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Conflict Minerals: De Beers Presses Go on Diamond Traceability System

May 9, 2022 | Phil Taylor, Securing Industry

Diamond company De Beers has been developing a blockchain system to track its stones through the supply chain for some time, and has now activated…


South Sudan: South Sudan to Take over Oil Operations in Nationalization Drive

May 9, 2022 | Okech Francis

South Sudan is taking steps to take over the operations of international oil companies in the country to increase its share of revenue, even as…


Afghanistan/Pakistan: With Afghanistan in Turmoil, Pakistan Has Been in an Endless Wait for a Kabul River Treaty

May 9, 2022 | Fawad Ali, Scroll.in

For decades, Pakistan has been seeking an agreement with Afghanistan on the Kabul River. But a treaty agreeing to the management and allocation of water…


Ukraine: EU Should Seize Russian Reserves to Rebuild Ukraine, Borrell Tells Financial Times

May 9, 2022 | Reuters

The European Union should consider seizing frozen Russian foreign exchange reserves to help pay for the cost of rebuilding Ukraine after the war, the bloc's…


Afghanistan/Pakistan: Dirty, Depleted Kabul River a Risk to Millions in Afghanistan, Pakistan

May 9, 2022 | Fawad Ali, Third Pole

On the last day of April 2022, the Kabul River was still flowing from Afghanistan to Pakistan, but only just. That day, the major tributary…


Ukraine: More Than 200 Experts Join UNDP, the European Union and National Partners to Discuss the Ecological Impacts of the War in Ukraine

May 9, 2022 | UNDP

The war in Ukraine is not only razing entire cities and destroying infrastructure with widespread casualties, it is negatively impacting the environment, poisoning waterways and…


Yemen: UN Leads £65m Plan to Stop Huge Oil Spill off Yemen during First Ceasefire in Six Years

May 8, 2022 | Patrick Wintour, Guardian

The UN is to stage a rare donor conference on Wednesday in a bid to raise the $80m (£65m) necessary to prevent an ageing oil…


Iraq: Iraq to Discuss Climate Change Challenges in Landmark Mosul Event

May 8, 2022 | Sinan Mahmoud, National

Iraq’s northern city of Mosul will on Monday host the country's first international forum on climate change, future challenges and solutions, bringing together local and…


Iraq: Between Searing Drought and Ukraine War, Iraq Watchful over Wheat

May 8, 2022 | New Arab

After decades of war and insurgency, Iraq faces another huge challenge: severe water scarcity driven by climate change


Ukraine: How Ukrainian Farmers Are Trying to Survive amid Russian Invasion [Video]

May 7, 2022 | Chris Livesay, CBS

Farming the land is a tough job the world over but Ukrainian farmers are struggling as Russian forces continue to target them.


Afghanistan: Recent Heavy Rainfall Enough to Start 3 Turbines at Salma Dam

May 7, 2022 | TOLOnews

Local officials in Herat province said that following the recent heavy rains, which caused damage in various parts of the country, the water level at…


Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq Moves to Implement Court Rule on Kurdistan Oil Operations

May 7, 2022 | Khalid Al-Ansary, Bloomberg

Iraq will proceed with implementing a court ruling that gives the federal oil ministry oversight of Kurdish oil output after talks didn’t lead to a…


Environment Ignored as Myanmar Struggles with Coup

May 6, 2022 | Thin Lei Win

When Myanmar’s military staged a coup more than a year ago and seized power from a democratically elected civilian government, not only did it undo…


Champion of Women’s Right to Manage Land and Forests Wins Top Environment Prize

May 6, 2022 | New Dawn

A veteran Cameroonian activist working to preserve her country’s forests, and improve the lives of people who depend on them, is the latest winner of…


Unpacking the Pentagon’s $3.1 Billion Climate Request

May 5, 2022 | John Conger

On March 28, the U.S. Federal Budget request for Fiscal Year 2023 (FY2023) was released, officially kicking off the Congressional budget season and the ensuing…


Afghanistan: More Foreign Firms Offer to Invest in Afghanistan Mining Sector [Video]

May 5, 2022 | Ariana News

More foreign firms offer to invest in Afghanistan mining sector.


Liberia: Environmental Monitoring to Ensure Compliance with Environmental Laws of Liberia

May 5, 2022 | FrontPage Africa

The Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia (EPA) has embarked on a month-long nationwide environmental compliance monitoring to ensure that proponents permitted by the Agency are…


Ukraine: Reports Reveal Women Are Stepping Up, Impact on Education

May 4, 2022 | UN News

The war in Ukraine is having a disproportionate impact on women and minorities, who are facing immense hardship when it comes to health, safety, and…


EnPAx Icon Are You Going to Stockholm+50? Check out These Environmental Peacebuilding Events!

May 3, 2022 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

The Stockholm+50 International Meeting is a once-in-a-decade event bringing together thousands of people working on sustainable development.  Both at the meeting and in the preceding…


The Climate, Security & Peace Nexus: A Perspective and Evidence from Kenya

May 3, 2022 | Elvin Nyukuri

Why is climate change a critical factor for peacebuilding? How are the fields of climate change, conflict prevention and peacebuilding interlinked? As shown in the…


Myanmar: In the Wake of Coup, Gold Mining Boom Is Ravaging Myanmar

May 3, 2022 | Emily Fishbein, Jaw Tu Hkawng, Nu Nu Lusan, and Jauman Naw, Yale Environment 360

With a military junta retaking power last year, a gold rush is increasingly despoiling rivers in the Myanmar state of Kachin, polluting water with mercury,…


Afghanistan/Pakistan: Flare-up of Durand Line Disagreement May Change Afghanistan, Pak Equations

May 3, 2022 | Asian News International

Flare-up of the Durand line disagreement has the potential to lead to a change of equations between Afghanistan and Pakistan. It is surprising that much…


Egypt: Egyptian Officials: Militants Blow up Gas Pipeline in Sinai

May 3, 2022 | Associated Press

Suspected Islamic State militants blew up a natural gas pipeline Saturday in Egypt's restive northern part of the Sinai Peninsula, causing a fire but no…


USA: Research Associate, Environmental Security Program

May 2, 2022 | Henry L. Stimson Center

The Henry L. Stimson Center, a nonpartisan policy research center, seeks a highly-motivated individual to join the team as a full-time Research Associate for the Environmental Security program.…


Biodiversity Conservation Experts

May 2, 2022 | MannionDaniels

MannionDaniels is a global development consultancy and fund manager with operational bases in the United Kingdom, Kenya, Nigeria, Cyprus, Bangladesh and Somalia. Our mission is…


Somalia: Consultancy for Supervision and Certification of Irrigation Infrastructural Works in Puntland

May 2, 2022 | European Committee for Training and Agriculture

CEFA – European Committee for Training and Agriculture has received financing from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (“the Fund”) and the Italian Agency for…


Ukraine: WASH Program Manager

May 2, 2022 | Action Contre la Faim

The recent development in Ukraine might lead between one to three million Ukrainians, out of a population of 44 millions, to try to leave their country in the…


Sudan: International Terminal Evaluation for Project: Strengthening targeted capacities for improved decision making and main streaming of global environmental obligations

May 2, 2022 | United Nations Development Programme

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is a United Nations organization tasked with helping countries eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth and human development.

In…


Sudan: National Terminal Evaluation for Project: Strengthening targeted capacities for improved decision making and main streaming of global environmental obligations

May 2, 2022 | United Nations Development Programme

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is a United Nations organization tasked with helping countries eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth and human development.

In…


Five Rules for Climate Adaptation in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations

May 2, 2022 | Elise Remling

How can organizations working on adaptation in fragile and conflict-affected situations make sure their interventions not only do no harm, but even contribute to peace?

The magnitude of projected…