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Liberia: Weary of Logging Contracts, Locals Doubtful of Carbon Deal

Sep 19, 2023 | Emmanuel Sherman, Observer

Forest communities across the country have shown reluctance over Liberia’s negotiation with UAE-based Blue Carbon fearing it would fail them like logging contracts. Blue Carbon, owned by…

Breaking the Silos: A New U.S. Strategy Linking Gender Equality & Climate Action

Sep 18, 2023 | Aubrey R. Paris, US State Department

Advancing gender equality and women’s empowerment strengthens our ability to combat climate change, helping us to reduce emissions and build resilience.

Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq Increases Financial Support for Kurdish Autonomous Region

Sep 18, 2023 | Al Jazeera

Iraq’s federal government is giving the administration of the semi-autonomous northern Kurdish region more money to allow it to pay salaries. Sunday’s decision was announced…

Depleting Water Resources and Growing Risks of Water Wars

Sep 18, 2023 | Ahmad Ibrahim

Climate change, often regarded as byproduct of modern industrial society, has gradually transformed into a challenge with global ramification. The most concerning factor regarding climate…

Shifting the Climate Security Narrative: How the Department of Defense Can Lead

Sep 18, 2023 | Cara Condit

In 2021, US Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III referred to climate change as an “existential threat”—a term traditionally reserved for nuclear weapons. Yet two…

Now Accepting Submissions in English, French, and Spanish! Call for Abstracts: Third International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding [Deadline: October 2, 2023]

Sep 18, 2023 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

LATEST UPDATE: We are now accepting abstract submissions in English, French, and Spanish. Please note that the working language of the Conference is English. We…

USA: Program Coordinator

Sep 17, 2023 | Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security

OverviewGIWPS is seeking a Program Coordinator to play a key role in maintaining GIWPS’ respected and growing global convening platform that influences policy and advances progress for…

Multiple Locations: Women, Peace and Security Specialist – Talent Pool Building Exercise

Sep 17, 2023 | Committed to Good

Committed to Good: OverviewCTG staff and support humanitarian projects in fragile and conflict-affected countries around the world, providing a rapid and cost-effective service for development…

El Salvador: Climate Justice Advisor

Sep 17, 2023 | Oxfam-Quebec

This is a 12-month mandate in San Salvador, El Salvador. The mandate is under the Equality in Action Volunteer Cooperation Program (VCP), which takes place…

Mali: Policy Advisor, Women, Peace and Security

Sep 17, 2023 | United Nations Women

BackgroundUN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and…

Egypt: Women, Peace, Security and Humanitarian Advisor

Sep 17, 2023 | United Nations Women

Background Grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, UN Women works for the elimination of discrimination against women and…

Sweden: Research Assistant in the Climate Change and Risk Programme

Sep 17, 2023 | Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

SIPRI is an independent international institute whose core mission is to undertake research and activities on security, conflict and peace. Established in 1966, SIPRI provides…

Ukraine: Shelter & WASH Technical Assistant

Sep 17, 2023 | Norwegian Refugee Council

The Norwegian Refugee Council is a humanitarian, non-governmental organisation that protects the rights of people affected by displacement. All NRC employees are expected to work…

Ukraine: WASH Program Manager

Sep 17, 2023 | HEKS/EPER Swiss Church Aid

HEKS/EPER pursues the vision of a just world where the dignity of everyone is respected, peace reigns and the natural environment is conserved. In the…

South Sudan: National WASH Specialist

Sep 17, 2023 | Save the Children

South Sudan lags behind the rest of Sub-Saharan Africa in access to drinking water supply and sanitation services. Low levels of access to water supply,…

Syria: WASH Team Leader

Sep 17, 2023 | Oxfam

Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty.

The RoleOxfam {Syria} is looking for WASH TEAM LEADER To lead Oxfam Syria’s…

Central African Republic: WASH & Shelter Specialist

Sep 17, 2023 | Norwegian Refugee Council

CAR continues to face tremendous humanitarian needs due to years of conflict and instability.  In 2023, more than half of the population require humanitarian assistance…

Africa: Postdoctoral Fellow – Water, Conflicts and Resilience

Sep 17, 2023 | International Water Management Institute

The International Water Management Institute (IWMI), a CGIAR Research Center is seeking an innovative & multi skilled candidate to join as a Post Doctoral Fellow…

Yemen: WASH Specialist

Sep 17, 2023 | INTERSOS

INTERSOS is an independent humanitarian organization that assists the victims of natural disasters, armed conflicts and exclusion. Its activities are based on the principles of…

USA: Senior Program Officer (Climate, Environment, and Conflict)

Sep 17, 2023 | United States Institute of Peace

Peace is its commitment. The United States Institute of Peace represents the American people’s shared values and commitment to peace worldwide. USIP knows that Peace…

USA: Research Assistant, Climate, Environment, and Conflict

Sep 17, 2023 | United States Institute of Peace

Peace is its commitment. The United States Institute of Peace represents the American people's shared values and commitment to peace worldwide.  USIP knows that Peace…

Iraq/Kurdistan: Kurds Optimistic but No Quick Resolution in Baghdad Oil Dispute

Sep 16, 2023 | Selcan Hacaoglu, Bloomberg

Delegates from Iraqi Kurdistan expressed optimism after talks with Baghdad last week over resuming oil exports from the semi-autonomous region, but a top Kurdish official…

Afghanistan: The Wild, Green Shrub in Afghanistan That Is Dividing Drug Experts

Sep 16, 2023 | Lucy Cormack, Sydney Morning Herald

A wild, green shrub that has grown for centuries in the central mountains of Afghanistan is dividing international drug experts probing the embattled nation’s ballooning…

Shore up: Is climate crisis gender-neutral?

Sep 16, 2023 | Deccan Herald and Mallavica P Pillay

Bharathi, a 61-year-old woman, sustains herself by selling fish. She commences her day by waking up early, preparing food for her ill daughter, and diligently…

Egypt/Ethiopia/Sudan: Why Ethiopia’s $5 Billion Dam Has Riled Its Neighbors

Sep 15, 2023 | Fasika Tadesse and Michael Cohen, Bloomberg

Ethiopia has been at loggerheads with downstream neighbors Egypt and Sudan for years over a $5 billion mega-dam it’s built on the Nile River’s biggest…

Turkey: Turkey Appeals against Arbitration Ruling on Iraq and Kurdistan Oil Exports

Sep 15, 2023 | Ragip Soylu, Middle East Eye

Turkey has filed an application to the International Chamber of Commerce against Iraq to overturn an arbitration ruling which struck Ankara with a net $1.4bn…

Afghanistan: Value of Signed Contracts in Mining Sector Reaches Nearly $7 Billion

Sep 15, 2023 | Bibi Amina Hakimi, TOLOnews

The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MoMP) said that the value of contracts signed in the mining sector in the past two years has reached…

Afghanistan: In a First, Panjsher’s Emerald Sold at Home

Sep 15, 2023 | Emal Rahimi, Pajhwok

For the first time a 1,244 karat emerald stone discovered in central Panjsher province has been sold in the country.

Turkey: Turkiye Seeks to Overturn ICC Ruling on Iraq Pipeline Exports: Official

Sep 15, 2023 | The Cradle

Turkiye has appealed to the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) against Iraq to overturn the arbitration demanding that Ankara pay damages over its illegal oil…

Women's livelihoods in vulnerable coastlines

Sep 15, 2023

A social and environmental anthropologist, Dr. Megnaa Mehtta, is interested in exploring the values, mythologies and ideas of well-being in global conservation and political ecology.…