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The Arctic Illusion: Why Greenland Proves That Climate Cooperation Is a Myth
Jan 20, 2026
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Anusreeta Dutta
For decades, the Arctic has been portrayed as an outlier in world politics, where science prevails over enmity and climate cooperation trumps strategic conflict. We…
Kurdistan’s Oil Lifeline at Risk as Baghdad Payments Fall Short Again
Jan 20, 2026
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Simon Watkins
The Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) is once again edging toward a fiscal breaking point. Officials in its Erbil-based semi-autonomous regional government (KRG) say they…
Iraq: “Ecocide” in Iraq: Oil Expansion Threatens to Remove Hawizeh Marsh from the UNESCO List
Jan 20, 2026
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Haydar Al-Saadi, Hala Nasreddine, and Yann Philippin
Daraj
This investigation reveals that four oil and gas licenses in Iraq overlap with about 400 km² of land within roughly seven protected areas, most prominently…
Syria: Syria’s War-Ravaged Oil Sector Faces Tough Road to Recovery, Analysts Say
Jan 20, 2026
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John Power
Al Jazeera
The Syrian government’s takeover of key oil and gas fields from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the country’s northeast has raised hopes for…
CCT Workshop Scholarships Available! [Deadline: January 28, 2026]
Jan 20, 2026
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Center for Conservation Peacebuilding
CPeace is delighted to have received funding for four partial scholarships for its Fundamentals of CCT Workshop being held March 2nd–6th in Washington, DC. Each…
Call for Submissions — Environmental Research Letters Focus Issue: Focus on Initial and Enduring Environmental Consequences of Armed Conflict
Jan 20, 2026
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Environmental Research Letters
Recent years have seen a sharp rise in armed conflicts worldwide with some estimates pointing to a roughly 25% increase in conflict events each year…
Afghanistan: The Unseen Drought: How Widespread Female Illiteracy Threatens Water Conservation
Jan 20, 2026
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Numan Rahim
Khaama Press
Female illiteracy in Afghanistan undermines water conservation, leaving millions at risk as households struggle with scarcity, poor hygiene, and inefficient water use practices.
While global water…
Pacific Islands: Climate Security in the Pacific: Emerging Trends, Priorities, and Solutions
Jan 19, 2026
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UNDP
United Nations
Pacific Island countries are among those most affected by climate change. Rising sea levels, shifting rainfall patterns and increasing extreme weather events threaten land, livelihoods…
Gold in Sudan: The Resource That Never Became Wealth — A Vast Asset with No Developmental Impact
Jan 19, 2026
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Mohannad Awad Mahmoud
Since Sudan lost the bulk of its oil revenues following South Sudan’s secession in 2011, gold has become the country’s most important source of foreign…
Wars over Resources: A Persistent Driver of Security and Conflict
Jan 19, 2026
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Michał Zgórzak
From the perspective of security studies, wars rarely originate in abstract ideas or ideological declarations. More often, they emerge from material constraints: shortages of water,…
Israel/Palestine: From Ruins to Renewal: Gaza's Farmers Seek to Restore Harvests after Conflict
Jan 19, 2026
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Maxime Le Lijour
World Food Programme
Over 100 days into the ceasefire, WFP has significantly expanded operations and helped to push back famine - even as farmers like Isa Shamallah slowly…
Nigeria/Kenya/Rwanda: Value Chain Strategy Lead (Fixed-Term)
Jan 19, 2026
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One Acre Fund
Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund equips 5.5 million smallholder farmers to make their farms more productive. Across nine countries that together are home to…
Nigeria: Product Manager
Jan 19, 2026
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One Acre Fund
Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund equips 5.5 million smallholder farmers to make their farms more productive. Across nine countries that together are home to…
Ukraine: Project Manager - Kharkiv/Kyiv
Jan 19, 2026
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Croix-Rouge Française
Ukraine is facing a humanitarian crisis that is worsening every day. Since the escalation of the armed conflict on 24 February 2022, the destruction of…
Afghanistan: Around 2.8 Million Afghan Refugees Returned; Thousands of Jeribs of Land Distributed to Them
Jan 18, 2026
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Nasrat Sarwari
Radio Omid
Mullah Hamdullah Fitrat, the deputy spokesman for the Islamic Emirate, has stated that approximately 2.8 million Afghan refugees have been forcibly returned over the past…
Syria: Syrian Army Seizes Country's Largest Oil Field from Kurdish Forces
Jan 18, 2026
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Henri Astier
BBC
Syrian troops fighting Kurdish forces in north-eastern Syria have seized the country's largest oilfield. The Omar facility and nearby gas fields are under army control…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan’s Heroin Boom Years Ended with US Military Exit, UN Report Shows
Jan 17, 2026
bne IntelliNews
Opium production in Afghanistan boomed during the two decades in which largely US forces propped up a Washington-approved government – but it has collapsed since…
Afghanistan: UN Warns of Triple Crisis in Afghanistan: Drought, Migrant Return and Funding Shortfalls
Jan 17, 2026
Ariana News
The United Nations has raised an urgent alarm over Afghanistan’s worsening humanitarian crisis, citing three simultaneous challenges that are significantly straining the country’s stability and…
Colombia: Colombia Poised for Another Drop in Deforestation in 2025, Data Shows
Jan 16, 2026
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Maxwell Radwin
Mongabay
Deforestation in Colombia appears to have declined in 2025, with notable reductions in several departments that have historically struggled with forest loss.
India’s Indus Gamble: How Water Is Becoming a Strategic Weapon in South Asia
Jan 16, 2026
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Saima Afzal
India’s approval of the 260-megawatt (MW) Dulhasti Stage-II hydropower project on the Chenab River marks more than an incremental expansion of infrastructure. It reflects a deeper transformation…
In the Race for DRC’s Critical Minerals, Community Forests Stand on the Frontline
Jan 16, 2026
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Didier Makal and Latoya Abulu
Ten years ago, the displacement of nearby famers from the villages of Bungubungu and Shilasimba by Société d’Exploitation de Kipoi (SEK), a company owned by…
Colombia: Colombia Poised for Another Drop in Deforestation in 2025, Data Show
Jan 16, 2026
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Maxwell Radwin
Mongabay
Deforestation in Colombia appears to have declined in 2025, with notable reductions in several departments that have historically struggled with forest loss.
An estimated 36,280 hectares…
Egypt/Ethiopia: Trump Offers to Mediate Egypt-Ethiopia Dispute on Nile River Waters
Jan 16, 2026
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Trevor Hunnicutt
Reuters
US President Donald Trump offered on Friday to mediate a dispute over Nile River waters between Egypt and Ethiopia. Addis Ababa's September 9 inauguration of…
State Fragility and Cascading Climate Risks
Jan 15, 2026
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Kathryn Cheeseman
The world is experiencing more conflict now than since 1946. State fragility, peace and security are increasingly at the forefront of development policy, which is…
Myanmar: Land Prices Soar in Western Karenni as War Displaces Thousands
Jan 15, 2026
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Aung Naing
Myanmar Now
Displacement, financial hardship and investor interest have sent land prices skyrocketing in parts of Karenni, even as fighting with the junta grinds on.
The Middle East’s Next War Will Be over Water
Jan 15, 2026
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Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez
The Middle East is not running out of slogans. It is running out of water. And while pundits remain hypnotized by manifestos, missiles, and terrorist…
Australia: Water Wars ahead Now Australia’s Longest River Officially Critically Endangered
Jan 15, 2026
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Mike Foley
Sydney Morning Herald
Australia’s longest waterway is under such dire threat of collapse that the entire lower Murray River ecosystem, which stretches nearly 1000 kilometres from western NSW,…
Call for Proposal: Gender, Climate, and Social Cohesion
Jan 15, 2026
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UN Women Asia and the Pacific
UN Women Asia and the Pacific
Given Afghanistan's increased climate vulnerability and the dispropotionate impact on women anand girls, this CfP aims to (1) leverage media platforms (TV, radio, digital initiatives)…
'Blood Minerals' in DR Congo - Myth or Reality?
Jan 14, 2026
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Alex Mvuka Ntung
“Blood minerals” in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) commonly refer to tin, tantalum, tungsten, and gold (3TG). A widely promoted narrative, advanced…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan’s Mines Fuel the War Economy
Jan 14, 2026
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Asif Zaeer Gondal
Lead Pakistan
Recent accounts of Afghanistan’s war driven economy point to an alarming reality. Control over mineral resources has become a means of coercion and financing for…