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Taking Action for a Flourishing Land: Latin American Voices Prioritize Climate Justice, Indigenous Rights, Gender Equality

Jul 4, 2023 | World Council of Churches

Seeking to join efforts with those committed to ensure a just and sustainable future for the continent, representatives from World Council of Churches (WCC) member…

Afghanistan: Iron Smelting Plant Opens in Kabul

Jul 4, 2023 | Habib Rahman Qooyash, TOLOnews

Some officials of the current Afghan government spoke at the factory's the opening ceremony about the Islamic Emirate leadership's unwavering support for all investors and…

The Geopolitics of Climate Change: China and the United States at the UN Security Council

Jul 4, 2023 | Homeland Security Today

Beijing has for years leveraged its status as a developing country in the Paris Agreement construct to avoid responsibility to reduce emissions as fast as…

DRC: US Measure Would Ban Products Containing Mineral Mined with Child Labor in Congo

Jul 3, 2023 | Taiwo Adebayo, Associated Press

A measure has been introduced in the U.S. House to ban imported products containing minerals critical to electric vehicle batteries but mined through child labor…

Afghanistan: How the Taliban Launched the ‘Most Successful Counter-Narcotics Effort in Human History’

Jul 3, 2023 | Samuel Lovett; Sarah Newey, and Ben Farmer, Telegraph

America’s “war on drugs,” launched by President Richard Nixon in 1971, raged for more than half a century but hardly put a dent in the…

Climate Change: Symposium Focuses on Practical Solutions for Climate Security Challenges

Jul 3, 2023 | United States Africa Command

The third Security Implications of Climate Change Symposium, organized by U.S. Africa Command (USAFRICOM) and the U.S. Institute for Peace (USIP) in concert with the…

DRC: Protecting Congo’s Forests: New Timber Parks Will Help Fight Illegal Logging

Jul 3, 2023 | Paolo Omar Cerutti and Silvia Ferrari, Conversation

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) joined the East African Community in 2022. This will offer the country, which has immense natural wealth, a huge…

Afghanistan: Clash over Water Injures 6 in Afghanistan

Jul 3, 2023 | Xinhua

A clash over water between two families in Afghanistan's eastern Kapisa province has left six persons injured, said a statement of provincial police department released…

Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana: Mainstreaming Gender in Climate Change Adaptation in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana

Jul 3, 2023 | UN Women

As the impacts of climate change intensify around the world, adaptation efforts are crucial to ensuring that communities, ecosystems and economies are able to survive.…

Ukraine/Russia: Russia Is Accused of ‘Ecocide’ in Ukraine. But What Does That Mean?

Jul 3, 2023 | Radina Gigova, CNN

On June 6, Ukraine suffered an environmental catastrophe. The collapse of the Kakhovka dam in the south of the country sent water thundering downstream, killing…

New Canal Threatens the Peace between the Taliban and Central Asia

Jul 3, 2023 | Bruce Pannier

When the Taliban entered Kabul in mid-August 2021, the Central Asian governments, with the exception of the Tajik government, simply continued, to the extent possible,…

What Is the EU's Joint Communication on Climate-Security Nexus All about?

Jul 3, 2023 | Olivia Lazard

Climate security is key to understanding instability and fragility in and outside Europe, and this agenda should be treated as the lens through which to…

The Impacts of Climate Change on South Asian Women

Jul 3, 2023 | Neha Madhira

Of the 750 million South Asians affected by at least one climate-related disaster in the last two decades, women have been disproportionately impacted. According to a recent report by…

Four Ways Women Can Help to End the Middle East's Water Crisis

Jul 3, 2023 | Sally Abi Khalil

Women In the Middle East and North Africa are too often seen as simply water consumers or as water managers just of their own households.…

The Climate-Gender Nexus

Jul 2, 2023 | Shruti Deora

Climate change is a global challenge that requires urgent action and innovative solutions. It is not just an environmental issue but also a social and economic…

South Sudan: South Sudan Alarmed by Rebel Threats to Disrupt Crude Oil Flow

Jul 1, 2023 | Fred Oluoch, East African

South Sudan is increasingly getting concerned that the continued conflict in the neighbouring Sudan will soon impact the transportation and revenue from oil, its economic…

Water: How Can We Avoid Water Wars?

Jul 1, 2023 | Akram Belkaïd, Le Monde diplomatique

Climate change could well lead to armed conflict over water resources among other things. As long ago as 1972, environmental activists interrupted the first Earth…

Water: Major Incidents of Water-Related Violence Since 2000s [Infographic]

Jul 1, 2023 | Cécile Marin, Le Monde diplomatique

The map shows only violent (resulting in deaths or injuries) or potentially violent incidents (verbal threats, military manoeuvres and demonstrations of force). Not shown are…

Iraq: Market Value of Iraq’s Natural Resources Surpasses $15 trillion

Jul 1, 2023 | Amr Salem, Iraqi News

The financial adviser to the Prime Minister, Mazhar Muhammad Salih, confirmed on Saturday that the market value of Iraq’s wealth exceeds $15 trillion, the Iraqi…

Afghanistan: Afghanistan Experiencing Most Devastating Impacts of Climate Change: Afghan Envoy in Geneva

Jun 30, 2023 | Asian News International

Afghanistan's envoy at the United Nations Human Rights Council meeting has said the country is experiencing the most devastating impacts of climate change, TOLO News reported.

Climate Security Is National Security

Jun 30, 2023 | Andrew Hoehn and Thom Shanker

The military does not have the luxury of debating climate change, a reality now adding a powerful, destabilizing force to fragile, unstable areas of the…

Understanding Climate-Related Risks for Early Warning, Prevention and Peacebuilding in the Middle East and North Africa Region

Jun 30, 2023 | Ginevra Cucinotta and Maylina St-Louis

Climate change is recognized as one of the greatest risks to global peace and security. In the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, the…