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Sudan: Programme Manager in Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation
May 30, 2022
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Swedish Red Cross
The Swedish Red Cross is part of the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement, the world’s largest humanitarian network. The Red Cross/Red Crescent is working to improve…
South Sudan: Consultancy, USAID / BHA Funded Conflict and Climatic Emergency Livestock Response Program in Greater Upper Nile states
May 30, 2022
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Vétérinaires Sans Frontières Germany
VSF Germany is an International Non Governmental Organization, providing humanitarian aid and development assistance to pastoralists and vulnerable communities in areas where livestock is of…
USA: Program Manager, Climate and Environmental Impacts
May 30, 2022
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InterAction
InterAction is the largest alliance of international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in the U.S., with over 190 members working in every developing country. Members are large…
Kenya: Programme Officer, Strengthening Livestock Sector in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASAL) Counties
May 30, 2022
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Frontier Counties Development Council
The Frontier Counties Development Council (FCDC) is a regional economic bloc composed of the County Governments of Lamu, Tana River, Garissa, Wajir, Mandera, Marsabit, Isiolo,…
DRC: Community Forestry and Natural Resource Management Specialist
May 30, 2022
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Management and Engineering Technologies International Inc
Management and Engineering Technologies International Inc., in support of the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), as a part of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Central…
Panama: Climate & Resilience Finance Officer
May 30, 2022
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United Nations World Food Programme
The United Nations World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero…
Somalia: Technical Advisor For Disaster Risk Management
May 30, 2022
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Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
The transition aid project Improvement of disaster risk management and food security to strengthen resilience (RDRM) has the aim to “improve the conditions for a…
Kenya: Monitoring and Evaluation Officer – Strengthening Livestock Sector in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASAL) Counties
May 30, 2022
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Frontier Counties Development Council
The Frontier Counties Development Council (FCDC) is a regional economic bloc composed of the County Governments of Lamu, Tana River, Garissa, Wajir, Mandera, Marsabit, Isiolo,…
Belgium: Programme Assistant, Environmental Peacemaking Programme
May 30, 2022
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European Institute of Peace
The European Institute of Peace (EIP) is looking for exceptional individuals who share our vision for a world where people live in safety and peace because conflicts…
War and the Environment: Ukraine in 2022
May 30, 2022
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Dan Farber
A more severe wildlife threat is connected with the Russian incursion into southern Ukraine. The Black Sea reserve is not unique. Over a third over Ukraine’s…
Colombia: Land or Death: Colombia’s Indigenous Land Wars [Video]
May 30, 2022
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Sebastian Pena and Jesper Klemedsson Sotomayor, Al Jazeera and Witness
Colombia has become one of the world’s deadliest places for land rights defenders since a power vacuum emerged after the government signed a historic peace…
Ukraine: Joint Statement on Environmental Crimes in Ukraine
May 30, 2022
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ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights
The Russian military invasion of Ukraine is soon passing its fourth month. During this time, we have witnessed appalling violations of humanitarian law, international law…
Afghanistan: Green Energy Complicates the Taliban’s New Battle against Opium
May 29, 2022
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Bryan Denton, David Zucchino, and Yaqoob Akbary, New York Times
Now, with the Taliban back in power, the insurgents turned politicians are again struggling to eradicate opium cultivation and the rampant addiction problem that has…
DRC: What Coltan Mining in the DRC Costs People and the Environment
May 29, 2022
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Oluwole Ojewale, Conversation
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is rich in natural resources – its untapped deposits of minerals are estimated to be worth US$24 trillion. Gold,…
Ethiopia/Sudan: Sudan, Ethiopia Blame Each Other for Border Violations amid Nile Dam Dispute
May 28, 2022
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Mohamed Saied, Al-Monitor
The decades-old border dispute between Sudan and Ethiopia was recently renewed after the two countries exchanged accusations of violating the other's territorial sovereignty, amid fears that…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Dispute over Iraqi Kurdistan's Energy Resources Ramps up
May 27, 2022
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Haider Ibrahim, Al-Monitor
Amid the tense relations between the federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) over the implementation of the Federal Supreme Court’s ruling that deemed…
Niger/Sahel: Building Peace in the Sahel with ‘the Great Green Wall’
May 26, 2022
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UNDP
When it started in 2007, the Great Green Wall (GGW) was envisioned as a tree-planting initiative to restore Africa’s degraded landscapes and transform millions of…
Iraq: Iraq Targets 12 GW of Renewables by 2030
May 26, 2022
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Anna Ivanova, Renewables Now
Iraq, a major oil producer, aims to have 12 GW of renewables generation capacity by the end of the decade, oil minister Ihsan Abdul Jabbar…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan's Taliban Step up Coal Exports to Boost Local Budget
May 26, 2022
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Mohammad Yunus Yawar, Reuters
The Afghan Taliban are stepping up coal exports to Pakistan and have raised duties on sales, officials said, as the group aims to generate more…
Applying War Theory to the Hyperthreat of Climate and Environmental Change
May 25, 2022
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Elizabeth Boulton
Prussian General Carl von Clausewitz is famous for teaching the fundamentals of war. He emphasises that war is a political act, it serves politics, ideally…
Liberia: 'Passage of Revenue Sharing Bill Will Accelerate Liberia’s Development'
May 25, 2022
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Alvin Worzi, Observer
The Executive Director of Integrity Watch (IW), Harold Aidoo, said the passage of the Revenue Sharing Bill into law will assist in accelerating Liberia’s development…
Afghanistan: Badghis Farmers Want Water Shortage Issue Addressed
May 25, 2022
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Pajhwok Afghan News
Farmers in northwestern Badghis province have expressed satisfaction with recent rains after a dry spring.
Ukraine: The European Union, the United States, and the United Kingdom Establish the Atrocity Crimes Advisory Group (ACA) for Ukraine
May 25, 2022
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European External Action Service
Today, the European Union, the United States, and the United Kingdom announced the creation of the Atrocity Crimes Advisory Group (ACA), a mechanism aimed at…
Gender Equality for Resilience and Peacebuilding
May 24, 2022
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Vongai Murugani
In the past 50 years, gender equality and women’s empowerment have come a long way in many parts of the world, benefiting each area’s economic development and strengthening…
Liberia: Police Arrest 12 Suspects in Nimbaians’ Clash with Burkinabes over Land
May 24, 2022
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Observer
Liberia National Police has disclosed the arrest of twelve people who they claimed are responsible for recent clashes between Burkinabes and some citizens of Nimba…
Ukraine: The Ukraine War’s Collateral Damage
May 24, 2022
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Michael Klare, TomDispatch
The war in Ukraine has already caused massive death and destruction, with more undoubtedly to come as the fighting intensifies in the country’s east and…
Ukraine: Russia's War Takes an Environmental Toll on Ukraine
May 24, 2022
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WBUR
In Ukraine, we're seeing not only the devastating human toll of the Russian invasion — but also the environmental toll. An area called the Black…
Myanmar: Losing the Freedom to Protect: The Shattered Dreams of Environment Defenders
May 23, 2022
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Esther Wah, Frontier Myanmar
The environmental activists who campaigned to defend the nation’s forests are now hiding in them to save their lives and fearful of the destruction that…
Colombia/Ukraine: Colombia to Train Ukrainian Military on Landmine Removal
May 23, 2022
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Reuters
A team of Colombian soldiers will travel to Europe to train their Ukrainian counterparts on de-mining techniques, the South American country’s defense minister said on…
Afghanistan: Asafoetid Seen as Substitute to Poppy Crop in Badghis
May 23, 2022
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Pajhwok Afghan News
Farmers in northwestern Badghis province have started growing Asafoetid --- a locally known natural herbal bush --- but they urge government support.