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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…
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.
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…
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…
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?
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…
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…
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…
Call for Articles: Write for Conflict Trends
Jul 25, 2022
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African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes
The African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD) is presently soliciting contributions for the second 2022 Issue of Conflict Trends (CT 2022, Issue…
Myanmar: National Consultant on Disaster Risk Reduction
Jul 25, 2022
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UNDP
The United Nations Development Programme is a United Nations organization tasked with helping countries eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth and human development.
UNDP’s Enabling…
DRC: Community Accountability & Social Inclusion Manager – USAID’s Sustainable Water and Sanitation Systems Activity
Jul 25, 2022
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Mercy Corps
Mercy Corps is powered by the belief that a better world is possible. To do this, we know our teams do their best work when…
Kenya or Uganda: Global Climate and Environmental Mitigation Advisor
Jul 25, 2022
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Danish Refugee Council
Founded in 1956, the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is Denmark's largest, and a leading international NGO - one of the few with a specific expertise in forced displacement. In…
USA: Climate Finance and Fragility (Short-Term Consultancy)
Jul 25, 2022
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World Bank
The World Bank Group is the biggest multilateral funder of climate investments in developing countries. And we intend to go further in helping countries reduce poverty and rise…
South Sudan: Project Manager
Jul 25, 2022
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Fauna & Flora International
Fauna & Flora International (FFI) is the world’s oldest international wildlife conservation organisation. We have been quietly shaping and influencing conservation practice since our foundation in 1903. Our focus…
DRC: Chief of Party - USAID’s Sustainable Water and Sanitation Systems Activity
Jul 25, 2022
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Mercy Corps
Mercy Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better world is possible. In disaster, in hardship, in more than 40…
Belgium: Senior Climate & Environmental Peacemaking Advisor
Jul 25, 2022
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European Institute of Peace
The European Institute of Peace designs and delivers sustainable peace processes and agreements. It provides practical experience, technical expertise and policy advice on conflict resolution.
The European…
DRC: Project Director, Maiko Landscape
Jul 25, 2022
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Fauna & Flora International
Fauna & Flora International (FFI) is the world’s oldest international wildlife conservation organisation. We have been quietly shaping and influencing conservation practice since our foundation in 1903. Our focus…
Belgium: Programme Manager, Environmental Peacemaking Programme
Jul 25, 2022
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European Institute of Peace
The European Institute of Peace designs and delivers sustainable peace processes and agreements. It provides practical experience, technical expertise and policy advice on conflict resolution.
The European…
Why Climate Change Disproportionally Impacts Women
Jul 25, 2022
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Demetria Dickinson
A number of recent studies show that the negative effects of climate change fall disproportionately on women, caused by and compounding long-standing effects of sexism…
Colombia: Tensions between Indigenous and Plantation Owners in Southwest Colombia
Jul 25, 2022
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Adriaan Alsema, Colombia Reports
President-elect Gustavo Petro called on Colombia’s sugar association and indigenous to negotiate the use of land in the southwest Of the country. The Nasa people…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq Needs Oil and Gas and Revenue-Sharing Laws: PM Barzani
Jul 24, 2022
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Dler S. Mohammed, Kurdistan 24
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani stressed that Iraq requires oil and gas and revenue-sharing laws during his meeting with the Speaker of the Iraqi…
Colombia: Petro Calls for Dialogues to Analyze Land Problems in Cauca
Jul 23, 2022
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California18
The president elect Gustavo Petro spoke after the recent disturbances of public order that occurred after the irregular occupation of sugar mill properties in the…
Call for Tenders: Environmental Peacebuilding
Jul 22, 2022
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forumZFD
The Academy for Conflict Transformation, a department of the Forum Civil Peace Service (forumZFD), is looking for a facilitator to conduct an online training on…
Call for Submissions: International Science Prize 2023: Climate Change and Conflicts
Jul 22, 2022
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Hans Günter Brauch Foundation for Peace and Ecology in the Anthropocene
The Hans Günter Brauch Foundation (HGBS) supports two prizes on peace, ecology and the Anthropocene and of linkages between these themes. The annual International Science…
Liberia: Liberia’s Forest Communities to Take Driver’s Seat in Management and Conservation of Natural Resources in New Project
Jul 22, 2022
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Global News Network
The Forestry Development Authority together with the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on 22 July 2022 ,launched a…
Apply Now for the "Gender, Conflict, and Peacebuilding" Course
Jul 21, 2022
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Swisspeace and the University of Basel
This course examines the relationship between gender, violent conflict, and peacebuilding. Participants will consider how war and militarism are highly gendered phenomena that impact men…
Ukraine’s Critical Minerals and Europe’s Energy Transition: A motivation for Russian Aggression?
Jul 21, 2022
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Andrei Covatariu
Europe’s long-term strategy to phase out fossil fuel use has endangered Russia’s main source of state revenue, forcing the Kremlin to focus on acquiring, one way or…