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Afghanistan: The Taliban Now Controls One of the World’s Biggest Lithium Deposits
Aug 16, 2021
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Tim McDonnell, Quartz
When Taliban fighters entered Kabul on Aug. 15, they didn’t just seize control of the Afghan government. They also gained the ability to control access…
Liberia: Golden Veroleum Reacts to Rights Groups' Reports Condemning It of Illtreating Liberians
Aug 16, 2021
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FrontPage Africa
Golden Veroleum (Liberia) Inc. (GVL) acknowledges the report released by SDI and Milieudefensie which indicated that "GVL structurally fails to comply with obligations and commitments…
Liberia: NaFAA Distributes Free Fishing Nets to Fishermen in Grand Bassa
Aug 16, 2021
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Lennart Dodoo, FrontPage Africa
The National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority (NaFAA) has fulfilled its pledge to Fishermen as over 300 received several thread nets in exchange for their rubber…
Water Wars: How Water Shortages Are Brewing Wars
Aug 16, 2021
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Sandy Milne, BBC
Unprecedented levels of dam building and water extraction by nations on great rivers are leaving countries further downstream increasingly thirsty, increasing the risk of conflicts.
Water Wars: How Water Shortages Are Brewing Wars
Aug 16, 2021
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Sandy Milne, BBC
Unprecedented levels of dam building and water extraction by nations on great rivers are leaving countries further downstream increasingly thirsty, increasing the risk of conflicts.
Water and (in-)Security in Afghanistan as the Taliban Take over
Aug 16, 2021
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Water, Peace and Security
The takeover by the Taliban not only threatens people’s lives, security and fundamental freedom, but also significantly increases risks of water insecurity both immediately and…
Sudan: Women, Peacebuilding, and Environmental Services Project Coordinator
Aug 16, 2021
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UN Women
The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) mandate provides support that enhances national capacity and ownership to enable…
Somalia: MERL Advisor for Gender and Social Inclusion
Aug 16, 2021
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Gender Resources Inc
Gender Resources Inc (GRI) is a women-owned small business based in San Francisco, California that leads international programs to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment…
Communications Officer
Aug 16, 2021
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Intersex Asia
Intersex Asia (IA) is recruiting a Communications Officer to join our team. This is an amazing opportunity to work with inspiring intersex leaders who started…
South Sudan: NGO Forum Safeguarding, Gender & Inclusion Adviser
Aug 16, 2021
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Concern Worldwide
The South Sudan NGO Forum is a member organisation, supporting the operations of over 100 International NGOs and 400 National NGOs providing humanitarian, development and…
China/Iraq: Projects: China's CNOOC to Drill 150 Oil Wells in Iraq
Aug 15, 2021
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ZAWYA
Iraq has inked an initial agreement with China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) to drill 150 wells in Buzurgan oilfield in the Southeastern Maysan Governorate, the…
Iraq: Daesh Militants Attack Oilfield in Iraq's Kirkuk
Aug 15, 2021
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Middle East Monitor
Suspected Daesh militants used an explosive device to attack an oilfield in Iraq's northern Kirkuk province on Sunday, according to a local police officer, reports…
Afghanistan: Profits and Poppy: Afghanistan's Illegal Drug Trade a Boon for Taliban
Aug 15, 2021
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Jonathan Landay, Reuters
The United States spent more than $8 billion over 15 years on efforts to deprive the Taliban of their profits from Afghanistan's opium and heroin…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Attack on Power Grid Shuts Down Major Water Pumping Station in Iraqi Capital
Aug 14, 2021
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Kurdistan 24
Iraqi electricity towers were taken offline on Saturday after an attack, shutting down pumping stations delivering water to the western part of Baghdad, a government…
Israel/Palestine: UK Palestinian Justice Centre Defends Gallery Exhibit on Israel-Palestine Conflict
Aug 13, 2021
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Middle East Eye
A Palestinian legal centre in the UK has defended an art gallery in Manchester for displaying an exhibition highlighting the environmental effects of Israeli military…
Afghanistan: Will Afghanistan’s Centuries-Old ‘Karez’ System of Irrigation Survive the Taliban
Aug 13, 2021
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Rajat Ghai, DownToEarth
The resurgent Taliban is on the victory march to Kabul. It has already taken provincial capitals as well as Afghanistan’s third-largest city of Herat. As…
Taliban Seize Herat and Assault Nearby Dam That Provides Water and Power to Hundreds of Thousands of Afghans
Aug 13, 2021
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Elizabeth B. Hessami and Asef Ghafoory
The Taliban have taken over the Afghan city of Herat, capping three weeks of furious fighting in which both men and women took up arms…
Murdoch University Launches a New Major on Environment, Security and Conflict
Aug 13, 2021
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Murdoch University
In 2022, Murdoch University in Perth, Australia, launches a new major on Environment, Security and Conflict in its Global Security undergraduate program. The major focuses…
Afghanistan: Taliban Earned $1.6 Billion In 2020: Here's How the Terrorist Group Makes Money
Aug 12, 2021
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Renz Soliman, International Business Times
The Taliban, one of the most notorious terrorist groups worldwide, has grown its financial assets through the years. The militant group earned $1.6 billion in 2020, which significantly…
Repairing the Damage to Global Food Systems From COVID-19
Aug 12, 2021
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World Politics Review
According to a United Nations report released last month, just under one-tenth of the global population was undernourished in 2020, up from 8.4 percent in 2019.…
5 Ways We Can Address Land Inequality and Women’s Land Rights
Aug 11, 2021
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Mike Taylor and Gabriela Bucher
Land. It is a commodity like no other. We live on it. We grow from it. We drink from it and build our futures upon…
As International Troops Depart Afghanistan, the Threat of Landmines Remains
Aug 11, 2021
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Evan Jones and Daniel Bertoli
Buried amongst the dozens of pressing challenges in Afghanistan is an issue that rarely receives the international spotlight: the prevalence of landmines and other explosive…
You Can’t Talk About Gender Equality Without Talking About Climate Change
Aug 11, 2021
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Angela Priestley
Gender equality gains both locally and globally have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic over the past 18 months, but that could be nothing…
Climate Change, Water Security, and Women: A Study on Water Boiling in South Tarawa, Kiribati
Aug 10, 2021
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Asian Development Bank
This publication summarizes the results of a household survey on water boiling practices in South Tarawa, Kiribati, and outlines implications for the design of water…
Gender Equality: The Catalyst to Addressing the Triple Crisis Facing Latin American and the Caribbean
Aug 10, 2021
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UNDP
In the first half of 2021, a Feminist Action Coalition for Climate Justice was established as part of the Global Acceleration Plan for Gender Equality…
Ethiopia: Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Project and Political Conflict
Aug 10, 2021
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Borgen Magazine
In 2011, Ethiopia started construction on a dam along the Blue Nile River that the government coined the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Project, GERD. Projections…
Climate Change: Climate Change Is Already Disrupting the Military. It Will Get Worse, Officials Say
Aug 10, 2021
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Patrick Tucker, Defense One
The Pentagon is in the midst of a massive, multi-year effort to better adapt to climate change and reduce greenhouse emissions. But the changing climate…
In a Watershed Year for Climate Change, the Commonwealth Secretary-General Calls for Urgent, Decisive and Sustained Climate Action
Aug 9, 2021
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Alison Kentish
London — This November, five years after signing the Paris Agreement and pledging to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, with a…
Women in Rural Agriculture Stricken by Climate Change Effects
Aug 9, 2021
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Onke Ngcuka
Climate change is not gender neutral. As developing countries bear the brunt of climate change in the form of extreme weather conditions such as droughts…
UK to Adapt Military to Changing Climate, but Does It Have the Funds and Backing of Troops?
Aug 9, 2021
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Brig. Ben Barry
The United Kingdom has legislated for the country to meet the target of the Paris Agreement on climate change, reducing national greenhouse gas emissions to…