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Climate Change: ‘We’re Not Going Fast Enough’: Sherri Goodman on Climate Change as Security Threat

Sep 23, 2024 | Jessica McKenzie, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

In September 1987, when Sherri Goodman joined the US Senate Committee on Armed Services, she was its youngest professional staff member and the only woman.…

Afghanistan: Forest on 3,500 Hectares of Khost Land Revived

Sep 22, 2024 | Mohammad Yousuf Mangal, Pajhwok Afghan News

Forest on 3,500 hectares land in southeastern Khost province has been revived with the support of some Non-Governmental Organization (NGOs), officials said.

Colombia: Sowing Peace, One Agribusiness at a Time: Colombian Farmers Reclaim their Land and Livelihoods

Sep 21, 2024 | Laura Quinones

The sun beats down on the fertile fields of Bolívar, Colombia, where lush green valleys stretch towards the distant Andes mountains. It's a picture of…

Colombia: Sowing Peace, One Agribusiness at a Time: Colombian Farmers Reclaim Their Land and Livelihoods

Sep 21, 2024 | Laura Quinones, UN

In the heart of Colombia, where the scars of conflict run deep, a remarkable transformation is taking place. Farmers, once displaced and dispossessed, are reclaiming…

Afghanistan: Mining Ministry Says Mafia Influence on Afghan Mines Has Been Curtailed

Sep 21, 2024 | TOLOnews

Officials from the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum stated on Saturday (September 21) during a presentation of their one-year performance report that the ministry has…

Liberia: WOCI and Partners Contribute to Responsible Agricultural Investment, Women and Youths Empowerment in Bomi County through Low Land Farming Initiative

Sep 20, 2024 | Francis Landford, Front Page Africa

In early March of this year, Women Care Initiative (WOCI) procured and supplied farming tools and seedings to 3 communities to carryout low land farming…

More Effective Aid by Design: Integrating Food, Climate and Peace

Sep 19, 2024 | Simone Bunse and Liliana Almeida

The number of people suffering acute food insecurity keeps rising. In 2023, nearly 282 million people in 59 countries experienced high levels of acute food…

Colombia: The Place of Agriculture in Peace

Sep 19, 2024 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN

Scattered throughout the territory about two hours south of Cartagena are small towns that border a network of marshlands. This intricate ecosystem of waterways and…

Sudan: Crisis in Sudan: War, Famine, and a Failing Global Response

Sep 19, 2024 | Mariel Ferragamo, Council on Foreign Relations

The conflict between the Sudanese army and a paramilitary group known as the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has engulfed the nation. No end is in…

Liberia: Liberia Forest Media Watch: A New Era for Forest Protection and Transparency

Sep 19, 2024 | FrontPage Africa

In a significant step toward enhancing forest governance and promoting sustainability, the Liberia Forest Media Watch (LFMW) convened its inaugural board meeting, bringing together key…

Myanmar: Will an EU Court Ruling Embolden Timber Traders to Sneak Illegal Timber in from Myanmar?

Sep 18, 2024 | Environmental Investigation Agency

A new ruling by the EU Court of Justice (CJEU) may partially undo earlier criminal convictions for importing teak from Myanmar in defiance of a…

Water, War, and Women in Gaza

Sep 18, 2024 | H. Patricia Hynes, Common Dreams

In late 2020, a report titled Saving Gaza Begins With Its Water stated:

The water crisis in Gaza is a problem of daunting proportions, with grave implications for…

Sarah Njeri

Lecturer
SOAS University of London
United Kingdom
Sep 17, 2024

Sarah Njeri is a lecturer at the department of development studies at SOAS University of London. Sarah’s journey into academia took a non-traditional route, starting…

Safeguarding Vulnerable Communities: Implementing Early Warning Systems in Conflict Zones

Sep 17, 2024 | CoE-EDP, VisionRI

The World Bank's latest report, "Early Warning Systems in Fragility, Conflict, and Violence-affected Settings: Shielding Communities from Natural Hazards Amid Compounded Crises," highlights the challenges…

Afghanistan: Geo Explainer: Why Does Afghanistan Have a High Risk of Natural Disasters?

Sep 17, 2024 | Geographical

For every one million inhabitants in Afghanistan, 1,150 people die each year. Of these deaths, 50 per cent are caused by national disasters. Only one…

Somalia: Climate Change Is Turbo-Charging Somalia’s Problems - but There's Still Hope

Sep 17, 2024 | Justin Rowlatt, BBC

Somalia may be one of the poorest countries in the world and beset by violence, but it is “fixable”, according to its top climate official.…

NOW LIVE: EnPAx MOOC on Environmental Security and Sustaining Peace

Sep 17, 2024 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association (EnPAx) and SDGAcademyX

EnPAx and SDGAcademyX are pleased to announce that our historic, popular course on Environmental Security and Sustaining Peace is now live.  This fifth iteration of…

War and Climate Change Intensify Global Water-Related Conflicts

Sep 16, 2024 | Neeraja Kulkarni

The Pacific Institute recently updated its Water Conflict Chronology—a database of water-conflict events that began to take form in the 1980s. The recent updates include…

Ukraine: US Senator Lindsey Graham: Ukraine Sits on ‘Trillion Dollars Worth of Minerals That Could Be Good for our Economy’

Sep 16, 2024 | Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy

US Senator Lindsey Graham has argued that Washington must support Ukraine because of its lucrative natural resources. During a visit to Kiev in September, Graham…

Kroc Institute Welcomes Five New Ph.D. Students, Names Fellowship Recipients

Sep 16, 2024 | Lisa Gallagher, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies

Five new students representing five different disciplines have arrived at the Kroc Institute this fall as part of its interdisciplinary doctoral program in peace studies.…

Africa: State of Africa’s Environment: Transboundary Tension

Sep 15, 2024 | DownToEarth

Africa is unique in terms of its transboundary water resources. Transboundary water (TBW) resources are especially important in Africa, where 63 international transboundary river basins…

Egypt/Ethiopia: Could Egypt and Ethiopia's Tensions Escalate into a War?

Sep 14, 2024 | Jennifer Holleis and David Ehl, Deutchse Welle

The ongoing dispute over Ethiopia's GERD dam could easily spill over to the Horn of Africa in light of two new deals that involve Egypt,…

Afghanistan: War, Deforestation, Flooding: In Afghanistan They Are All Linked

Sep 14, 2024 | Mariam Amini, Guardian

Afghanistan has always been prone to natural disasters. Among low-income nations, it ranked second in the number of deaths caused by them between 1980 and…

Afghanistan: Over 200 Mining Contracts Signed in Past Three Years

Sep 13, 2024 | TOLOnews

Some economic experts consider the standardized extraction of minerals within the country to be beneficial for Afghanistan's economic growth.

Egypt and Ethiopia Tussle at UN Security Council as Nile Dam Tensions Escalate

Sep 13, 2024 | Foundation for Defense of Democracies

As tensions escalate between Egypt and Ethiopia over the latest filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Ethiopian Foreign Minister Taye Atske-Selassie urged UN…

Climate Change: Inaugural NPS and Stanford Climate Security Fellows Answer the Nation’s Call

Sep 13, 2024 | United States Navy, Daniel Linehan

The Naval Postgraduate School and the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability joined forces through an Educational Partnership Agreement to understand and address the impacts of…

Conflict Minerals: UN Experts Call for Global System to Trace Critical Minerals

Sep 13, 2024 | Agence France-Presse

UN experts have called for the creation of a global system to trace the extraction and production of critical minerals that are needed in the…

Yemen: Can the World Stop a Massive Oil Spill in the Middle of a War Zone?

Sep 13, 2024 | Joshua Keating, Vox

Since it was attacked by Houthi rebels in Yemen three weeks ago, a tanker carrying roughly 1 million barrels of crude oil has been immobilized…

Special Envoy Warns Security Council of Escalation, Humanitarian Crisis and Threat of ‘Unprecedented’ Environmental Disaster in Yemen

Sep 12, 2024 | United Nations

Amid rising regional tensions, a national humanitarian crisis and a looming environmental disaster, all stakeholders must put Yemen first, the United Nations official charged with…

Sudan: Conflict, Access Constraints and Floods Undermine FAO Efforts to Support Agriculture and Food Security

Sep 12, 2024 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN

The spread of conflict, access challenges and widespread flooding are severely hampering the emergency response efforts of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United…