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Going beyond “Conflict-Free”: Transition Minerals Governance in DRC and Rwanda

Jul 31, 2024 | Neeraja Kulkarni

Resource-rich nations such as the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda—which produce minerals ranging from coltan, cobalt, gold, tungsten, and tantalum, to tin (3TG)—hold…

Water Wars and Climate Change: Addressing Resource Conflicts in the Horn of Africa

Jul 31, 2024 | Centre of Excellence on Emerging Development Perspectives and Vision RI

Climate change and population growth in the Horn of Africa exacerbate water scarcity, intensifying local conflicts. Effective groundwater management demands inclusive stakeholder engagement, integration of…

Sahel Region: Addressing Gender Inequality, State Fragility, and Climate Vulnerability in the Sahel Region

Jul 30, 2024
ClimateLinks

Our world is facing tremendous and unprecedented environmental challenges, including climate change, biodiversity extinction, food insecurity, and public health crises. In the global south, many…

The Paradox of the DRC’s War: Mining for Climate Solutions Fuels Environmental Destruction

Jul 30, 2024 | Sibahle Zuma

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is a crucial player in the global effort to combat climate change. Its rich deposits of cobalt and…

Uganda: Advocacy Group Links Uganda Oil Infrastructure to Human-Elephant Conflict

Jul 30, 2024 | Musinguzi Blanshe, Mongabay

Oil drilling by French oil and gas giant TotalEnergies is disturbing wildlife in Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda’s largest and most-visited protected area. This is…

Will Critical Minerals Be Another Poisoned Chalice for Africa?

Jul 28, 2024 | James Boafo and Rochelle Spencer

The world's journey to a decarbonised energy future requires a shift towards the development of low-carbon technologies. The development of these low-carbon technologies in the…

Afghanistan: Extortion and Beatings: What Happened during the Pistachio Harvest in Badghis Province?

Jul 28, 2024 | Hasht-e Subh Daily

Several residents of Badghis province report that this year, the Taliban have beaten many people for breaking “Shul Pista,” a local rule against collecting pistachios…

DRC: Development vs Conservation: DRC’s Dilemma over Resources

Jul 28, 2024 | Patrick Ilunga, East African

Nature conservation is a concept that means very little to the vast majority of the Congolese population, yet it is one of the most important…

Landmines, Climate Change and New Environmental Guidance

Jul 27, 2024 | Linsey Cottrell

Wars damage the environment in many ways. Landmines and other explosive remnants of war (ERW) can remain in the ground for decades after conflicts end.…

How Will We Solve the World’s Water Wars? An Ancient Spanish Court Offers One Answer

Jul 26, 2024 | Roman Krznaric

Every Thursday at noon, outside the west door of Valencia’s cathedral, nine black-cloaked figures – one wearing a banded cap and with a ceremonial harpoon…

Afghanistan: Herat's Pistachio Groves under Protection to Ensure Optimal Harvest

Jul 26, 2024 | TOLOnews

The Herat Department of Agriculture and Irrigation said that security forces have been deployed in the pistachio forests of the province to prevent premature harvesting…

Myanmar: Anti-Junta Forces Control Profitable Gemstone Mines after Taking Mogok from Myanmar Military

Jul 26, 2024 | Aung Naing, Myanmar Now

The military and connected businessmen are at risk of devastating losses after anti-junta fighters captured Mogok, Mandalay Region this week, putting most of Myanmar’s gem-producing…

Intersectional Perspectives on Environmental Peacebuilding

Jul 26, 2024 | Marisa O. Ensor

At a time when the world is witnessing the greatest number of conflicts since World War II, and irrefutable scientific evidence confirms that humanity has fundamentally and…

Environmental Consequences of the War in Ukraine: June 2024 Review

Jul 25, 2024 | Alexei Ovchinnikov

The main event in this past June was the anniversary of the explosion of the Kakhovka hydropower plant (HPP) dam, an event which led to…

Israel/Palestine: More than Half of Gaza’s Cropland Has Been Damaged by Conflict

Jul 25, 2024 | Action Against Hunger

With more than half of Gaza’s farmland damaged by conflict and ongoing blockades restricting imports, Action Against Hunger, a global nonprofit leader in the movement…

Israel/Jordan/Palestine: Israel's Gaza War Disrupts Climate Cooperation with Jordan

Jul 25, 2024 | Saqib Rahim, Grist

An ambitious climate deal between Israel and Jordan, known as Project Prosperity, has collapsed due to the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas.

Liberia: Troubled Rubber Plantation in Liberia Shuts down after Labor Unrest

Jul 25, 2024 | Ashoka Mukpo, Mongabay

Two prominent union leaders remain in prison a month after the headquarters of the Salala Rubber Corporation in Liberia was set on fire by aggrieved…

Rwanda: ‘Blood Minerals’: EU Accused of Fueling Conflict with Rwanda Deal

Jul 25, 2024 | Antonia Zimmermann, Politico

Europe’s hunger for minerals for its electric cars and microchips is sparking accusations that it is inflaming conflict in eastern Congo, one of the world’s…

Growing Peace, One Coffee Farm at a Time

Jul 24, 2024 | Lauren Petersen-Green

Mayerly’s journey into coffee began when Mercy Corps invited her to attend a meeting about the benefits of substituting coca with legal crops. Mercy Corps…

Ending the Conflict in Ukraine through Land Purchase

Jul 24, 2024 | Glauco Ortolano

Glauco Ortolano explores an implausible proposal for how the war may end through economic rather than political means.

Yemen: Oil Leaks, Toxic Emissions as Israel Strike Worsens Yemen Pollution: NGOs

Jul 24, 2024 | Agence France-Presse

The Israeli strike on Yemen's port of Hodeida has released hazardous emissions and caused fuel spills, experts said, compounding environmental pollution already worsened by oil…

Afghanistan: China Starts Work on Afghan Copper Mine Long Stalled by War

Jul 24, 2024 | Joe Stenson and Abdullah Hasrat, Barron's

Chinese engineers and the Taliban government broke ground in Afghanistan on Wednesday on a project to mine the world's second-largest copper deposit.

Call for Contributions to the Glossary of Environmental Peacebuilding Terms

Jul 24, 2024 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association is excited to announce the launch of a process to develop a Glossary of Environmental Peacebuilding Terms and to invite contributions…

Kellogg Developing Researcher Finds Community, Inspiration, and Hope at the Third International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding

Jul 23, 2024 | Sophia Rockwell

What role does the environment have in current and future conversations about how to promote, create, and maintain international peace through research and government initiatives?…