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South Sudan: Procurement and Operations Officer
Nov 28, 2022
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Vétérinaires Sans Frontières Germany
Vétérinaires Sans Frontières Germany (VSF-G) is an international Non-Governmental Organization, providing humanitarian and development assistance to pastoralists and vulnerable communities in areas where livestock is…
Ukraine: Programme Specialist, Ukraine Response
Nov 28, 2022
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Plan International UK
Plan International UK is a global children’s charity. We strive to advance children’s rights and equality for girls all over the world.
Working together with children,…
DRC: Salonga Program Coordinator
Nov 28, 2022
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World Wide Fund for Nature
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has embarked on ambitious, field-based conservation programs across the Congo Basin. In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),…
Afghanistan: Baradar Wants Practical Work Started on Mes Aynak Copper Mine
Nov 26, 2022
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Ahmad Sohaib Hasrat, Pajhwok Afghan News
Deputy prime minister for economic affairs Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, accompanied by a high level delegation, visited the Mes Aynak copper mine in central Logar…
Ukraine/Russia: Shelling Forces Kherson Hospitals to Evacuate as UN Warns Millions Plunged into Hardship – as It Happened
Nov 25, 2022
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Léonie Chao-Fong, Harry Taylor, and Helen Sullivan, Guardian
More on the shelling in Kherson, where the governor of the region said that patients are being evacuated from the city’s hospitals because of bombardment…
Philippines: Philippine Church Slams Violent Land Grabs from Tribal People
Nov 25, 2022
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Joseph Peter Calleja, Union of Catholic Asian News
Two Catholic dioceses in the Philippines have condemned attacks against ethnic tribal people who attempted to save their ancestral land from grabbing by a private…
Ukraine: In Warsaw, Parliamentarians Address Impacts of War in Ukraine on Fundamental Rights, Economics and Environment, and OSCE
Nov 25, 2022
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OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
Some 170 parliamentarians from 46 OSCE participating States gathered for two days of debates in Warsaw under the general theme of “The War in Ukraine:…
Afghanistan: Commission Formed to Counter Land Grabbing Becomes Active in Kabul
Nov 25, 2022
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Imran Danish, TOLOnews
The Islamic Emirate has begun pursuing cases of land grabbing in Kabul in the Mullah Tarakhail township.The Ministry of Justice's spokesperson, Abdul Hamed Jihadyar, said…
Afghanistan: The Chinese Entrepreneurs Chasing an Afghan ‘Gold Rush’ [Video]
Nov 24, 2022
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101 East and Al Jazeera
When the Taliban returned to power in August 2021, most foreigners and multinational companies had already packed up and left Afghanistan. Going against the stream…
Ukraine: Ukrainians Prepare for Winter by Cutting down Trees, Raising Concerns about Forests [Audio]
Nov 24, 2022
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Nathan Rott, NPR
Ukraine is suffering power outages and damaged heating systems as Russia attacks its energy systems. Many are preparing for winter by cutting down trees, raising…
The Case for Integrating Sustaining Peace into an Expanded Climate, Peace and Security Concept
Nov 23, 2022
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Cedric de Coning and Hafsa M. Maalim
One of the key themes that emerged from the just concluded COP27 is the recognition that climate change does not only exacerbate the causes and…
USA: Water and Conflict Resilience Director
Nov 23, 2022
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Chemonics
Chemonics seeks a Water and Conflict Resilience Expert to support agile and sustainable WSSH programming in fragile contexts, with a focus on supporting locally-led approaches…
Syria: Turkish Strikes Spark Fire in Syrian Oil Field [Video]
Nov 23, 2022
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Associated Press
In recent days, Turkey has launched a barrage of airstrikes on suspected militant targets in northern Syria and Iraq, in retaliation for a deadly November…
Iraq: Salt, Drought Decimate Buffaloes in Iraq's Southern Marshes
Nov 23, 2022
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Samya Kullab, Associated Press
Drought that experts believe is spurred by climate change and invading salt, coupled with lack of political agreement between Iraq and Turkey, are endangering the…
DRC: DRC Puts Mining Deal with China under Review as Targets Windfall Mineral Profits
Nov 23, 2022
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Miningmx
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is seeking additional investment in infrastructure from China in terms of a review it is conducting with a mining…
Water Wars: Causes and Possible Solutions
Nov 23, 2022
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Politecnico di Milano
A study published in the prestigious Nature Sustainability by a group of researchers from the Politecnico di Milano has investigated the phenomenon, also in light…
How to Avoid a New Cold War over Critical Minerals
Nov 22, 2022
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Cullen Hendrix
Will the 21st century be the century of the green great game? In the early 20th century, then-First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill oversaw…
Water Shortages Cause Conflicts across Africa
Nov 22, 2022
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Robin Scher
Water is a finite resource on our planet. We can only rely on what we have, which translates to about 2.5% of drinkable fresh water.…
One Earth, One Security Space: From the 1972 Stockholm Conference to Stockholm+50 and Beyond
Nov 22, 2022
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David Michel
The 1972 United Nations Conference on the Human Environment marked a watershed in world environmental politics. Gathered in Stockholm, Sweden, the international community collectively recognized…
Kenya: UN’s Highest Environmental Honour Celebrates Ecosystem Restoration
Nov 22, 2022
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UNEP
Nairobi, 22 November 2022 – The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) today announced its 2022 Champions of the Earth, honouring a conservationist, an enterprise, an economist, a women’s…
Myanmar: Myanmar Junta Increases Landmine Use
Nov 22, 2022
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Mizzima
Use of landmines by the Myanmar junta has surged since the 2021 coup according to the Landmine Monitor Report 2022, released last week.
Iran/Iraq/Kurdistan: Kurdish Oil Jitters as Iran Bombs Northern Iraq
Nov 21, 2022
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Charles Kennedy, OilPrice.com
Iranian missiles bombarded the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) capital of Erbil and the city of Sulaymaniyah on Monday in apparent retribution for the Northern Iraqi…
The 46th NATO Committee on Gender Perspectives Focuses on Hybrid Threats, Disinformation and Human Security
Nov 21, 2022
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NATO
From 3rd to 5th October 2022, approximately 170 participants from 42 NATO Allies and Partners as well as academic organisations and civil society gathered for…
Colombia: Petro Has a New Plan to Counter Deforestation in Colombia
Nov 21, 2022
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Christoph Sponsel, World Politics Review
The government of newly elected Colombian President Gustavo Petro listed countering deforestation as one of its top priorities. But those efforts promise to raise tensions…
Liberia: Call to Strengthen Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land
Nov 21, 2022
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New Dawn
In commemoration of the 10th Anniversary of the Voluntary Guidelines for responsible Governance of land tenure (VGGT), Liberia has held a National Dialogue as participants…
Women Underrepresented at COP27 Summit
Nov 18, 2022
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Caroline Kapp
Advocates have expressed concern that women are underrepresented at the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference—or COP27—in Egypt this month. In 2011, countries pledged to increase…
Leaders and Activists at COP27 Say the Gender Gap in Climate Action is Being Bridged Too Slowly
Nov 18, 2022
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Zoha Tunio, Inside Climate News
Research increasingly shows that global warming impacts women far more gravely than men, but they are still left out of the leadership and benefits of…
Iraq: Supporting Local Dialogue to Address Climate Security Risks in Iraq
Nov 18, 2022
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Robert Bosch Stiftung
While the impacts of climate change manifest differently in Iraq, Iraq is the fifth most vulnerable country to climate change worldwide (UNEP). Combined with long-standing…
Natural resources and the prospects for gender-just sustainable peace
Nov 17, 2022
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Carol Cohn and Claire Duncanson
To build peace that is gender-just and sustainable, we need to start with two questions: What are the conditions of people’s lives at the end…
Myanmar: Myanmar Communities Decry Disempowerment as Forest Guardians Since 2021 Coup
Nov 17, 2022
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Carolyn Cowan, Mongabay
Strides have been made in forest protection over the past decade, but violent conflict, shrinking civic space and “rampant” natural resource extraction in the wake…