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DRC: EU Bids to Give Substance to Critical Minerals Partnership with DR Congo
Apr 15, 2024
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Africa Intelligence
European Union officials are completing a visit to the DR Congo capital Kinshasa that began in early April to discuss the follow-up to the strategic…
Water Wars: Chinese Fishermen Drown Following Chase Near Taiwan-Controlled Island
Apr 15, 2024
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Aaron Baum, Teresa Chen, Alana Nance, Nikhita Salgame, and Ania Zolyniak
On Feb. 14, two Chinese fishermen fleeing Taiwan’s coast guard drowned off the coast of Kinmen archipelago, also known as the Quemoy. The Kinmen archipelago…
Beyond Complicity, Obstruction and Geopolitics: Military Forces and Climate Security
Apr 15, 2024
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Anselm Vogler
The contentious and ambiguous entanglement that military forces have with their natural environment inevitably sparkles public interest and academic research. So how does the existing…
Energy Crisis and Women: Darkness is not impartial
Apr 15, 2024
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Alina H. Fuentes
On March 17, citizen protests were registered in various parts of Cuba, mainly in Santiago, Matanzas and Bayamo. The images documented a significant participation of women, some…
Haiti: Country Director
Apr 14, 2024
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Concern Worldwide
Concern Worldwide is a key humanitarian INGO in Haiti. It started working in Haiti in 1994 in response to hurricane Gordon. Since then Concern has…
Türkiye: Climate-Smart Agriculture Curriculum Development and Knowledge Exchange - Consultant
Apr 14, 2024
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International Rescue Committee
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated…
Nigeria: WASH Coordinator - Nigeria Monguno
Apr 14, 2024
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Norwegian Refugee Council
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. We work in crises across more than 31 countries, providing…
Ukraine: Program Manager WASH & Shelter (m/f) - Kharkiv
Apr 14, 2024
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Solidarités International
Solidarités International (SI) is an international humanitarian aid association which, since more than 40 years, has been providing assistance to populations affected by armed conflicts and natural…
Sudan: Program Manager WASH (m/f) - El Fasher
Apr 14, 2024
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Solidarités International
Solidarités International (SI) is an international humanitarian aid association which, since more than 40 years, has been providing assistance to populations affected by armed conflicts and natural…
DRC: Water Systems Infrastrucure and Performance Manager - USAID’S Sustainable Water and Sanitation Systems Activity
Apr 14, 2024
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Mercy Corps
Mercy Corps is powered by the belief that a better world is possible. To do this, Mercy Corps knows its teams do their best work…
Ukraine: Water and Habitat Engineer – Odesa
Apr 14, 2024
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International Committee of the Red Cross
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is an impartial, neutral, and independent organization whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives and dignity…
Somalia: Somalia Nationals: WASH Officer
Apr 14, 2024
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Danish Refugee Council
DRC has been operating in Somalia since 1998 using the protection of human rights framework. Somalia is experiencing a devastating humanitarian crisis, with nearly 80%…
Israel/Palestine: Consultant: Programme Officer - Head of Resilience, Food Systems and Climate, Palestine, Jerusalem (832419)
Apr 14, 2024
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World Food Programme
The United Nations World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero…
Somalia: Local Recruitment: Consultancy for Somalia Urban Water Services
Apr 13, 2024
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World Bank
The Government of the Federal Republic of Somalia has received funds from the World Bank towards financing of the Horn of Africa – Ground Water…
Ukraine: Flames of War: How Ukraine Lost over 1,000 Square Kilometers of Forest
Apr 12, 2024
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Oleksiy Vasyliuk, Hrihory Kolomitsev and Viktor Parkhomenko, Ukraine War Environmental Consequences Work Group
Forest fires are one of the most tangible and long-lasting consequences of military action, both in nature conservation and economic terms. When the Russian army…
Enrollment for Limited-Capacity Sessions at the Third International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding (OPEN NOW)
Apr 12, 2024
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Environmental Peacebuilding Association
Enrollment in limited-capacity sessions is now open!
The vast majority of sessions at the Third International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding are open to all to attend. …
The Climate Crisis is Not Gender Neutral
Apr 10, 2024
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Soumya Swaminathan, The Hindu
While climate action requires 100% involvement of the population, at the same time, empowering women would mean better climate solutions.
‘Huge Blind Spot’: The 19th’s Jessica Kutz on Covering the Gender-Climate Connection
Apr 10, 2024
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Columbia Journalism Review
Jessica Kutz spends a lot of time explaining her beat to others. Kutz is the gender, climate, and sustainability reporter at The 19th, a nonprofit publication…
Gabon/Republic of Congo: New Study Confirms FSC-Certified Forests Help Wildlife Thrive in the Congo Basin
Apr 10, 2024
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Wildlife Conservation Society
A new study reveals compelling evidence that forests certified by the Forest Stewardship Council®(FSC®) in Gabon and the Republic of Congo harbour a higher abundance of larger…
Afghanistan/India: Taliban to Return Land to Hindu, Sikh Minorities in Afghanistan: Report
Apr 10, 2024
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AsiaNet News
The Taliban administration in Afghanistan is taking steps to return private land to Hindu and Sikh minorities in a move seen as a positive gesture…
Climate Change: The “Geopolitics of Climate Change and Conflict” Series: A Summary
Apr 10, 2024
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International Crisis Group
The International Crisis Group’s Solutions Lab hosted a year-long series of virtual convenings on the geopolitics of climate change and conflict, in partnership with Stiftung…
Advancing the Rights of Girls and Women Promotes Justice and Is Also Effective Climate Action
Apr 10, 2024
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Philanthropy News Digest
Across the world, climate change disproportionately impacts the lives of girls, yet children are often forgotten in climate policy. I recently led a team of…
Terrorism Is Declining around Lake Chad, but the War Is Not Won
Apr 10, 2024
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Adam Abass
The Lake Chad region, which once grabbed international headlines as a stronghold of jihadist terrorism, has witnessed a gradual decrease in the presence of terrorist…
Don’t Forget Women in New UN Climate Fund, Policymakers Urged
Apr 9, 2024
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Eco-Business
The loss and damage fund’s success hinges on women’s participation and recognising their uneven climate burden, rights groups say.
Don’t Forget Women in New UN Climate Fund, Policymakers Urged
Apr 9, 2024
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Eco-Business
The loss and damage fund’s success hinges on women’s participation and recognising their uneven climate burden, rights groups say.
Vanuatu Advances Gender-Responsive Climate Resilience: Progress and Commitments Highlighted Ahead of UN Reporting Deadline
Apr 9, 2024
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UNDP
Vanuatu is advancing in its commitment to make sure its climate action initiatives are gender-inclusive and equitable for all, prioritizing the principle of leaving no…
Swiss Women Win Landmark Climate Case at Europe Top Human Rights Court
Apr 9, 2024
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Gloria Dickie, Kate Abnett and Christian Levaux
Europe's top human rights court ruled on Tuesday that the Swiss government had violated the human rights of its citizens by failing to do enough…
Conflict Minerals: UN Renews Support for Kimberley Process
Apr 9, 2024
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John Jeffay, IDEX
The United Nations has renewed its support for the Kimberley Process (KP), which has been outlawing blood diamonds since 2003. Its General Assembly of 193…
Sandeshkhali: How Adapting to Ecological Distress Led to Landgrabs, Abuse and Economic Oppression
Apr 9, 2024
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Ambar Kumar Ghosh and Sayanangshu Modak
India’s recent political controversy in Sandeshkhali, West Bengal, highlights how adaptation to deal with rising salinity can go badly wrong: alleged landgrabs, economic oppression, and abuse. As the…
Australian and UK Defence Commit to Joint Action on Climate
Apr 8, 2024
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Afeeya Akhand
The development of an Australia-UK joint climate action plan as part of AUKMIN’s defence and security pillar foregrounds the important role of the two countries’…