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Ethiopia: WASH Specialist (Emergency - Roving)
Jul 6, 2023
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United Nations Children's Fund
UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To…
Sudan: Arab League Chief Warns of Sudan Conflict's Impact on Food Security
Jul 6, 2023
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Xinhua
Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul-Gheit warned on Thursday that the ongoing clashes in Sudan would harm the Sudanese and Arab food security.
Iran/Kuwait/Saudi Arabia: Oil on Troubled Waters: Where Are the MENA's Key Energy Disputes?
Jul 6, 2023
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New Arab
This week Iran, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait once again butted heads over a disputed gas field in the Gulf. The resource-rich area - known as…
Afghanistan: 151 Dead, 200 Injured Due to Natural Disasters in Past Three Months
Jul 5, 2023
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Asian News International
Taliban's State Minister for Disaster Management has announced that at least 151 people have died and more than 200 others injured in different parts of…
Colombia: Effort to Save Rare Colombian Monkey Looks to Crowdfund Its Conservation
Jul 5, 2023
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Aimee Gabay, Mongabay
For 38 years, Colombian-based NGO Fundación Proyecto Tití has successfully run a reforestation program to protect the critically endangered cotton-top tamarin and its tropical dry…
Ukraine/Russia: Warnings of Sabotage at Nuclear Plant
Jul 5, 2023
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Usaid Siddiqui, Priyanka Shankar and Arwa Ibrahim, Al Jazeera
The Kremlin has warned that the situation at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant is tense, claiming there is a “great threat of sabotage from Kyiv”.…
The Taliban’s New Canal Threatens Water Security in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan
Jul 5, 2023
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Niginakhon Saida
On March 30, 2022, Taliban Deputy Prime Minister Mulla Abdul Ghani Baradar launched the construction of the Qosh Tepa canal, which will divert significant amount…
Liberia: Eight Communities Issued Statutory Titled Land Deeds
Jul 5, 2023
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New Dawn
The Government of Liberia through the Liberia Land Authority (LLA) on June 23, 2023, officially issued statutory land-titled deeds and maps to eight customary communities…
Afghanistan’s Women in Agriculture Face Limitations and Challenges
Jul 5, 2023
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Hasht-e-Subh Daily
Taliban's return to power has made things worse for them.
Afghanistan’s Women in Agriculture Face Limitations and Challenges
Jul 5, 2023
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Hasht-e-Subh Daily
Taliban's return to power has made things worse for them.
Taking Action for a Flourishing Land: Latin American Voices Prioritize Climate Justice, Indigenous Rights, Gender Equality
Jul 4, 2023
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World Council of Churches
Seeking to join efforts with those committed to ensure a just and sustainable future for the continent, representatives from World Council of Churches (WCC) member…
The Geopolitics of Climate Change: China and the United States at the UN Security Council
Jul 4, 2023
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Homeland Security Today
Beijing has for years leveraged its status as a developing country in the Paris Agreement construct to avoid responsibility to reduce emissions as fast as…
Afghanistan: Iron Smelting Plant Opens in Kabul
Jul 4, 2023
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Habib Rahman Qooyash, TOLOnews
Some officials of the current Afghan government spoke at the factory's the opening ceremony about the Islamic Emirate leadership's unwavering support for all investors and…
DRC: US Measure Would Ban Products Containing Mineral Mined with Child Labor in Congo
Jul 3, 2023
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Taiwo Adebayo, Associated Press
A measure has been introduced in the U.S. House to ban imported products containing minerals critical to electric vehicle batteries but mined through child labor…
Afghanistan: Clash over Water Injures 6 in Afghanistan
Jul 3, 2023
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Xinhua
A clash over water between two families in Afghanistan's eastern Kapisa province has left six persons injured, said a statement of provincial police department released…
Four Ways Women Can Help to End the Middle East's Water Crisis
Jul 3, 2023
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Sally Abi Khalil
Women In the Middle East and North Africa are too often seen as simply water consumers or as water managers just of their own households.…
New Canal Threatens the Peace between the Taliban and Central Asia
Jul 3, 2023
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Bruce Pannier
When the Taliban entered Kabul in mid-August 2021, the Central Asian governments, with the exception of the Tajik government, simply continued, to the extent possible,…
What Is the EU's Joint Communication on Climate-Security Nexus All about?
Jul 3, 2023
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Olivia Lazard
Climate security is key to understanding instability and fragility in and outside Europe, and this agenda should be treated as the lens through which to…
The Impacts of Climate Change on South Asian Women
Jul 3, 2023
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Neha Madhira
Of the 750 million South Asians affected by at least one climate-related disaster in the last two decades, women have been disproportionately impacted. According to a recent report by…
Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana: Mainstreaming Gender in Climate Change Adaptation in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana
Jul 3, 2023
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UN Women
As the impacts of climate change intensify around the world, adaptation efforts are crucial to ensuring that communities, ecosystems and economies are able to survive.…
DRC: Protecting Congo’s Forests: New Timber Parks Will Help Fight Illegal Logging
Jul 3, 2023
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Paolo Omar Cerutti and Silvia Ferrari, Conversation
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) joined the East African Community in 2022. This will offer the country, which has immense natural wealth, a huge…
Afghanistan: How the Taliban Launched the ‘Most Successful Counter-Narcotics Effort in Human History’
Jul 3, 2023
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Samuel Lovett; Sarah Newey, and Ben Farmer, Telegraph
America’s “war on drugs,” launched by President Richard Nixon in 1971, raged for more than half a century but hardly put a dent in the…
Climate Change: Symposium Focuses on Practical Solutions for Climate Security Challenges
Jul 3, 2023
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United States Africa Command
The third Security Implications of Climate Change Symposium, organized by U.S. Africa Command (USAFRICOM) and the U.S. Institute for Peace (USIP) in concert with the…
Ukraine/Russia: Russia Is Accused of ‘Ecocide’ in Ukraine. But What Does That Mean?
Jul 3, 2023
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Radina Gigova, CNN
On June 6, Ukraine suffered an environmental catastrophe. The collapse of the Kakhovka dam in the south of the country sent water thundering downstream, killing…
The Climate-Gender Nexus
Jul 2, 2023
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Shruti Deora
Climate change is a global challenge that requires urgent action and innovative solutions. It is not just an environmental issue but also a social and economic…
Water: Major Incidents of Water-Related Violence Since 2000s [Infographic]
Jul 1, 2023
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Cécile Marin, Le Monde diplomatique
The map shows only violent (resulting in deaths or injuries) or potentially violent incidents (verbal threats, military manoeuvres and demonstrations of force). Not shown are…
Water: How Can We Avoid Water Wars?
Jul 1, 2023
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Akram Belkaïd, Le Monde diplomatique
Climate change could well lead to armed conflict over water resources among other things. As long ago as 1972, environmental activists interrupted the first Earth…
South Sudan: South Sudan Alarmed by Rebel Threats to Disrupt Crude Oil Flow
Jul 1, 2023
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Fred Oluoch, East African
South Sudan is increasingly getting concerned that the continued conflict in the neighbouring Sudan will soon impact the transportation and revenue from oil, its economic…
Iraq: Market Value of Iraq’s Natural Resources Surpasses $15 trillion
Jul 1, 2023
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Amr Salem, Iraqi News
The financial adviser to the Prime Minister, Mazhar Muhammad Salih, confirmed on Saturday that the market value of Iraq’s wealth exceeds $15 trillion, the Iraqi…
Climate Security Is National Security
Jun 30, 2023
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Andrew Hoehn and Thom Shanker
The military does not have the luxury of debating climate change, a reality now adding a powerful, destabilizing force to fragile, unstable areas of the…