Issue #332 – Sep 29, 2026

Profiles

Lawyer
Independent Consultant
Colombia

Natalia Jimenez is a Colombian environmental lawyer, facilitator, and environmental peacebuilding practitioner with more than fifteen years of experience working at the intersection of environmental governance, human rights, gender, and conflict transformation across…

Announcements

Call for Applications: Current Issues in Environmental Peacebuilding — February 22-26, 2027

September 14, 2026 | Venice International University

Environmental peacebuilding is an emerging and rapidly changing field. It engages a range of disciplines, ranging from political science, political economy, and geography to law and environmental sciences.

Events

For more upcoming events on environmental peacebuilding, please visit our online calendar of events.

The Impacts of Military Activity and War on the Planet

October 14, 2026 Institute for Systems Engineering and Computers (INESC) at Coimbra
online

GHG emissions from military activity and war are largely kept secret. Neither the Kyoto Protocol nor the Paris Agreement mandated transparency or accountability for them.

Prosecuting Environmental Harm as International Crimes

October 7, 2026 American Society of International Law
online

International criminal law is the most under-used tool in the fight against environmental damage and climate harm.

CaSS Climate Security Talk: Securing Critical Materials for a Safe, Secure, and Sustainable Future

October 7, 2026 TU Delft Climate Safety & Security Center
The Hague, Netherlands

Critical materials are essential to the green and digital transitions, yet growing demand, supply chain dependencies and geopolitical developments pose significant challenges.

Berlin Climate and Security Conference 2026

October 6, 2026 German Federal Foreign Office, adelphi global, and Climate Diplomacy
online

Since its inaugural edition in 2019, the annual Berlin Climate and Security Conference (BCSC) has established itself as the leading global forum connecting governments, international organisations, researchers, civil society, and practitioners working at…

When Grain Trade Is Obstructed: Black Sea Disruptions and Global Market Impacts

October 1, 2026 International Food Policy Research Institute and Agricultural Market Information System
online

The Black Sea region plays a critical role in global agricultural trade, supplying a significant share of internationally traded wheat, maize, and oilseeds.

Library

In the last two weeks, 18 new publications were added to our online library of materials on environmental peacebuilding.

African Water Research beyond the Narratives of Conflict and Scarcity

September 29, 2026 | Essam Heggy, Jongeun You, Abotalib Z. Abotalib, Sara S. Fouad, and Mohamed Ramah
Nature Sustainability

Reproducible, replicable and robust African water research remains underrepresented in highly visible scientific journals, leading regional policymakers to turn to consulting firms and interest groups.

Manual on Prosecuting International Environmental Crimes

September 29, 2026
UCLA Law, Promise Institute for Human Rights (Europe)

The purpose of this manual is to provide national and international practitioners, investigators, and civil society actors with a succinct, self-contained, and practical resource for identifying, framing, and investigating cases of international crimes…

Decarbonizing Conflict

September 29, 2026 | Matei Alexianu
100 Tulane Law Review 639

As climate change accelerates, conflicts play a major role in exacerbating the climate crisis and its devastating effects.

Environment and National Security - Exploring the Risk Pathways

September 29, 2026
Agile Initiative and Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford

This report presents a forward-looking research agenda to address evidence needs in response to the climate and biosphere emergency and its implications for UK national security.

Ecocide in Palestine: A Call for a New Criminal Designation for Environmental Crimes

September 29, 2026 | Carley A. Bomrad
UC Law Environmental Journal

Gaza has frequently been the target of environmental damage from Israel.

Environmental Peacebuilding (chapter in Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Law and Peace)

September 29, 2026 | Erika Weinthal and Carl Bruch
Edward Elgar Publishing

Environmental peacebuilding offers a meta-framework for examining the intersection of environment, conflict and peace.

Briefing: Defining Nature, Peace and Security (NPS)

September 29, 2026 | Doug Weir, Alec Crawford, and Florian Titze
Conflict and Environment Observatory

Narrow interpretations of the relationships between nature and security that prioritise the national security of only a few states risk repeating the mistakes of past environmental security discourse, alienating and excluding key stakeholders…

Prioritising Conflict Prevention in Syria’s Recovery: Integrating Climate and Environment for Peace

September 29, 2026 | Fynn Kaltenpoth, Josephine Collier, Janani Vivekananda, and Emma Whitaker
Weathering Risk, adelphi

A window for conflict-preventive recovery in Syria has opened, but climate change threatens to close it.

Climate Change and Nature Loss Demands Comprehensive Security, Not Just Hard Security

September 28, 2026 | Members of the Environment, Peacebuilding, and Security Working Group
Environment, Climate, Conflict, and Peace (ECCP) Community of Practice

Climate change and nature loss are increasingly framed as security threats demanding hard security responses. Instead, the problem needs to be addressed at the root.

Climate Security at UNFCCC COPs - a Short History

September 23, 2026 | Laís Clemente Pereira and Sarneet Saran
Climate Diplomacy and adelphi global

Climate change has long been recognised as a threat to human security, but its links to peace and conflict have only recently gained prominence on the agendas of UNFCCC COPs.

Collective Power: The Struggle for Protection for Land and Environmental Defenders

September 16, 2026
Global Witness

At least 124 land and environmental defenders were killed in 2025 for standing up to protect their lands and livelihoods from destruction.

Jobs

Please visit our jobs page to view these positions and other job opportunities.

Kenya/Uganda: Terms of Reference (TOR) for Facilitator/Trainer for Online Renewable Energy Awareness Sessions

September 29, 2026 | Horizont3000

The Solar Pledge East Africa(SPEA) project is a pilot project of the Solar Pledge East Africa Programme implemented by horizont3000.

South Sudan: Head of Programmes

September 29, 2026 | Polish Humanitarian Action - Polska Akcja Humanitarna

Polish Humanitarian Action (PAH) is an international non-governmental organization which since 1992 has been providing humanitarian and development help worldwide. So far, the interventions have been carried out in 52 different countries.

Iraq: Health, Safety, Social and Environmental / Safeguard Officer

September 29, 2026 | Committed To Good

CTG was established in 2006, almost 20 years ago, in Afghanistan. CTG currently operates in 35 countries and have approximately 11,500 staff members committed to good!

Somalia: Consultancy Opportunity – Water Sector Specialists

September 29, 2026 | Accord Worldwide

Accord Worldwide, Inc. , through its professional training brand Accordemy®, provides training, capacity development, institutional strengthening and consulting services to organizations internationally. Accord Worldwide, Inc.

DRC: Lac Tele Community Reserve Program Manager

September 29, 2026 | Wildlife Conservation Society

The Wildlife Conservation Society saves wildlife and wild places worldwide through science, conservation action, education, and inspiring people to value nature.

International News

In the last two weeks, 23 international news items on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. The following is a sampling:

Mining: Mining Firms Must Integrate Security, Environment and Community Relations – Australian Envoy

September 28, 2026 | Daniel Sackitey
CitiNewsroom

Mining companies cannot build sustainable operations by treating security, environmental responsibility and community relations as separate issues, Australian High Commissioner designate to Ghana Keara Shaw has told the West Africa Mining Security Conference.

Liberia: Liberia Moves to Establish Specialized Court for Land Disputes

September 28, 2026 | Kruah Thompson
New Dawn

The Law Reform Commission (LRC) is drafting legislation to establish a specialized court for land disputes in Liberia, as authorities seek a more focused judicial mechanism for resolving competing claims to property.

Iraq: Iran War Squeezes Iraq’s Economy as Oil Revenues Fall and Prices Rise

September 26, 2026 | Waleed Ibrahim
Al Jazeera

Iraq is a state heavily dependent on imports, from food and medicines to appliances, as well as raw materials for its industries.

Climate Change: UK Pledges £331 Million to Tackle Climate-Linked Security Risks

September 25, 2026 | Valerie Volcovici
Climate Watch

Britain’s new climate funding package highlights growing international concern over links between environmental disruption, resource pressures and global security planning.

Liberia: Liberia Launches Ambitious National Legal Reforms Targeting Land, Mining, and Family Law

September 24, 2026 | Amos Harris
GNNLiberia

The Government of Liberia is advancing a comprehensive series of legal reforms, including plans to establish a National Family Court, strengthen the resolution of land disputes, and overhaul the country’s framework governing mining…

Afghanistan/Pakistan: Durand Line Dispute Fuels Fresh Pakistan-Afghanistan Tensions

September 22, 2026
FM Bharat

Pakistani jets have reportedly been repeatedly pounding its own territories, targeting people it calls its own to quell a movement for separate Balochistan, while sneaking in a few raids across the Durand Line…

Sudan/South Sudan: Sudan Army Accused of Attacking South Sudan Oil Pipeline

September 21, 2026
Radio Tamazuj

The Sudan Founding Alliance, known as Tasis, has accused Sudan’s army of repeatedly attacking a pipeline carrying South Sudanese oil through Sudan.

Liberia: 9 Proposed Changes to the Forestry Law Explained

September 21, 2026 | Roberto T. Kollie
The Daylight

The Liberian government is considering one of the most significant overhauls of the National Forestry Reform Law since its enactment 20 years ago. In 2006, Liberia’s legal landscape was very different.

Afghanistan: UNICEF-Funded Reconstruction of Four Water Supply Networks Begins in Parwan

September 20, 2026 | Mohammad Farhaad
Hasht-e-Subh Daily

With financial support from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), work has begun on the reconstruction of four water supply networks in Parwan Province for 7. 9 million Afghanis.

Afghanistan: UNAMA: Environmental Pollution Has Become a Serious and Growing Challenge in Afghanistan

September 20, 2026 | Nazanin Mohseni
Kabul Now

The UN mission said preventing waste from being dumped on roads, in alleys and waterways, including the Kabul River, would help protect the environment, create healthier communities and contribute to a more sustainable…

DRC: DRC’s Mineral Wealth Meets an Infrastructure Bottleneck: Power, Transport and Processing Shape the Next Mining Boom

September 19, 2026
TrendsNafrica

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) possesses some of the world’s largest reserves of copper, cobalt, lithium, zinc, gold, tin and tantalum.

Technology: Opium Fields Uncovered from Space with 75% Accuracy Using Hyperspectral Imaging and AI

September 16, 2026
Imagine & Machine Vision Europe

“From orbit, an opium poppy field does not necessarily look very different from a field growing a legal crop,” said Kuva Space.

Liberia: Liberia Advances Efforts to Reaffirm Land Boundaries and Delimit Maritime Borders

September 15, 2026
GNNLiberia

The Government of Liberia hosted a high-level policy meeting dedicated to the reaffirmation of the country’s land boundaries and the formal delimitation of its maritime borders.

Blogs & Opinion

In the last two weeks, 9 blogs & opinion pieces on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. Here is a sampling:

Creating Asean’s Climate Security Architecture

September 26, 2026 | Glenn S. Banaguas

As one of the world’s most ecologically vulnerable regions, Southeast Asia faces unprecedented exposure to anthropogenically-driven climate disruptions.

Five Things Climate Actors Need to Know about Conflict at COP31

September 25, 2026 | Ecosystem for Peace

War, militarism, and geopolitical rivalry are shaping the climate agenda, from energy markets to multilateral trust. Here’s what to know walking into COP31, and what to do with it.

Climate Change Is Fuelling African Conflict – Governments Are Developing a Shared Response

September 22, 2026 | Katongo Seyuba and Gracsious Maviza

Many African countries face peace and security problems that go far beyond war. These include political instability, violent extremist groups, organised crime and armed militias.

Conflict Coltan, AI Demand and the Risk of Runaway Harm

September 21, 2026 | Emily Iona Stewart and Ashley Thomson

Conflict coltan from the DRC is already finding its way into our electronic devices, and rising AI and data centre demand could accelerate harms and add pressure to creaking regulation

Give Sustainable Recovery a Chance

September 18, 2026 | Anna Ackermann and Doug Weir

Where it exists, armed conflicts undermine environmental governance, and at a time where the environment is under intense pressure.

Regenerative Adaptation: A Path for Future Environmental Peacebuilding?

September 18, 2026 | Richard Marcantonio

Violent conflicts are becoming more frequent and more intense in parallel with growing global environmental change, extreme weather events, and corresponding risks to human health and social systems.

Beyond Chaos: Launching the Environmental Peacebuilding Glossary in Bogotá

September 15, 2026 | Héctor Camilo Morales Muñoz

In Bogotá, the Spanish language prelaunch of Essential Concepts of Environmental Peacebuilding: An A–Z Guide brought the field into conversation with Colombia’s territorial realities, from the Amazon Basin to amphibious communities and the…

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