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No More ‘Environmental Loopholes’ for EU’s Militaries, Say Green Groups

Sep 30, 2021 | Laura Cole, ENDS Europe

Ursula von der Leyen’s call for more ‘political will’ to use Europe’s defence capabilities has reignited calls to end military exemptions to environmental legislation.

Addressing Masculinities and Gender Stereotypes to Prevent Violent Extremism and Terrorism

Sep 30, 2021 | Pablo Arrocha Olabuenaga

Fifteen years ago, the General Assembly unanimously adopted the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy (GCTS), which has served as the backbone for the efforts of States to…

Gambia: Migration, Environment and Climate Change (MECC) Study 2.0

Sep 30, 2021 | International Organization for Migration

The International Organization for Migration is an intergovernmental organization that provides services and advice concerning migration to governments and migrants, including internally displaced persons, refugees,…

Gambia: Migration, Environment and Climate Change (MECC) Study 1.0

Sep 30, 2021 | International Organization for Migration

The Imperative of Climate Adaption for Africa: Building Resilience Across Societies in an Inclusive Manner

Sep 30, 2021

Empowered women and girls have the capacity to build resilient communities using local solutions to climate change to safeguard lives and ensure a sustainable future…

Arts for Environmental Peacebuilding: Call for Artists and Creative Submissions

Sep 29, 2021 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

For nearly a decade, the Environmental Peacebuilding Community of Practice has been critically examining the environment's role in peace and conflict, advocating for the productive…

DRC: Congo Reviews $6.2 Billion China Mining Deal as Criticism Grows

Sep 28, 2021 | Michael Kavanagh, Bloomberg

The Democratic Republic of Congo began reviewing a $6.2 billion minerals-for-infrastructure deal with China that’s faced growing criticism since President Felix Tshisekedi came to power…

Colombia: Colombia’s Aerial Fumigation Push Fuels Fear of Coca Conflict

Sep 28, 2021 | Steven Grattan, Al Jazeera

Henri is one of an unclear number of Colombian farmers harvesting coca illegally in the South American nation, the world’s biggest producer of cocaine according…

Food as a Pathway to Peace: COVID, Climate, and the Hunger-Conflict Nexus

Sep 28, 2021 | Shruti Samala

Food insecurity, as outlined in the 2021 ISD report, Peace Through Food: Ending the Hunger-Instability Nexus, cuts across multiple crises the world is facing today,…

Climate Change: Speech by Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas at the Berlin Climate and Security Conference

Sep 27, 2021 | Federal Foreign Office

New York and the German county of Ahrweiler are far apart. But they both suffered the same fate this year: devastating floods killing dozens of…

Liberia: What Is Happening with Logging Revenues? Forest Hour Brief

Sep 27, 2021 | Global News Network

Two months ago, on August 5, 2021, Andrew Y.Y Zelemen, the Facilitator at the Nation Union of Community Forest Development Committees (NUCFDC) appeared as Guest…

Sudan: Sudan Protesters Agree to Resumption of Oil Exports

Sep 27, 2021 | Al Jazeera

Sudan’s government has reached an agreement with tribal protesters to allow the resumption of exports of landlocked South Sudan’s crude oil via a terminal on…

USA: Professorship in International Negotiation and Conflict Resolution

Sep 27, 2021 | Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University

The Fletcher School, established in 1933 as the first exclusively graduate school of international affairs in the United States, seeks to hire a tenure-track Assistant…

COP26: Women Must Be Heard on Climate, Say Rights Groups

Sep 25, 2021 | Fiona Harvey

Women must be enabled to play a greater role at the Cop26 summit, as the needs of women and girls are being overlooked amid the global…

DRC: China, the US and a Twitter Tit-for-Tat over Congo Cobalt Contracts

Sep 25, 2021 | Jevans Nyabiage, South China Morning Post

When the president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo announced his decision, a former American diplomat was quick to offer support. J. Peter Pham,…

Colombia: In Colombia, Legal Mining Proves a Win-Win for Environment, Traditional Communities

Sep 25, 2021 | Dimitri Selibas, Mongabay

In Colombia’s Chocó department, renowned by environmentalists for its abundant biodiversity, Afro-Colombian communities collect gold from rivers as part of an ancestral way of life.…

South Sudan: South Sudan Warns It May Suspend Oil Output as Exports Blocked

Sep 24, 2021 | Okech Francis, Bloomberg

South Sudan’s government warned it may suspend oil output if port protests in neighboring Sudan that have blocked shipments of the landlocked nation’s crude continue.…

Afghanistan: Mapping Afghanistan’s Untapped Natural Resources

Sep 24, 2021 | Mohammed Hussein and Mohammed Haddad, Al Jazeera

Deep beneath the ground in one of the world’s poorest countries sits at least $1 trillion of untapped mineral resources, according to a report published…

Women and Climate Justice: It’s Time to Act

Sep 24, 2021 | Leocadia I. Zak and Susan Kidd

The headlines are clear. Human suffering from a changing climate is escalating and projections show clearly how it will worsen. Equally clear is the need…

Climate Change: UN: Climate Change Increases Risk of Violent Conflict

Sep 23, 2021 | Deutsche Welle

Climate change could heighten tensions on the ground in countries relying on shrinking natural resources, hiking up the risks of violent conflict, UN Secretary General Antonio…

Climate Change: Security Council Sees Climate Change as a ‘Risk Multiplier’

Sep 23, 2021 | Environment News Service

“The climate crisis isn’t coming. It’s already here,” U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told the United Nations Security Council today in a special meeting…

Climate Change: Bringing Climate Security into UNSC Discourse Has Potential to Disrupt Nature of Overall discussions: India

Sep 23, 2021 | Press Trust of India

Dealing with the issue of climate security, which is just one aspect of climate change, in the UN Security Council is not desirable, India said…

Climate Change: Global Climate Crisis’ Dire Impact on Peace, Security Calls for Bolder Collective Action, Secretary-General Tells Security Council

Sep 23, 2021 | UN

Following are Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the Security Council high-level open debate on the maintenance of international peace and security: climate and security, held…

Call for Proposals: PeaceCon@10, COVID, Climate, and Conflict: Rising to the Challenges of a Disrupted World (Deadline: 8th October 2021)

Sep 21, 2021 | Alliance for Peacebuilding and US Institute of Peace

In partnership with the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), the Alliance for Peacebuilding (AfP) is proud to announce the theme for PeaceCon@10, COVID, Climate,…