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Ecuador: Yachay Wasi Teaches Climate Lessons Through Indigenous Language and a Garden
Feb 2, 2026
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The Latin American Post Staff
The Latin American Post
In Ecuador, a small intercultural bilingual school called Yachay Wasi treats environmental education as a political project rooted in Indigenous languages, farming, and justice. In…
Afghanistan: OCHA: 67 Percent of Afghanistan’s Population Faces Water Scarcity and Drought
Feb 1, 2026
Hasht-e-Subh Daily
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has announced that millions of people in Afghanistan are facing a water and sanitation…
Local Resilience Can Mitigate Climate Conflicts in the Pacific
Jan 31, 2026
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Tobias Ide
The Pacific Island countries are at the frontline of climate change. Their territories mostly consist of small, low-lying islands, with long coastlines and vast ocean…
DRC: More Than 200 Killed in Mine Collapse in Eastern DR Congo
Jan 31, 2026
Al Jazeera
More than 200 people have been killed in a collapse at the Rubaya coltan mine in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to…
DRC: Gold and Geopolitical Risk: M23 War Chest Swells in Eastern DRC
Jan 30, 2026
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Zachary Fillingham
Geopolitical Monitor
Gold prices are up by 84% over the year as global investors flock to safe havens. The precious metal’s rapid appreciation is not just a…
Liberia: Liberia Moves to Build Agricultural Commodity Traceability System
Jan 30, 2026
Ecofin Agency
In Liberia, the Liberia Agriculture Commodity Regulatory Authority (LACRA) is drafting a roadmap to establish a National Agricultural Traceability System designed to track the origin…
Nigeria: Ogun Assembly Resolved 55% of Land Grabbing Petitions in Two Years: Speaker
Jan 30, 2026
News Agency of Nigeria
The Speaker of the Ogun House of Assembly, Oludaisi Elemide, says the House has resolved about 55 per cent of land grabbing petitions through legislative…
Why Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Belong in Climate Action
Jan 29, 2026
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Ipas & The Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and Climate Justice Coalition
Ipas
A conversation with Ipas research expert Sally Dijkerman on why climate action must include sexual and reproductive health and rights, and what it will take…
Critical Minerals: Licensing, Tariffs, and the New Supply-Chain Risk
Jan 29, 2026
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Mark R. Ludwikowski, Kelsey Christensen, and Ashley Gifford
Critical minerals are no longer just industrial inputs. They are now strategic assets treated by governments as both economic infrastructure and national security leverage. Critical…
The Double Threat: How Conflict and Climate Change Disrupt Agricultural Input Use
Jan 29, 2026
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Rajalakshmi Nirmal
We often talk about war and weather as separate disasters. But for a farmer, they are a combined force. New research shows that conflict doesn't…
Greenland: Greenland Crisis a Wake-up Call on Energy Security, EU Energy Chief Says
Jan 28, 2026
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Kate Abnett
Reuters
US President Donald Trump's push to take over Greenland has been a "wake-up call" to European governments to increase their energy security, the EU's head…
Sudan: Saudi Fund for Development and UNHCR Partner to Improve Water Access in Sudan
Jan 28, 2026
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Africa
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, represented by HE Sultan Abdulrahman Al-Marshad, CEO of the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) signed today a USD 10 million…
Myanmar: How CERF-Supported Solar Power Is Transforming Life and Dignity in Myanmar’s Dry Zone
Jan 28, 2026
UN Children's Fund and UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
UNICEF, through critical funding from the OCHA-managed UN Global Emergency Fund (CERF), helped install a fully solar-powered water system bringing clean, reliable water directly to…
Liberia: Green Guard Eco Solutions Promises Carbon Capture, Renewable Energy Production, Jobs and Regional Leadership
Jan 28, 2026
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Jaheim T. Tumu
FrontPage Africa
Green Guard Eco-Solution and the Philippines-based Alterna Verde Cooperation have projected Liberia as a regional hub for waste-to-energy innovation, climate mitigation, and sustainable livelihoods when…
Afghanistan: Lack of Snowfall Threatens Livestock and Crop Production in Afghanistan [Video]
Jan 27, 2026
Associated Press
Snow and rain has at last fallen in Afghanistan, but United Nations experts fear it's too little and too late for farmers struggling after 6…
Indonesia: The Long Struggle of Women Farmers to Halt a Zinc Mine in North Sumatra
Jan 26, 2026
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Tonggo Simangunsong
Mongabay
SILIMA PUNGGA-PUNGGA DISTRICT, Indonesia — Rainim Purba first heard the rumor in 1996. Back then, in her mid-30s, villagers were saying a zinc mining company…
Reimagining the UN’s Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda: Climate Resilience and Women’s Peacebuilding in Lake Chad
Jan 26, 2026
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Aïssatou Oumar Magra Avaramla
PRIF Blog
As Lake Chad’s waters shrink and droughts intensify, pastoralists and farmers clash over the remaining oases. Amid this crisis, rural women – farmers, water-keepers, and…
Water Cooperation Is Under Threat
Jan 26, 2026
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Susanne Schmeier, Melissa McCracken, and Aaron Wolf
Rivers, lakes, and aquifers ignore borders and politics, binding countries, people, and ecosystems together. This shared reality has long required cooperation, even among states divided…
India: Securing Animals' Food Sources Reduces Conflict with Humans
Jan 26, 2026
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Aditya Pandey and Sudeshna Chowdhury
In India’s north‑eastern state of Assam, growing human‑elephant conflict is revealing how fragile food security and shrinking habitats affect both people and wildlife. As forests…
Liberia: Forest Keepers in Lofa Await Conservation Benefits
Jan 26, 2026
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Tina S. Mehnpaine
FrontPage Africa
As former hunters, townsmen now serve as forest guards for a REDD+ project protecting the Wonegizi forest from logging, farming, and poaching. Partnering with the…
Afghanistan: Kabul on the Brink of Collapse: The Ground beneath Millions Is Sinking
Jan 26, 2026
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Kazim Homayoun
Hasht-e-Subh Daily
Imagine a city of more than six million people where the ground beneath their feet sinks a little more each day. Kabul, the capital of…
Exposing the Rural Insecurity behind Nigeria’s Food Crisis
Jan 25, 2026
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Lekan Olayiwola
Nigeria’s food crisis is often described in the language of numbers: inflation rates, tonnage of grains lost, millions displaced, and millions hungry. These figures matter,…
Afghanistan: Saffron Industry Creates Job Opportunities for Afghan Women
Jan 24, 2026
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Xinhua
English News China
HERAT, Afghanistan, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- Attired in the national dress, Latifa Nuri expressed that working in a saffron field gives her energy and brings…
The Looming Hydrological Crisis: How Water Weaponization Threatens Regional Stability and International Order
Jan 24, 2026
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Jamal Khan
Rising tensions over shared rivers in South Asia highlight how water management disputes increasingly threaten regional stability, human security, and broader international order.
In 21st-century geopolitics,…
Applications Open for IPT Specialization Course on Environmental Peacebuilding
Jan 24, 2026
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Austrian Centre for Peace
Climate change and environmental degradation affect human security in diverse and intersecting ways and can amplify existing conflicts and humanitarian crises.Forced migration, internal displacement, and…
Why Sudan Is Drawing a Red Line around the Heglig Oil Field
Jan 23, 2026
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OilPrice.com
On the Sudan civil war front, the government is trying to draw a hard boundary around a shrinking but still critical part of the oil…
Afghanistan’s Secret Gold Rush Risks Poisoning Its Waters
Jan 23, 2026
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Shahla Muram and Nadja Kunz
Afghanistan is one of the countries most affected by climate change, and the largely hidden gold rush in Badakhshan is not only endangering the lives…
Afghanistan: Long-Awaited First Snowfall Brings Relief to Water-Scarce Kabul
Jan 23, 2026
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Aysha Safi
Agence France-Presse
Snow usually comes to the Afghan capital in December, but its six million inhabitants are increasingly feeling the effects of climate change, which has brought…
Nigeria: Ranching as a Path to Ending Herder–Farmer Conflicts
Jan 23, 2026
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Humaid Rabiu Shehu
PRNigeria
For decades, the farmers–herders conflict has ranked among Nigeria’s most persistent and destabilising internal security challenges. What began as seasonal disputes over land and water…
Myanmar: AA Discovers 78 Landmines over Two Days While Clearing Mines in Maungdaw
Jan 23, 2026
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Maung Sar Ga
Narinjara News
The Arakan Army (AA) has uncovered 78 landmines within a two-day mine clearance mission in Maungdaw Township, located on the western border of Rakhine State.
The…