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Mozambique: Climate Resilient Development Specialist
Aug 5, 2022
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Aga Khan Foundation
The Aga Khan Foundation (AKF), alongside its sister AKDN agencies, has implemented innovative, community-driven solutions to development challenges for over 50 years. It brings together…
Russia’s Invasion Is Putting the Future of Ukraine’s Forests at Risk
Aug 5, 2022
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Yehor Hrynyk
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has sparked Europe’s largest armed conflict since WWII and inflicted catastrophic damage on the continent’s largest nation. In addition to…
Niger, Benin: Peace Advisor for the Civil Peace Service (CPS) in Renewable Natural Resource Governance
Aug 5, 2022
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Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
For more than 50 years, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), as a company of the German Federal Government, has been supporting the implementation…
Colombia: How Colombia's Conflict Intensified Violence Against Women and the LGBTQI+ Community
Aug 4, 2022
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Insight Crime
The testimonies of women and LGBTQI+ persons in Colombia have revealed the disproportionate violence they suffered during the country's armed conflict, warning of the cycles…
Senior Researcher, Climate Risk and Human Security
Aug 4, 2022
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Institute for Security Studies
The Institute for Security Studies is an African non-profit organisation with offices in South Africa, Kenya, Ethiopia and Senegal. Our work covers transnational crimes, migration,…
The ILC Draft Principles on the Protection of the Environment in Armed Conflict
Aug 4, 2022
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Stavros Pantazopoulos
After almost a decade working on the topic “Protection of the environment in relation to armed conflicts” (PERAC), the UN International Law Commission (ILC) adopted…
Closing the Gender Gap to Build Forward Better
Aug 3, 2022
Drinkable, usable water is very rare in cyclone-affected areas. One has to walk long distances to reach just a little bit of potted water. Otherwise…
Afghanistan: The Taliban’s Black Gold: Militants Seize on Coal to Reboot Economy
Aug 3, 2022
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Financial Times
To reboot the economic system, the Taliban have aggressively elevated coal exports, brushing apart environmental and moral considerations in a bid to spice up, management…
Policy Dialogue on the Role of Women in Peacebuilding and Reconciliation in Ethiopia
Aug 3, 2022
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UNDP
UNDP and the Ministry of Women and Social Affairs (MoWSA) organised a one-day national-level policy dialogue in July 2022 to provide a platform for key…
Liberia: Liberia's Cocoa Sector Gets Big Boost as Regional Collaboration Gears to Overcome Binding Constraints on Growth
Aug 3, 2022
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J.H. Webster Clayeh, FrontPage Africa
As part of efforts to improve cocoa production in Liberia; the African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) in collaboration with Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) has…
UK: PhD on Climate Crisis & Genocide Prevention
Aug 2, 2022
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University of Exeter and University of Queensland
The University of Exeter and the University of Queensland are seeking exceptional students to join a world-leading, cross-continental research team tackling major challenges facing the…
Colombia: Colombia Enlists Ripple Labs to Put Land Deeds on Blockchain
Aug 2, 2022
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Crypto News BTC
Colombia’s authorities has launched a partnership with Ripple Labs, the corporate behind the cryptocurrency XRP, to place land titles on the blockchain, a part of…
Green Peace: How Israel and Its Neighbors Are Fighting to Save the Environment Together
Aug 1, 2022
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Chaim Lax
In Israel, the government has taken the danger of global warming seriously, with the Defense Ministry developing contingency plans for dealing with future heat waves and former…
Women are Turning the Tide on Climate Policy Worldwide, and May Launch a New Era for Australia
Aug 1, 2022
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Jacqueline Peel, Annabelle Workman, Kathryn Bowen, and Rebekkah Markey-Towler
When the new federal parliament opened last week, a record number of female politicians took their seats: 38% in the House of Representatives and 57% in the…
Land Reform and Peacebuilding in Côte d’Ivoire: Strange Bedfellows?
Jul 31, 2022
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Matthew Mitchell
Though often seen as critical for promoting economic development, land reform is a deeply political process. Considering the symbolic and material significance of land to…
Request for Proposals: The Implications of Climate and Environmental Change on Migration and Displacement (Sectoral and Country Analyses)
Jul 31, 2022
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United States Institute of Peace
USIP is a national, nonpartisan, independent institute, founded by Congress and dedicated to the proposition that a world without violent conflict is possible, practical, and…
Ukraine/Russia/Sudan: Russia Is Plundering Gold in Sudan to Boost Putin's War Effort in Ukraine
Jul 29, 2022
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Nima Elbagir, Barbara Arvanitidis, Tamara Qiblawi, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Mohammed Abo Al Gheit, and Darya Tarasova, CNN
Days after Moscow launched its bloody war on Ukraine, a Russian cargo plane stood on a Khartoum runway, a strip of tarmac surrounded by red-orange…
This Is What Happens When You Treat Fossil Fuels as a National Security Issue
Jul 28, 2022
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Conflict and Environment Observatory
The Manchin climate compromise continues the worrisome trend of treating oil and gas infrastructure as a security necessity—even though they endanger more than they protect.
Sustainable Recovery? First Sustain Interest in Ukraine’s Environment
Jul 28, 2022
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Doug Weir
The environmental dimensions of all armed conflicts are becoming ever more visible. There are a number of reasons for this: improved access to earth observation…
Climate Security: A New Kind of Enemy
Jul 28, 2022
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Wes Martin
Climate change poses a drastic rebalancing of geopolitics, ushering in an era of “climate security”. The world’s militaries will face new challenges as these conditions precipitate. The…
Women Entrepreneurs in Africa Face More Climate Risks Than Their Male Peers
Jul 28, 2022
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Kate Gannon
The world’s climate is changing. All of us will ultimately be affected by climatic shifts – but some will be hit harder than others.
On the African…
DRC: DR Congo Launches Controversial Auction for Oil and Gas Blocks
Jul 28, 2022
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Agence France Presse
The Democratic Republic of Congo Thursday launched a controversial auction of 30 oil and gas blocks, despite warnings that drilling in the country's rainforests and…
The Congo, Its Minerals and Its Tribalism
Jul 27, 2022
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Jonathan Power
When the United Nations pulled its troops out of the Congo, a country the size of Western Europe, in June 1964, Secretary General U Thant…
Jamaica Launches Gender and Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan
Jul 27, 2022
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Santana Salmon, Caribbean National Weekly
Jamaica has launched a gender and climate change strategy and action plan (GCCSAP) that it says has been developed and guided by a national gender…
Afghanistan: The Trans-Afghan Railway Line: Back on Track?
Jul 26, 2022
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Sophia Nina Burna-Asefi, Diplomat
The Trans-Afghan railway project is gathering momentum as Uzbekistan seeks access to Pakistan’s ports. But can the project overcome security, geographic, and financial hurdles?
Beyond a “Threat Multiplier”: Exploring Links between Climate Change and Security
Jul 26, 2022
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Farah Hegazi, Elise Remling, Kyungmee Kim, and Simone Bunse
The idea implicit in the term “threat multiplier” is straightforward: climate change can exacerbate security threats. Yet this formulation puts the emphasis squarely on climate…
We Can’t Fight Climate Change Without Fighting for Gender Equity
Jul 26, 2022
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Jamie L. Gloor, Eugenia Bajet Mestre, Corinne Post, and Winfried Ruigrok
As the climate crisis becomes increasingly urgent, organizations around the world have begun investing in a wide array of environmental sustainability initiatives. Some of these…
CAR: Come Follow the Redwood Trees – Tracking Wagner’s Forestry Business in CAR
Jul 26, 2022
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All Eyes on Wagner
Alongside the European Investigative Collaborations network, the authors have identified a new company specialised in the timber business in the Central African Republic related to…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Investigations Underway after Missile Attack on Oil Field in Iraqi Kurdistan
Jul 26, 2022
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Morningstar
Investigations are under way after a rocket attack on the Khor Mor gas field in the Chamchamal district of Slemani in Iraqi Kurdistan on Monday…
Ukraine: Hundreds of Professionals Gather to Discuss Violence Against Women in Conflict-Affected Ukraine
Jul 26, 2022
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Council of Europe
On 21 July 2022, five hundred and twenty professionals who provide services to victims of violence against women, and ensure coordination of these services, participated in a one-day…