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Myanmar: WASH Consortium Manager (Sittwe Humanitarian Programme)

Mar 20, 2022 | Oxfam

Oxfam is a global community who believe poverty isn’t inevitable. It’s an injustice that can be overcome. We are shop volunteers, women’s right activists, marathon…

Libya: Programme Associate, Environment and Energy

Mar 20, 2022 | UNDP

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

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Canada: Policy Advisor, Climate Change Adaptation Governance National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Global Network

Mar 20, 2022 | 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…

Israel: Junior Assistant

Mar 20, 2022 | EcoPeace Middle East

EcoPeace Middle East is a unique Israeli-Jordanian-Palestinian organization that advances cooperative efforts to protect our shared environment and create the conditions for sustainable development and…

Afghanistan: Program Manager, WASH

Mar 20, 2022 | Catholic Relief Services

Catholic Relief Services is the official international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States. CRS works to save, protect, and transform lives in need…

Moldova: Manager, WASH Emergency Response Team (Ukraine)

Mar 20, 2022 | International Medical Corps

International Medical Corps, which has a history of providing healthcare services and training in Ukraine that dates back to 1999, is expanding its activities in…

USA: Program Coordinator, Collaborative Learning Project on Climate, Fragility, and Environmental Peacebuilding

Mar 20, 2022 | Collaborative Learning Project on the Climate-Fragility-Peace Nexu

CDA is recruiting a Program Coordinator to support the effective implementation and management of grants related to a new Collaborative Learning Project on the Climate-Fragility-Peace Nexus.

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Switzerland: Policy Advisor, Climate Change Adaptation Governance National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Global Network

Mar 20, 2022 | 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…

Nigeria: Assessment of Boreholes for Repairs and Site Supervision

Mar 20, 2022 | Search for Common Ground

Search for Common Ground (Search) is an international non-profit organization that promotes the peaceful resolution of conflict. With headquarters in Washington, DC and Brussels, Belgium,…

Ethiopia: Landscaping & Scoping Analysis of Seed & Forage Systems and Animal Feed

Mar 19, 2022 | Catholic Relief Services

CRS Ethiopia seeks a consultancy firm to determine the immediate and mid- to long-term seed systems, forage seed system and animal feed priorities. The analysis…

DRC: Director of Finance and Administration

Mar 19, 2022 | Jane Goodall Institute

The Jane Goodall Institute is a global wildlife and environment conservation organization. It is an international community conservation organization that advances the vision and work of…

USA: Research Associate, Environmental Security Program

Mar 19, 2022 | 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.…

Ukraine: WASH Cluster Information Management Officer (Ukraine Nationals Only)

Mar 19, 2022 | 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…

Ukraine: Invaders Massively Mining Settlements as They Retreat - National Guard

Mar 19, 2022 | UkrinForm

The enemy is planting mines in Ukrainian settlements, mostly retreating from their positions.That's according to the press service of the National Guard of Ukraine (NGU),…

Water Wars: Inside Global Water-Conflict Hotspots

Mar 19, 2022 | Bob Koigi, Fair Planet

For thousands of years, bodies of water have been attractions around which the very first civilizations formed, offering people fresh drinking and irrigation water; however,…

One Thing Nuclear Power Plants Weren’t Built to Survive: War

Mar 18, 2022 | Kate Brown, Susan Solomon

The day Russia invaded Ukraine, Russian forces took control of the decommissioned Chernobyl nuclear power plant. A week later, flares from Russian artillery lit up…

Is Climate Change a Gender Issue? Impact of Climate Change on Women and Children

Mar 18, 2022 | Azera Parveen Rahman

As the number of vagaries of climate extremes increases, so has the disproportionate burden on women and children, finds growing evidence. Policies, however, are yet…

Putting Women at the Centre of Forest Solutions to Climate Change

Mar 18, 2022 | Alexis Arthur and Elizabeth Eggerts

The role of gender equality in climate mitigation activities is critical to address both the climate crisis and support ‘gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow’…

Ukraine: The Environmental Health Risks of War in a Highly Industrialized Country Like Ukraine

Mar 18, 2022 | Alejandro de la Garza, Time

Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked attack on Ukraine has already caused unimaginable suffering, with millions of civilians forced to flee their homes, and thousands of others trapped…

Algeria/Italy/Libya: Italy Negotiates with Libya, Algeria for Renewable Energy Deal

Mar 18, 2022 | Charné Hundermark, Energy Capital & Power

Italy is currently holding negotiations with Libya and Algeria for the mobilization and development of renewable energy resources. The European country is looking to diversify…

DRC: US Sanctions Uganda Gold Dealer, Citing Illicit Congo Origin

Mar 18, 2022 | Rodney Muhumuza, Associated Press

A Belgian businessman sanctioned by the U.S. over allegations of illicit gold trade in Congo said Friday the action undermines efforts to improve transparency in…

‘An Ounce of Prevention Is Worth a Pound of Cure’: US Conflict Prevention Policy in a World of Climate Change

Mar 17, 2022 | Cynthia Brady

The crisis in Ukraine is rightly at the centre of U.S. foreign policy attention but, even in the midst of that justified focus, the latest IPCC…

War in Ukraine Lengthens List of Violent Acts over Water

Mar 17, 2022 | Brett Walton

In late February, as Vladimir Putin’s war machine was beginning to uncoil, Russian forces destroyed a dam in Ukraine that was blocking water from a…

Ukraine: War in Ukraine Lengthens List of Violent Acts over Water

Mar 17, 2022 | Brett Walton, Circle of Blue

One of the first casualties of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was not a human life. In late February, as Vladimir Putin’s war machine was beginning…

Ukraine: Kherson Region's Farmers Forced to Cooperate with Russian Invaders

Mar 17, 2022 | UkrinForm

Farmers are forced to cooperate with Russian invaders within the temporarily occupied territory of Kherson Region. The relevant statement was made by Kherson Regional Council…

Afghan Mineral Wealth Attracts Competitors

Mar 16, 2022 | Asad Mirza

Even when the American occupation of Afghanistan was in full steam and apart from the fighting there were mainly reports of the ongoing fighting, yet…

The Environmental and Health Dimensions of the Ukraine War

Mar 16, 2022 | Erika Weinthal, Jeannie Sowers,

As has unfolded before in Grozny, Aleppo, and Gaza City, war exacts a heavy cost on cities. Urban centers depend on systems of coupled infrastructure;…

Why More Women Should Lead Food Security and Climate Change Projects

Mar 15, 2022 | Janine Peralta

Environmental Change, Migration, and Peace in the Northern Triangle

Mar 14, 2022 | Jill Baggerman

Relative to the governance challenges, violence, and inequities, environmental pressures have historically played a more minor role in migration trends. However, Central America has been…

Jordan: GBV Coordinator (National Position)

Mar 13, 2022 | Relief International

Relief International is a leading nonprofit organization working in roughly 20 countries to relieve poverty, ensure well-being and advance dignity. We specialize in fragile settings,…