News

How Environmental Geopolitics Expands Our Understanding of Risk and Security

Jun 15, 2020 | Shannon O'Lear

The coronavirus has everyone weighing risk and security within a sliding scale of geographic connections and boundaries. Dots and circles of infection pack our virus…

Myanmar: Programme Management Advisor (WASH)

Jun 15, 2020 | UN Office for Project Services

UNOPS is an operational arm of the United Nations, supporting the successful implementation of its partners’ peace building, humanitarian and development projects around the world.…

DRC: Food Security and Agriculture Advisor

Jun 15, 2020 | Mercy Corps

Mercy Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better world is possible. In disaster, in hardship, in more than 40…

Zimbabwe: Call For Experts - Building Resilience Through Sustainable Community Based Natural Resource Management Activity

Jun 15, 2020 | ECODIT

ECODIT is an international development firm working with governments, businesses, and local communities to advance environmentally- and socially-responsible development around the world. We provide technical…

South Sudan: Nutrition and WASH Specialist, Monitoring and Evaluation Support Project

Jun 15, 2020 | Management Systems International

MSI is a Washington, DC metro area international development firm with a 35-year history of delivering development results across the world. It operates in some…

South Sudan: Covid-19 Pandemic and the Future of South Sudan’s Economy

Jun 14, 2020 | Daniel Athior’o Atem, PaanLuel Wël

The Covid-19 epidemic casts doubt on South Sudan’s economic growth. Currently, almost all efforts are geared towards efforts to combat the virus. Oil is the…

Explained: Israel's Top Court Annulled West Bank Land-Grab Law, but Will Annexation Replace It?

Jun 13, 2020 | Hagar Shezaf

Three years after it was passed, Israel’s High Court of Justice ruled on Tuesday that a law that would legalize the status of West Bank settlements built…

Colombia: To Save a Nearly Extinct Bird, Colombians Are Rethinking One of Their Biggest Economic Engines

Jun 13, 2020 | Alexandra Ossola, Quartz

Birders aren’t just interested in the brushfinch because it’s rare. They know that the species is an indicator for the overall environmental health of Antioquia,…

Women's Empowerment - The Missing Piece of Environmental Policies

Jun 12, 2020 | Vaishnavi Singh

Ecofeminism, a concept that was coined in 1974 by feminist Francoise d’Eaubonne ideologically links the environmental crisis with gender and highlights the importance of women…

Myanmar: Fisheries Sector Calls for Government Rescue amid COVID-19 Fallout

Jun 12, 2020 | Kyaw Lin Htoon, Frontier

Myanmar had its sights set on a record-breaking year for fishery exports until the coronavirus pandemic swept away orders, closed factories and jeopardised millions of…

Colombia: Colombian Farmers, Ranchers Join Businesses to Turn the Tide on Amazon Deforestation

Jun 12, 2020 | Dimitri Selibas, Mongabay

Putumayo department along with neighboring Caquetá department have witnessed some of the highest levels of deforestation in Colombia, in part driven by the coca trade.…

Syria: Conflict over Syria’s Wheat Crops

Jun 12, 2020 | Ibrahim Hamidi, Asharq Al-Awsat

Ravaged by nine years of war, Syria’s wheat production has been nearly halved. Despite that, rivals are vying to gain access to remaining crops, fighting…

Conflict Minerals: Perth Mint to Review Audit Processes after Conflict Gold Reports

Jun 12, 2020 | Hamish Hastie, Sydney Morning Herald

The Perth Mint will review its audit process after allegations emerged it had purchased hundreds of millions of dollars worth of 'conflict gold' earlier this…

COVID-19 Pandemic Compounding Grave Security, Development Challenges in Central Africa, Special Representative Tells Security Council, Pointing to 22,000 Confirmed Cases

Jun 12, 2020 | UN Security Council

Persistent terrorist attacks, maritime insecurity and rising political tension are just some of the backdrops against which countries of Central Africa are now battling the…

Israel/Palestine: West Bank's Ancient Terraces Threatened by Settlers' Plan to Build Business Park on Unesco Site

Jun 11, 2020 | James Rothwell, Telegraph

A Unesco World Heritage site in the West Bank that dates back to the rule of King Herod could soon be “destroyed” by ultra-orthodox Jewish…

Women Integral to Battling Coronavirus and Pushing for Lasting Peace and Security

Jun 11, 2020 | UN Women

The coronavirus pandemic has brought into sharp focus the differentiated impacts that COVID-19 is having on women, including new obstacles to their meaningful participation in…

The Gendered Impact of COVID-19 in the Middle East

Jun 11, 2020 | Hafsa Halawa

The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged the normative structures and behaviors of almost every country around the world. The fallout has put pressure on even the…

Climate Change: Greta Thunberg Looks to UN Security Council Election for Leverage on Climate

Jun 10, 2020 | Megan Darby, Climate Change News

Greta Thunberg is urging small island diplomats to put Canada and Norway’s oil interests in the spotlight as the two countries seek election to the…

EnPAx Announces Plans for Second International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding

Jun 10, 2020 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association (EnPAx) is delighted to announce that the Second International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding will be held in Geneva, Switzerland, in February…

How Women Can Lead The Resistance Against Climate Change

Jun 10, 2020 | Nancy Wang

In the past decade, women have made great strides attaining key leadership roles in technology, education, and politics. Another area that has shot to international…

How Women Can Lead The Resistance Against Climate Change

Jun 10, 2020 | Nancy Wang

In the past decade, women have made great strides attaining key leadership roles in technology, education, and politics. Another area that has shot to international…

Covid-19 in Colombia: Migration, Armed Conflict and Gendered Violence

Jun 10, 2020 | Priscyll Anctil Avoine

In Colombia, 2019 ended with massive demonstrations throughout the country, gathering together several groups, such as students, unions, retirees, feminist organizations, indigenous peoples, Afro-Colombians and environmental defenders.…

Cyprus: Revealed: Baby Animals Knowingly Killed by British Military

Jun 10, 2020 | Phil Miller, Daily Maverick

Britain’s military is paying compensation on an almost daily basis to farmers in Cyprus whose animals, including unborn goats, are routinely killed by UK troops…

Afghanistan: 20 Workers Dead in Afghanistan Mine Collapse

Jun 10, 2020 | Shadi Khan Saif, Anadolu Agency

All 20 miners trapped in a coal mine that collapsed in Afghanistan’s northern Samangan province a day earlier have died, officials confirmed on Wednesday. The…

UN Urges Need for Gender Lens to Address Climate Change and other Security Crises in the Time of This Pandemic

Jun 10, 2020 | Kathmandu Post

Gender inequality is not only shaping the experience of the crisis, but also prospects for resilience and recovery of countries around the world, as they…

For People on the Front Lines of Climate Change and Conflict, COVID-19 Is a New Challenge

Jun 9, 2020 | UN Environment

Al Rahad is one of many communities where the combined effects of climate change, conflict, gender inequality, and now the COVID-19 pandemic are posing grave…

How Sierra Leone Preventative Measures are Affecting Artisanal Mining in Eastern Sierra Leone

Jun 9, 2020 | Emma Black

Since its first recorded COVID-19 cases on 31 March 2020, the government of Sierra Leone has instituted measures to prevent the transmission of the virus.…

Israel/Palestine: Israel's High Court Strikes Down West Bank Land-Grab Law as 'Unconstitutional'

Jun 9, 2020 | Hagar Shezaf, Haaretz

Israel's High Court of Justice ordered on Tuesday to nullify a law that would legalize the status of settlements partially built on privately owned Palestinian…

Afghanistan: Water Politics Heat up under Worsening Climate in Afghanistan

Jun 9, 2020 | Stefanie Glinski, Thomson Reuters Foundation

Over the past two decades weather patterns have become more extreme with flooding and dry spells devastating farms in central Afghanistan’s Bamiyan province that rely…

Afghanistan: Afghanistan Declares 4 More Sites as National Parks

Jun 9, 2020 | Xinhua

Four scenic areas have been declared as protected sites and national parks in Afghanistan, according to the Afghan Presidential Palace. The palace said in a…