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Blockchains Are Forever: DLT Makes Diamond Industry More Transparent
May 13, 2022
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Wahid Pessarlay
Diamonds are some of the world’s most valued gemstones, and the global diamond industry has managed to remain afloat despite being partially eclipsed by the…
Water Management in Armed Conflict: Improving Collaboration and Joint Knowledge
May 13, 2022
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Juliane Schillinger
Given the increasingly protracted nature of armed conflicts, the humanitarian needs of local populations are changing. This is true not only for short-term access to…
New Climate Frontier: Gender-Based Lawsuits
May 13, 2022
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Lesley Clark
Lawsuits brought by women against governments in Pakistan and Switzerland over failures to curb greenhouse gas emissions could be harbingers of a new avenue for…
Ukraine: EU is Stepping Up Support to Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Survivors
May 13, 2022
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European Commission
The Commission announces €1.5 million for a dedicated project to support the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in assisting women and girls in Ukraine by…
Afghanistan: Facing Floods and Landslides, Afghans Turn to Nature for Protection
May 13, 2022
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UNEP
In remote settlements across Afghanistan’s Pamir Mountains, deep in the heart of Central Asia, locals have long struggled with landslides and floods. In recent years,…
Liberia: Forest Community Constructs Police Station, Clinic from Logging Revenues
May 13, 2022
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Ezekiel Geeplay, Observer
The idea of the 2009 Community Rights Law (CRL) was to give communities the right to control, protect, and manage their forests along with its…
Ukraine: 21 Federal Agencies Monitoring Ukraine War's Environmental Toll
May 13, 2022
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Andrew Freedman, Axios
Senior U.S. officials are huddling weekly to assess and share information on the environmental threats Ukraine faces due to Russia's invasion, Axios has learned. The…
Yemen: Environmental Pathways for Peace and Reconciliation?
May 12, 2022
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Amy Dallas and Julie Raasteen
The conflict in Yemen is approaching its eighth year and continues to evolve. It has fragmented the country’s social fabric, caused unthinkable humanitarian suffering, and…
The Climate Security Agenda Is More About Strengthening Military Power than Tackling Climate Instability
May 12, 2022
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Nick Buxton, Nuria del Viso
In the last seven years, the trends we identified in the book of promoting military and security solutions to the climate crisis have sadly become…
Organized Environmental Crime: Why it Matters for Peace Operations
May 12, 2022
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Marina Caparini
‘Environmental crime’ lacks a universally agreed definition but has been referred to by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) as ‘illegal activities harming the environment and aimed…
Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone Says Will No Longer Provide Forex for Mining Companies Importing Fuel
May 12, 2022
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Reuters
Sierra Leone will no longer provide foreign exchange for mining companies and other large businesses to import oil as of June 1, accusing them of…
Afghanistan: More Women Get Involved in Takhar Apiculture Business
May 12, 2022
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Yasin Joya
The Climate–Conflict Nexus in Africa: A Conflict-Sensitive Approach
May 11, 2022
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Julia Freedberg
In contrast to previous debates on climate change, contemporary discussions emphasise the impacts that climate change has on human security. While there is consensus about…
Climate Security, Energy Security, and the Russia-Ukraine War
May 11, 2022
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Mark Nevitt
Climate change is an existential crisis that requires an immediate, transformational shift away from fossil fuels — a point reinforced in stark terms in the…
Iraq: US Scientists Link Mystery Gulf War Illness to Chemical Weapons Exposure
May 11, 2022
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Robert Tollast, National
Scientists at the University of Texas have linked “Gulf War syndrome”, a debilitating illness suffered by tens of thousands of British and American soldiers who…
Iraq: Chinese Companies to Build “Science City” in Iraq as Part of Oil Deal
May 11, 2022
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David Rogers, Global Construction Review
Chinese companies are to build a “Science City” in northern Iraq as part of an oil-for-projects deal, official news agency Alsabah has reported. If the scheme…
Yemen: Women at the Center of Water, Agriculture, and Family income
May 10, 2022
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World Bank Group
In the Yemeni village of Quhal, in Amran governorate in northern Yemen, the main source of water used to be the old rainwater ponds that…
Reimagining the Aftermath of War, Now
May 10, 2022
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Aida A. Hozić and Juliana Restrepo Sanín
Feminist scholars stress two aspects of wars. First, they emphasise continuums and circuits of violence, challenging the usual dichotomies of war and peace, public and private, domestic and…
The Risks of Gender-Blind Climate Action
May 10, 2022
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Marisa O. Ensor
Climate change is widely recognized as one the greatest threats to peace and security in the 21st century. The causal pathways that link deteriorating environmental conditions, insecurity, and conflict, while…
DRC: Scheme to Stop ‘Conflict Minerals’ Fails to End Child Labor in DRC, Report Says
May 10, 2022
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Amindeh Blaise Atabong, Mongabay
Smelters and manufacturers that use coltan, tin and tungsten in cars, mobile devices and other electronics can’t be sure the minerals have been extracted without…
South Sudan: With Oil Sales Tied up, South Sudan Battles to Pay Salaries
May 10, 2022
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Deng Machol, Associated Press
Many of South Sudan's civil servants have not been paid for months as the government has run out of funds, with income from oil exports…
Afghanistan: In Afghanistan, Landmines Are Making Peace Deadly
May 10, 2022
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Kanika Gupta, World Politics Review
On the morning of April 1, seven children were playing in the lush wheat fields of Afghanistan’s Marjah district, in the southern Helmand province, by…
System Shock: Russia’s War and Global Food, Energy, and Mineral Supply Chains
May 9, 2022
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Amanda King and Claire Doyle
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is sending shockwaves through global systems for natural resources like food, oil and natural gas, and critical minerals. But a recent Wilson…
Why Climate Change Will Exacerbate Inequalities and Grievances in Iraq
May 9, 2022
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Dylan O’Driscoll, Shivan Fazil
The UN Environment Programme has ranked Iraq as the fifth most vulnerable country to climate change. In recent years, it has increasingly witnessed extreme heatwaves with temperatures reaching…
Afghanistan/Pakistan: With Afghanistan in Turmoil, Pakistan Has Been in an Endless Wait for a Kabul River Treaty
May 9, 2022
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Fawad Ali, Scroll.in
For decades, Pakistan has been seeking an agreement with Afghanistan on the Kabul River. But a treaty agreeing to the management and allocation of water…
Ukraine: More Than 200 Experts Join UNDP, the European Union and National Partners to Discuss the Ecological Impacts of the War in Ukraine
May 9, 2022
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UNDP
The war in Ukraine is not only razing entire cities and destroying infrastructure with widespread casualties, it is negatively impacting the environment, poisoning waterways and…
South Sudan: South Sudan to Take over Oil Operations in Nationalization Drive
May 9, 2022
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Okech Francis
South Sudan is taking steps to take over the operations of international oil companies in the country to increase its share of revenue, even as…
Ukraine: EU Should Seize Russian Reserves to Rebuild Ukraine, Borrell Tells Financial Times
May 9, 2022
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Reuters
The European Union should consider seizing frozen Russian foreign exchange reserves to help pay for the cost of rebuilding Ukraine after the war, the bloc's…
Conflict Minerals: De Beers Presses Go on Diamond Traceability System
May 9, 2022
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Phil Taylor, Securing Industry
Diamond company De Beers has been developing a blockchain system to track its stones through the supply chain for some time, and has now activated…
Afghanistan/Pakistan: Dirty, Depleted Kabul River a Risk to Millions in Afghanistan, Pakistan
May 9, 2022
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Fawad Ali, Third Pole
On the last day of April 2022, the Kabul River was still flowing from Afghanistan to Pakistan, but only just. That day, the major tributary…