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Israel: Book Keeper
Jul 10, 2022
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EcoPeace Middle East
EcoPeace Middle East is a unique organization that brings together Jordanian, Palestinian, and Israeli environmentalists. Our primary objective is the promotion of cooperative efforts to…
Canada: Research Assistant (Ottawa, Ontario)
Jul 10, 2022
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International Institute for Sustainable Development
The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) is an award-winning independent think tank working to accelerate solutions for a stable climate, sustainable resource management, and…
Canada: Research Assistant (Toronto, Ontario)
Jul 10, 2022
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International Institute for Sustainable Development
The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) is an award-winning independent think tank working to accelerate solutions for a stable climate, sustainable resource management, and…
Canada: Research Assistant (Winnipeg, Manitoba)
Jul 10, 2022
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International Institute for Sustainable Development
The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) is an award-winning independent think tank working to accelerate solutions for a stable climate, sustainable resource management, and…
The International Criminal Court Turns 20 in Turbulent Times. Should ‘Ecocide’ Be Added to Its List of Crimes?
Jul 10, 2022
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Katie Surma, Inside Climate News
A law professor from Queen Mary University in London has called a proposal to make “ecocide” the fifth international crime the “most credible and advanced”…
War Scars the Earth. To Heal, We Must Cultivate Hope, Not Harm
Jul 9, 2022
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Kathy Kelly and Matt Gannon, LAP Progressive
No War 2022, July 8 – 10, hosted by World BEYOND War, will consider major and growing threats faced in today’s world. Emphasizing “Resistance and…
Netherlands: Post-Doctoral Position for ERC Project: Green Industrial Policy in the Age of Rare Metals
Jul 8, 2022
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International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam
ISS is looking for 1 Post-Doctoral Fellow on China’s resource-based industrial strategy. The objective is to offer a unique opportunity to create a team who…
Colombia: Colombian Government Issues Guidelines for Blockchain Projects
Jul 8, 2022
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Abdulkarim Abdulwahab, CoinQuora
More governments are introducing blockchain technology into projects where transparency and decentralization matter. The Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications (MINTC) of Colombia has issued…
Afghanistan: FAO Intensifies Support to Most Vulnerable Smallholder Farmers Affected by Drought and Earthquake
Jul 8, 2022
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is further stepping up efforts to boost food security and support for agriculture-based livelihoods of…
Climate Change: Geoff Dabelko Sees Opportunity and Collaboration in Complex Nature of Climate Crises
Jul 8, 2022
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Tosha Jupiter, Ohio University
Ohio University Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Service professor Geoff Dabelko has spent most of his summer on the road collaborating with international and…
Myanmar: Junta Calls for Hydropower Investors
Jul 8, 2022
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Myanmar Now
The junta simultaneously opened bidding on six hydropower projects throughout the country on Tuesday in an attempt to expand the sector, which has been long…
UK/Netherlands: Climate and Peacebuilding Advisor
Jul 7, 2022
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International Alert
International Alert is looking for an exceptional candidate to join our global team as Climate and Peacebuilding Advisor. This comes at an exciting time for…
How Green Can Ukraine’s Recovery Really Be?
Jul 7, 2022
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Michelle Langrand
Since the beginning of the Russian invasion, there have been over 580 disruptions in industrial and infrastructure facilities, according to figures by the Geneva-based Zoi…
Convergence of Conflicts, COVID and Climate Crises, Jeopardize Global Goals
Jul 7, 2022
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United Nations
The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2022 reveals that the convergence of increased fighting, the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, and the long-term climate crisis, could push an additional 75 to…
DRC: End Violations Associated with Conflict in Mineral-Rich Eastern DRC
Jul 7, 2022
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Demas Kiprono, The Standard
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) recently joined the East African Community (EAC). Soon after, the EAC member states met in Kenya to address conflict…
Afghanistan: How Isolating the Afghan Taliban Could Mean More Young Landmine Victims
Jul 7, 2022
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Charlotte Greenfield and Mohammad Yunus Yawar, Reuters
The Taliban's return to power last summer, ending their 20-year insurgency, should have helped de-mining efforts, with swathes of territory that were off-limits during the…
For Somalia, Nature Is Key to Lasting Peace: UN Expert
Jul 6, 2022
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UN Environment Programme
Just over two years ago, Christophe Hodder was selected as the first UN Climate Security and Environmental Advisor to Somalia. Since then, he had spearheaded…
We Built an Algorithm to Predict How Climate Change Will Affect Future Conflict in the Horn of Africa: Here’s What We Found
Jul 6, 2022
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Jannis Hoch, Niko Wanders, and Sophie de Bruin
The Horn of Africa, on the eastern coast of the continent, is currently being battered by an intense and sustained drought thanks to which around 20 million people…
Exploring Climate Security: Why Bad Outcomes Occur in Some Places and Not Others
Jul 5, 2022
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Josh Busby
Global disaster risk reduction world provides a hopeful sign. Optimists tout that despite large and increasing numbers of people living in harm’s way to climate-related…
Ukraine/Russia: Switzerland Resists Ukrainian Plan to Seize Frozen Russian Assets
Jul 5, 2022
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Patrick Wintour, Guardian
Ukrainian plans to seize as much as $500bn (£418bn) in frozen Russian assets to fund the country’s recovery have met firm resistance from Switzerland, the…
Liberia: ActionAid Liberia, Partners Launch Project for over 3000 Women
Jul 4, 2022
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Lincoln G. Peters and Winston W. Parley, New Dawn
Ahead of the 2023 presidential and legislative elections, ActionAid Liberia with funding from the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund (UNBPF) a project named 'Strengthening the Agency…
Kenya: 'The Conflict Takes Two Forms': How Worsening Droughts Are Fuelling Tensions in Kenya
Jul 4, 2022
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Orla Dwyer, TheJournal.ie
The Executive Vice-President of the EU Commission has often warned that “our children will be waging wars over water and food if we do not…
Ukraine: UN Warns of Toxic Environmental Legacy for Ukraine, Region
Jul 4, 2022
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UN Environment Programme
Preliminary monitoring of the conflict in Ukraine points to significant impacts on urban and rural environments that could leave the country and region with a…
Ukraine: On the Front Lines, Ukrainian Women Are Often the First Responders
Jul 3, 2022
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Steve Hendrix and Serhii Korolchuk
Egypt/Ethiopia/Sudan: Nile Dispute Absent from First Peace Conference Led by China to Settle Conflicts in Horn of Africa
Jul 2, 2022
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Mohamed Saied, Al-Monitor
China’s first special envoy to the Horn of Africa Xue Bing has recently offered to mediate in the turbulent region’s conflicts, as Beijing seeks to…
Colombia: Government of Colombia Set to Utilize XRPL Blockchain for Land Registry
Jul 1, 2022
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Crypto News BTC
After a yr of labor, Ripple companion Peersyst Know-how, a Barcelona-based software program improvement agency, has introduced the launch of Colombia’s first Nationwide Land Registry…
Ukraine: Plans to Rebuild Ukraine Should Address Environment, EU Commissioner Says
Jul 1, 2022
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Agence France-Presse
Plans to rebuild Ukraine will need to address restoring the country's war-torn ecosystems, the EU Commissioner for the Environment has said. Virginijus Sinkevicius warned the…
Ukraine/Russia: Shredded Trees, Dead Dolphins and Wildfires — How Russia's Invasion Is Hurting Nature
Jul 1, 2022
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Nathan Rott, Claire Harbage, and Hanna Palamarenko, NPR
The State Environmental Inspectorate of Ukraine, a government agency, has documented more than 300 cases of what it calls "environmental crimes," carried out by Russia…
Empowering Women Aids Climate Resilience
Jun 30, 2022
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Nina Jeffs, Zainab Yunusa
The overturning of constitutional rights to abortion by the United States Supreme Court is the latest blow in a worldwide rollback of protections for gender…
Within the Health, Climate, and Security Nexus, Prevention is Better than a Cure
Jun 29, 2022
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Kelly Bridges
Droughts are not the only climate-related disaster that affect WASH and health service delivery. In addition to being one of the hottest years on record, 2022 is…