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Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraqi Federal Court Deems Kurdish Oil and Gas Law Unconstitutional

Feb 15, 2022 | Rowena Edwards and Moataz Mohamed, Reuters

Iraq's federal court on Tuesday deemed an oil and gas law regulating the oil industry in Iraqi Kurdistan unconstitutional and demanded that Kurdish authorities hand…

Afghanistan: China Wants to Invest in Afghanistan's Solar Power & Mining

Feb 15, 2022 | Wadsam

The Chinese ambassador in Kabul met with the islamic Emirate's Foreign Minister and announced that his country wants to invest in solar power and mining.…

Climate Change: Climate Migration Fuels Conflicts in Bay of Bengal Region

Feb 15, 2022 | Anuradha Nagaraj, Thomson Reuters Foundation

Military and civil conflicts could intensify along the Bay of Bengal coastline, fuelled by climate change-linked migration, land loss and displacement, researchers said on Tuesday.…

Bending Gender Norms: Women’s Engagement in Agriculture

Feb 11, 2022 | Manisha Shrestha

Researchers at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) have studied and witnessed that women, particularly in South Asia, have strongly ingrained and culturally…

Myanmar: Kachin Tycoon Draws Controversy over Gold Mining at Myitsone

Feb 11, 2022 | Emily Fisbhein, Jaw Tu Hkwang, Nu Nu Lusan, and Jauman Naw, Frontier Myanmar

The confluence, known as Myitsone in Burmese and Mali N’Mai Zup in Kachin, captured global attention in 2011 when then-President U Thein Sein suspended a…

DRC/Uganda: UN's Top Court Orders Uganda to Pay $325 Million to DR Congo

Feb 10, 2022 | UN

Uganda must pay the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) $325 million in reparations related to the brutal conflict between the two nations from 1998…

How Can Climate Finance Work Better for Fragile and Conflict-Affected Regions?

Feb 10, 2022 | Catherine Wong and Yue Cao

Climate change often hits the hardest and is felt most profoundly in fragile and conflict-affected settings, which suffer high vulnerability and low investments in coping…

Ireland: Covid-19 has Created a 'Pandemic Within a Pandemic' of Gender-Based Violence

Feb 9, 2022 | Maeve Lee

The Irish Consortium on Gender Based Violence (ICGBV) has demanded increased efforts to stop violence against women, warning that Covid-19 has created “a pandemic within…

Uganda: LWF Urges Uganda to Protect Vulnerable Women

Feb 9, 2022 | The Lutheran World Federation

In a Shadow Report to the CEDAW committee, partners call on governments to support women in refugee communities.

Vietnam: Women Coffee Growers in Vietnam Boost Climate Mitigation Through Agroforestry

Feb 9, 2022 | Julie Mollins

Greater gender equity benefits reforestation efforts.

Iran: Iran’s Water Woes Worsen Despite Warmer Taliban Ties

Feb 9, 2022 | Shelly Kittleson, Al-Monitor

Iranian and Taliban officials have issued conflicting claims about how water from a dam in southwestern Afghanistan will be used, amid worsening shortages in Iran…

Why Militaries Shouldn’t Be Exempt from EU Battery Laws

Feb 8, 2022 | Conflict and Environment Observatory

The EU Green Deal and 2050 carbon neutrality targets are set to drive forward a low-carbon economy reliant on battery-powered technology. Both the Green Deal…

Environmental Peacebuilding: Science Meets Constructive Resistance

Feb 8, 2022 | Sawssan Abou-Zahr

Four years prior to the October 17th 2019 Revolution, people in Lebanon took to the streets seeking sustainable solutions for the so-called garbage crisis. These…

Brief Debrief from the Second International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding

Feb 8, 2022 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association and Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

From February 1 to 4, the Environmental Peacebuilding Association® (EnPAx™) and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) convened the Second International Conference…

South Korea: The South Korean Election’s Gender Conflict and the Future of Women Voters

Feb 8, 2022 | Darcie Draudt

In South Korea, gender equality and the feminism movement have become politicized and polarizing issues, especially among the younger generation, leading up to the March…

Colombia: In Colombia, Escobar’s Hippos Spawn Another Problem: Wildlife Trafficking

Feb 8, 2022 | Diana María Pachón, Mongabay

For many people in Doradal, John Aristides Saldarriaga’s hometown, the fishing story is just that: a tall tale. The prevailing rumor is that Saldarriaga had…

Colombia: Forest Rule to Outshine Colombia Auction Plans

Feb 8, 2022 | Paul Harris, Mining Journal

Details of the areas are expected to be made available when the pre-qualification process opens. The government offered five small copper areas for auction in…

The Congo Unearthed: A Look at the Republic of the Congo’s Mining Sector

Feb 8, 2022 | Damon Biesold, Energy Capital & Power

The Republic of the Congo is endowed with abundant mineral deposits, yet its mining sector remains largely underdeveloped. Overdependence on oil and gas revenues has…

Mali: Gender Equality, Diversity, and Social Inclusion Advisor

Feb 7, 2022 | 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…

Near East and North Africa Countries Focus on Nutrition, Climate, Resilience, Water and Gender

Feb 7, 2022 | African Business

The 36th FAO Regional Conference for the Near East (NERC36) started today with a focus on improving nutrition, building resilient rural communities, optimizing water management,…

Sudan: ‘Democracy Is Life’: The Grass-Roots Movement Taking On Sudan’s Generals

Feb 7, 2022 | Abdi Latif Dahir

In a bare, dusty field in a neighborhood north of the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, about a hundred people — gray-haired men in white robes and…

Uganda: Civil Peace Service (CPS) Advisor (m/f/d) for Civil Society Organisations Working on Transformation of Past and Present Conflicts Related to Land and Natural Resources

Feb 7, 2022 | Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit

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…

Switzerland: Internship, Climate Action, Division of Resilience and Solution

Feb 7, 2022 | UN High Commissioner for Refugees

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is offering a full-time internship within the Office of the Special Advisor on Climate Action under the Division of Resilience…

Somalia: Humanitarian-Development-Peace Triple Nexus Research

Feb 7, 2022 | Oxfam Novib

Conflicts and shocks linked to climate change are more frequent and intense, leading to poverty and inequality, exacerbating these phenomena and people’s vulnerability. In this…

Niger: Regional Climate Project Manager

Feb 7, 2022 | Enabel

Enabel is the Belgian Development Agency. It executes the Belgian governmental cooperation. The Agency also implements actions for other national and international organisations. Together with its Belgian and…

Yemen: WASH Advisor

Feb 7, 2022 | 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…

CAR: National Agronomist Expert (Cassava Production)

Feb 7, 2022 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger and…

Mozambique: WASH Coordinator

Feb 7, 2022 | FHI 360

FHI 360 is a nonprofit human development organization dedicated to improving lives in lasting ways by advancing integrated, locally driven solutions. Our staff includes experts…

Did You Miss Any Sessions at the Second International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding? Check out EnPAx's YouTube Channel!

Feb 7, 2022 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

The Second International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding featured 77 roundtables, panels, and other sessions.  Most of those sessions were recorded and posted on the EnPAx…

Mali: Gender Equality, Diversity, and Social Inclusion Advisor

Feb 7, 2022 | 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…