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Liberia: Liberia Launches Kimberley Process Review to Strengthen Diamond Sector Oversight

Mar 25, 2026 | David Menjor
Liberian Investigator

Liberia has launched a high-level review mission under the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS), marking its first comprehensive assessment since 2013 and signaling renewed efforts…

How Wars Change Weather: From Acid Rain to Toxic Fog; the Hidden Impact Revealed

Mar 25, 2026
Times of India

One of the most impactful ways that war affects the weather is through the formation of acid rain. This is caused by war equipment, blasts,…

Myanmar: New Generation of Myanmar Conservationists Deepen Their Connection to the Salween

Mar 25, 2026
International Union for Conservation of Nature

The Salween Youth Engagement Programme is part of IUCN’s pioneering Building River Dialogue and Governance (BRIDGE) programme, which aims to build water governance capacities through…

DEADLINE EXTENDED: EnPAx Award for Best Student Paper on Environmental Peacebuilding (8 May 2026)

Mar 25, 2026 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

At the Fourth International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding (16-19 June 2026), the Environmental Peacebuilding Association will present the Award for Best Student Paper on Environmental…

M.A. in Environment, Development, and Peace

Mar 24, 2026 | University for Peace

The Master of Arts Degree in Environment, Development, and Peace (EDP) provides comprehensive training in issues of sustainable development, environmental governance, natural resource management, and environmental…

Energy Security Is National Security: Fixing America’s Incoherent Energy Policies

Mar 24, 2026 | Greg Pollock and Joshua Busby

For years, Republican politicians advocated an “all of the above” energy strategy, supporting continued oil and gas production while also scaling up renewable energy. Though…

Hydro War Crime

Mar 24, 2026 | Naseer Memon

Water is as precious a commodity as oil for countries of the Middle East. In the absence of freshwater resources, the region relies heavily on…

Egypt/Ethiopia: Egyptian Outrage as Ethiopia Announces Plans for More Dams on Blue Nile

Mar 24, 2026 | Saleh Salem
New Arab

Ethiopia has announced plans to construct three new dams on the Blue Nile, the main tributary of the Nile River, sparking anger in Egypt, where…

Guinea/Liberia: Boakai Calls on Macron in Liberia-Guinea Border Dispute

Mar 24, 2026
FrontPage Africa

President Joseph Boakai has reportedly sought the intervention of French President Emmanuel Macron regarding Liberia's ongoing border dispute with neighboring Guinea. This comes amid allegations…

Burkina Faso/Mozambique: How Gaps in Land Access Fuel Conflict: Lessons from Burkina Faso and Mozambique for 'Do No Harm' Approach

Mar 24, 2026 | Rick de Satgé and Luis Baquero
Land Portal

These cases are not exceptional. They reflect a systemic problem: the gap between who legally owns land and who can actually use it. This gap…

Planet Launches New Initiative on Planetary Security

Mar 24, 2026 | Andrew Zolli and Andrew Hassanali
Planet Pulse

On a volatile and changing planet, the landscape of security risks is expanding, and our notion of security must expand with it. This is the…

How CIMMYT is Advancing Women-centered Agriculture in Africa

Mar 23, 2026 | Mariana Callejas
CIMMYT

Across Africa, women play a central role in producing food, managing farms, and sustaining household nutrition and incomes. Yet their contributions are still too often…

Chagos and the Militarization of the Indian Ocean

Mar 23, 2026 | Nitya Labh

The geopolitics of the wider Indian Ocean have undergone tremendous shifts over the past few decades, as traditional maritime powers like the United Kingdom, the…

Beyond the Ban: Why Mining Reform Is Nigeria’s Next Peacebuilding Frontier

Mar 23, 2026 | Ephraim Emah

Nigeria’s mining sector is often described in binary terms: to some, it is a sleeping economic giant, which is key to diversifying a mono-product economy,…

South Sudan’s Resilience Trap: The Dark Side of Resilience and the Way out

Mar 23, 2026 | Joe Mabor

South Sudanese are among the most resilient people on earth, as demonstrated during the twenty-one-year war of liberation that led to independence in 2011, and…

Climate Change: “Renewables Deliver Climate Security, Energy Security and National Security”: UN Secretary-General

Mar 23, 2026
UN

The State of the Global Climate is in a state of emergency. Planet Earth is being pushed beyond its limits. Every key climate indicator is…

Afghanistan: War and Climate Stress Push Afghan Farmers to the Brink

Mar 23, 2026 | Fawad Ali
Dialogue Earth

Afghanistan has lived through over four decades of armed conflict. It is also one of the world’s most vulnerable countries to the effects of climate…

Iran/United States: Why Iran’s Threat to Destroy Water Facilities Could Spell Disaster for Gulf Countries

Mar 23, 2026 | Hannah Ellis-Petersen
Guardian

Iran has threatened “irreversible destruction” of water infrastructure across Gulf countries, if the US follows through on Donald Trump’s threat to attack Iran’s electricity grid.…

Uganda: How Women are Still Walking Miles for Water and Paying the Price

Mar 22, 2026 | Ronald Musoke
The Independent

In the vast, sun-scorched plains of Uganda’s northeastern region of Karamoja, the search for water begins before the day has properly broken. In scattered homesteads…

Canada: PBI-Canada Notes Concerns about Risk of Violence to Indigenous Land Defenders, Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA People near Major Projects

Mar 22, 2026 | Brent Patterson
PBI-Canada

Peace Brigades International-Canada expresses concern that proposed major extractive projects brings an increased risk of violence against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA people in communities…

Where Water Security Begins

Mar 22, 2026 | Tetiana Tevkun

Climate change is making water one of the most vulnerable resources in the world. Even regions that were considered water‑secure just a few decades ago…

Afghanistan: Water Crisis Deepens in Afghanistan as Families Struggle for Access

Mar 22, 2026
Ariana News

As the world marks World Water Day, Afghanistan is facing a worsening water crisis, with millions of people struggling to access safe and reliable supplies.…

Lebanon: Conflict and Drought in Lebanon are Driving 1 Million People into an Unprecedented Water Crisis

Mar 22, 2026
Action Against Hunger

Lebanon is experiencing the worst drought in decades. Reservoir levels are critically low, placing pressure on distribution networks and agricultural production, particularly in rural areas…

Israel/Palestine: Waterkeeper: How Water Can Be a Blueprint for Peace

Mar 22, 2026 | Pacinthe Mattar
Canadian Geographic

For Bashar Alshawwa, water is not just a basic need — it is both the heart of global inequality and the key to peace. After…

Afghanistan: Searching for Water Is a Daily Battle for Many Afghan Families

Mar 22, 2026
International Committee of the Red Cross

In Afghanistan, water is becoming harder to access, afford, and manage. Water scarcity affects daily life, livelihoods, and health. In rural areas protracted crises and…

Guinea/Liberia: Did Guinea Soldiers re-Hoist Flag on Liberian Soil Despite Peace Negotiations?

Mar 21, 2026 | Laymah Kollie
Dubawa

Early Tuesday morning, March 17, 2026, social media got flooded with news of Guinean Soldiers re-entering Liberia’s territory to re-hoist their flag on Liberia’s soil.…

Unrecognised Environmental Costs of Conflict

Mar 20, 2026 | Syed Mohammad Ali

When assessing the costs of war, attention is typically directed toward human suffering, economic loss and geopolitical instability. Yet another major cost often goes unnoticed:…

Afghanistan: Ghazni Farmers Seek Improved Seeds, Water Projects to Combat Climate Change

Mar 20, 2026 | Wahidullah Jumazada
Pajhwok Afghan News

Some farmers in southern Ghazniprovince are calling for the implementation of projects providing improved seeds, standard fertilisers and water-management systems. They say such measures could…

Latin America: From the Amazon to Mesoamerica - Women, Science, and Policy are Shaping Resilient Agri-food Systems in Latin America

Mar 19, 2026 | Mariana Callejas
CIMMYT

Across Latin America, the transformation of agri-food systems is being driven by a powerful convergence: science, public policy, and the leadership of women farmers and…

DRC: DRC Uses Geoscience Data to Strengthen Oversight of Mining Sector

Mar 19, 2026
Ecofin Agency

The Democratic Republic of Congo has launched a new program to strengthen oversight of its mining sector by improving the production and use of geoscientific…