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Kenya: Program Associate (Nairobi-based)

Apr 5, 2022 | Energy Peace Partners

Energy Peace Partners (EPP) is a US-based organization built around the idea that climate solutions can support peace in places affected by violent conflict. EPP…

Sharing Cross-Border Water Resources: Cooperation or Conflict?

Apr 5, 2022 | Ruby Russell

From the Euphrates to the Mekong, dams that ensure one country's water supply risk leaving others parched.According to the UN, close to 300 international water…

Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq to Use New Criteria for Kurdistan Share of Oil Exports

Apr 5, 2022 | Reuters

Iraqi oil minister Ihsan Abdul-Jabbar said on Tuesday that new criteria will be used to calculate Kurdistan's share of oil exports delivered to the federal…

Myanmar: Myanmar Junta’s Jade Mining Ban Targets Resistance Funding, KIA Says

Apr 5, 2022 | Irrawaddy

The Myanmar military regime’s recent order halting all jade mining in Kachin State was issued with the aim of putting pressure on the Kachin Independence…

Ukraine: Chernobyl Was a Wildlife Haven. Then Russian Troops Arrived

Apr 5, 2022 | Matt Reynolds, WIRED

The area around the defunct power plant has been an unexpected rewilding success story. Now attempts to monitor progress are hampered by the war.

Opportunity: Self-Paced Course on Climate Change, Peace and Security Developed by adelphi and UN Organisations

Apr 4, 2022 | adelphi

adelphi has partnered with five UN organisations to develop the self-paced massive open online course (MOOC) "Climate Change, Peace and Security: Understanding Climate-Related Security Risks…

Converging Risks: Demographic Trends, Gender Inequity, and Security Challenges in the Sahel

Apr 4, 2022

Security conditions in the Sahel are rapidly deteriorating. Since 2016, the region has witnessed a 16-fold increase in terrorist attacks. In Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania,…

Ukraine/Russia: Russia Urged to Stop Using Land Mines in Its War in Ukraine

Apr 4, 2022 | Associated Press

A top official in the global campaign against the use of land mines urged Russia on Monday to stop its troops in Ukraine from laying…

Stolen Real Estate — Like Blood Diamonds — Is Funding Deadly Conflicts

Apr 3, 2022 | Jon Unruh

The use of conflict resources to finance wars is expanding into new commodities — with much more severe consequences. An example is the successful trafficking…

Afghanistan/Iran: Taliban Agree to Supply Iran's Water Share: Envoy

Apr 3, 2022 | Tasnim

The Taliban delegation attending a meeting in China has pledged that Kabul will allow Iran to have its share of water from the joint resources…

Afghanistan: Taliban Bans Drug Cultivation, Including Lucrative Opium

Apr 3, 2022 | Reuters

The Taliban announced on Sunday a ban on the cultivation of narcotics in Afghanistan, the world's biggest opium producer. The order said the production, use…

Ukraine: All Creatures Great and Small

Apr 3, 2022 | George Packer, Atlantic

It’s striking how many stories and pictures from the war in Ukraine involve animals. One of the first Ukrainian civilian victims was a woman killed…

Afghanistan: Mining at Mes Aynak Ready to Resume: Ministry

Apr 3, 2022 | Amina Hakimi, TOLOnews

All conditions have been facilitated for the resumption of extraction at the Mes-Aynak copper mine, the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MoMP) said on Sunday.…

Gaza Coming Water Crisis Worse Than Anything Yet?

Apr 2, 2022 | Ramzy Baroud

It is important to keep in mind that the water crisis in Gaza has been ongoing for years, and every aspect of this protracted crisis…

Water: How Water Cooperation Can Provide Geopolitical Stability in MENA

Apr 2, 2022 | Maghie Ghali, Al Jazeera

In the coming years, it is thought that water will become a more important geopolitical resource than crude oil with demand set to rise more…

Defence Diplomacy as a Tool to Cope with the Climate Crisis

Mar 31, 2022 | S. Nanthini

The recently published Sixth Assessment Report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has highlighted significant increases in extreme weather events, which are likely to lead to…

The Key to Climate Action and Sustainable Peace? Women’s Full and Equal Participation

Mar 31, 2022

Climate change is not gender neutral, and for activist Fatima Muriel, this fact is all too real for thousands of women in her home country, Colombia. 

In…

A Closer Look at the Intersection of Gender and Security

Mar 31, 2022 | Deseri Tsepetis

While there has been progress in advancing civil rights and visibility for women and transgender folks, there is a long way to go to build…

DRC: Congo Halts Court Case against China Moly to Resolve Tenke Mine Dispute

Mar 31, 2022 | Mining Technology

Congo’s state miner Gecamines has suspended its court case against China Molybdenum’s (CMOC) Tenke Fungurume copper and cobalt mine (TFM) in the country, reported mining.com.…

West Philippine Sea: Group: Transform WPS into a ‘Marine Peace Park’

Mar 31, 2022 | Jonathan L. Mayuga, Business Mirror

Amid the growing tension and threat of maritime conflict over the West Philippine Sea (WPS), environmental activist group Kalikasan-People’s Network for the Environment (Kalikasan-PNE) renewed…

Ukraine: Russian Soldiers Leave Chernobyl over Radiation Exposure Fears

Mar 31, 2022 | Associated Press

Russian troops handed control of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant back to the Ukrainians and began leaving the heavily contaminated site more than a month…

Climate Change: US Needs Better Climate Forecasting, Wargaming, Report Finds

Mar 31, 2022 | Jacqueline Feldscher, Defense One

The Biden administration should invest in better climate forecasting technology and ensure climate change is factored into military planning and wargaming, according to a scorecard…

Colombia: Colombia Cocoa’s Peaceful Transition to Global Prominence

Mar 30, 2022 | Anthony Myers, ConfectionaryNews

ConfectioneryNews talked to Jose Puyana, ProColombia's Regional Director for Europe, ahead of a Trade Mission to the UK (31 March to 3 April) to attend…

Iraq/Kurdistan: Baghdad Tells Kurdistan to Move Oil Assets to New Company

Mar 30, 2022 | Khalid Al Ansary, Bloomberg

Iraq’s government has told Kurdistan to transfer its oil and gas activities to a new company ahead of Baghdad’s takeover of the region’s operations, according…

Ethiopia/Sudan: New Consultations over Nile Dam Inspire Optimism in Sudan

Mar 30, 2022 | Mohamed Saied

Sudan has recently expressed optimism about resolving the dispute over the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) as Ethiopia prepares for the third filling of…

Feminist Courage for Environmental Peace

Mar 30, 2022 | Ilse Wermink, Christina Vetter, and Brittany Roser

Women, girls, and gender minorities are uniquely and disproportionately affected by the damaging environmental impacts of conflict, while lacking and demanding access to shape the…

Gaza’s Forthcoming Crisis Might Be Worse Than Anything We Have Ever Seen

Mar 29, 2022 | Ramzy Baroud

According to Amnesty International, Palestinians in the occupied West Bank consume, on average, 73 liters of water a day, per person. Compare this to an…

Iraq’s Climate Change Response: The Private Sector and Civil Society

Mar 29, 2022 | Maha Yassin

In recent years, Iraq has been severely affected by climate change, with heat waves of above 50˚ C increasing in regularity. Climate change has had…

Ukraine: Ukrainian NGOs Raise Alarm over Shocking Environmental Crimes Caused by Russian Aggression

Mar 29, 2022 | Ecoaction

Marking thirty-four days since the beginning of the Russian invasion, experts and activists provided the first analysis of the war crimes against the environment on…

Afghanistan: Desperate for Cash, Afghans Toil in Mines That Are Deadlier Than Ever

Mar 29, 2022 | Christina Goldbaum and Yaqoob Akbary, New York Times

For more than six months, Afghanistan has been gripped by a devastating economic crisis that has wiped out incomes, sent food prices soaring and left…