nov 27, 2025
Myanmar Digital News
As forests disappear, farmland grows. In many rural areas, people clear trees to plant crops like rice, corn, sesame, and rubber. Farming is important for…
Tajikistan: Drone Strike Kills 3 Chinese Engineers in Tajikistan: Mystery Deepens as Taliban Denies Role, Blames Pak-based Terror Group for Gold Miners’ Deaths
Nov 27, 2025
Bhaskar English
Three Chinese engineers were killed in a drone attack on a gold mine in Tajikistan's Khatlon Province on November 26. Tajikistan claimed the drone flew…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Baghdad Says Ready to Help Repair Kurdistan’s Key Gas Field Following Attack
Nov 27, 2025
Rudaw
The federal oil ministry is ready to help the Kurdistan Region’s authorities to repair damages at a key gas field following a drone attack, said…
Climate Change: CGIAR Climate Security Team Pilots a New Research Approach for the Development of Nature-Based Solutions in Fragile Settings
Nov 27, 2025
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Ibukun Taiwo
CGIAR
Responding to complex crises requires new systemic research approaches that help identify entry points for programmes that can simultaneously address risks of different nature while…
Climate Change: AfDB Scales Climate Investment to Address Security Threats
Nov 27, 2025
News Ghana
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is intensifying investments to tackle the intersection of climate change and security risks across Africa, where nine of the world’s…
Afghanistan: Hope Flows: Clean Water Transforms Lives in Helmand Province
Nov 26, 2025
UN High Commissioner for Refugees
To address this critical need, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, with the generous support of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), implemented the construction of…
Liberia: SDI Trains Customary Land and Forest Governance Bodies in Maryland, River Cess and River Gee
Nov 26, 2025
FrontPage Africa
The Sustainable Development Institute (SDI) through its Community Land Protection Program (CLPP) is conducting a two-week long capacity building training for 103 chairpersons, co-chairpersons, secretaries,…
Conflict Minerals: Kimberley Process Conflict Diamond Redefinition Fails to Reach Dubai Consensus
Nov 26, 2025
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Muflih Hidayat
Discovery Alert
Global commodity markets increasingly confront governance challenges that transcend traditional regulatory frameworks. The diamond industry exemplifies this tension, where certification systems developed decades ago struggle…
DRC: US Group Sues Apple over Congo Conflict Minerals
Nov 26, 2025
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Maxwell Akalaare Adombila and David Lewis
Reuters
A US-based advocacy group has filed a lawsuit in Washington accusing Apple of using minerals linked to conflict and human rights abuses in the Democratic…
Event Summary: Berlin Climate and Security Conference 2025 (BCSC 2025)
Nov 26, 2025
Climate Diplomacy
The seventh Berlin Climate and Security Conference (BCSC) 2025 explored how to navigate climate, conflict, and cooperation in a turbulent era, highlighting the urgency of…
Iraq: Drone Strike Shuts Down Iraq's Khor Mor Gasfield, Causing Widespread Blackouts
Nov 26, 2025
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Aveen Karim
The National
A drone strike hit the major Khor Mor gasfield in the Kurdistan region of Iraq on Wednesday night, halting all supplies to power stations and…
Sudan/South Sudan: UN Renews Peacekeeping Mandate in Abyei as Border Tensions Rise
Nov 26, 2025
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Jenna Stanco
Organization for World Peace
The United Nations Security Council voted on November 14 to renew the mandate of the U.N. Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) for another year,…
Liberia: Investigation Reveals Top Chocolate Brands Fueling Liberian Deforestation Crisis
Nov 25, 2025
Global Witness
Some of the world’s most famous chocolate bars, including Mars, KitKat and Cadbury Dairy Milk, are at high risk of containing cocoa grown on recently…
Iraq: Iraq Bets on Tourism to Reduce Oil Dependence
Nov 25, 2025
Xinhua
Iraq aims to raise cultural tourism revenue to 30 percent of its state budget to diversify an economy that currently relies on oil for 95…
Rwanda: Women at the Heart of TREPA’s Land Restoration in Rwanda’s Eastern Province
Nov 24, 2025
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Jean Claude Habimana
IUCN
In Rwanda’s Eastern Province, women and girls were limited to contributing to landscape restoration and environmental conservation, while men often took on roles such as…
DRC: Chinese-Owned Mining Firm Reports M23 Gold Looting, Forced Expulsions and Infrastructure Destruction in South Kivu
Nov 24, 2025
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
Twangiza Mining said Monday that M23 rebels occupying its gold concession in the Democratic Republic of Congo have looted at least 500 kilogrammes of bullion…
Afghanistan: UNICEF: Prolonged Drought Depriving Families and Children of Safe Drinking Water
Nov 23, 2025
Hasht-e-Subh Daily
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says that Afghanistan’s prolonged drought could deprive countless families and children of access to safe drinking water.
Climate Change: Translating Climate, Peace, Security and Displacement Research into Policy and Action
Nov 21, 2025
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Ibukun Taiwo
CGIAR
Three years ago, the CGIAR Climate Security team of the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT established the Southern Africa Regional Hub, based in Pretoria,…
Sudan: Contested Corridors: The Illicit Transnational Supply Chains Sustaining Sudan’s Conflict
Nov 20, 2025
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Ruben De Koning
Global Initiative
In late October 2025, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary organization fighting for control of Sudan, captured the city of El Fasher, in Darfur,…
Sudan: Sudan Has Vast Oil, Gold and Agricultural Resources. Who Controls Them?
Nov 20, 2025
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Mohamed A. Hussein and Marium Ali
Al Jazeera
Sudan’s civil war, now in its third year, has pitted the army against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in a devastating struggle for power.
Ukraine/Russia: Ukraine Prepares First Environmental War Damage Claim in History against Russia for 237 Million Tons of CO2 Emissions
Nov 20, 2025
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Olena Mukhina
Euromaidan Press
The Ukrainian government plans to demand nearly $44 billion in compensation from Moscow for environmental damage caused by CO2 emissions and the destruction of nature, Reuters…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan’s Relentless Drought: Farmers on the Brink of Bankruptcy and an Unprecedented Livelihood Crisis
Nov 20, 2025
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Avizha Khorshid
Hasht-e-Subh Daily
Farmers in Afghanistan are complaining about declining water levels and a worsening drought. They stress that water scarcity has caused an unprecedented drop in yields,…
Sudan/South Sudan: South Sudan Resumes Oil Exports after Drone Attack in Neighboring Sudan
Nov 19, 2025
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Deng Machol
Associated Press
South Sudan has resumed transporting and exporting crude oil after drone attacks on two key oil installations in neighboring Sudan forced an emergency shutdown of…