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Colombia: Colombia Sees the Most Slayings of Environmental Defenders for a Second Year, Report Says

Sep 17, 2021 | Richard McColl, The Globe and Mail

For a second year in a row, Colombia is the world’s most dangerous country for environmentalists, according to an international human rights group that has…

Afghanistan: Following the Minerals

Sep 17, 2021 | Rick Mills, Mining.com

“Nature abhors a vacuum” is a familiar maxim in science. It means that empty spaces are un-natural as they go against the laws of physics.…

Afghanistan: Taliban Works to Get Copper Mines Open [Video]

Sep 17, 2021 | Charles Stratford, Al Jazeera

As China moves to engage with the Taliban, it is setting its sights on Afghanistan’s vast mineral resources. The interim government wants Chinese recognition so…

Call for Abstracts: From a Climate-Security Nexus of Conflicts to a Nexus of Synergies (Deadline: 30th September 2021)

Sep 16, 2021 | Universität Hamburg

As the 6th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) unveils, the planet is 1.20C warmer than the pre-industrial period, which is…

Egypt/Ethiopia/Sudan: UN Security Council Weighs in on Nile Dam Dispute

Sep 16, 2021 | Mohamed Saied, Al-Monitor

The United Nations Security Council has recently called on Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan to resume negotiations on the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), which…

Liberia: FDA Issues Moratorium on Harvesting of Chewing Sticks

Sep 16, 2021 | Observer

The Forestry Development Authority (FDA) has frowned on the unscrupulous harvesting of Chewing Sticks (Clear felling), something which it says is seriously undermining and threatening…

Sudan and Ethiopia Are Nearing a Fight over Land and Water

Sep 15, 2021 | Christopher Rhodes

Humanitarian agencies and the international community have rightly decried the growing conflict within Ethiopia as a humanitarian disaster. Last November, conflict broke out between the…

Butterfly Effect: Why Spies Need to Focus on Climate Change

Sep 15, 2021 | Charu Sudan Kasturi

When President Joe Biden and 40 other world leaders gathered for a virtual summit on climate change organized by the U.S. in April, the list…

USA: PhD Graduate Research Assistantship in the Human Dimensions of Natural Resources

Sep 15, 2021 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences

Housed within the College of ACES, the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences educational and research programs center on science, applied ecology, and conservation…

Environmental Justice: Why Civil Rights and Protecting the Planet Go Hand-in-hand

Sep 15, 2021

As the global ecological crisis impacts ever-more lives, it is becoming clearer that we cannot talk about cimate change, pollution or biodiversity loss without talking…

Climate Security: It’s about Time

Sep 15, 2021 | Sharon Burke

Like most of us who were alive at that time, Sharon Burke knows exactly where she was on 9/11 when she heard the news. She…

Energy: Commodity Giants Race to Clean up Mineral Supply Chains amid Green Energy Boom

Sep 15, 2021 | Jessica Davis Plüss, SWI

To meet global climate change targets, demand for minerals and metals like cobalt, copper, and nickel used in green technologies like rechargeable batteries is expected…

How Inaction on Climate Change Can Worsen the Crisis in Afghanistan

Sep 15, 2021 | Jariel Arvin

After decades of foreign intervention and violent conflict, the American mission in Afghanistan has ended and the Taliban have announced a new government. But for…

Australia: Emergency WASH Gender Advisor

Sep 14, 2021 | CARE Australia

The Emergency WASH Gender Advisor is responsible for ensuring a quality, gender-responsive approach to CARE’s emergency WASH. The role is hosted by CARE Australia on…

Ecuador: Consultoría para la Elaboración de Propuesta Técnica sobre Género, Cambio Climático y Seguridad Alimentaria

Sep 14, 2021 | UN Women

La entidad de las Naciones Unidas para la Igualdad de Género y el Empoderamiento de las mujeres, ONU Mujeres, basándose en la visión de igualdad consagrada…

Tunisia: Women Peace and Security Programme Assistant

Sep 14, 2021 | UN Women

Under the overall supervision of the UN Women Country Representative and direct supervision of the Women Peace and Security Analyst, the WPS Programme Assistant works…

South Sudan: Gender and Peacebuilding National Consultant

Sep 14, 2021 | UN Women

Under the supervision of the Deputy Country Representative and in close collaboration with the Under Secretary in the Ministry of Peacebuilding, where this position is…

Guatemala: Especialista en Género, Equidad e Inclusión Social, I-WASH

Sep 14, 2021 | CARE

El Especialista en Equidad de Género e Inclusión Social - GESI liderará la implementación de la evaluación de equidad, género e inclusión social y las…

Solidarity and Support Programme Officer on Environmental and Climate Justice

Sep 14, 2021 | UAF-Africa

The Solidarity & Support Officer will support the programme to ensure that time urgent financial and technical resources are awarded to feminist and women’s human…

DRC: China backs Congo's Ban on 6 Small Chinese Mining Companies

Sep 14, 2021 | Helen Reid, Reuters

China gave its backing on Tuesday to a Congolese provincial government’s order last month banning six small Chinese-owned mining companies operating illegally. The move comes…

Climate Change: How Australia’s Stance on Climate Change Has Impacted on National Security

Sep 14, 2021 | Nastasha Tupas, Defence Connect

A new report by the Climate Council has found that Australia’s geopolitical influence has been impacted following data showing its analysis of climate and security…

Netherlands: Data Scientist

Sep 13, 2021 | Bellingcat

Bellingcat is an independent collective of international researchers, investigators and citizen journalists using open source and social media investigations to probe conflict, corruption, crimes, misinformation,…

Netherlands: Developer

Sep 13, 2021 | Bellingcat

Colombia: Women building dreams: Sustainable livelihoods on Colombia's Pacific coast

Sep 13, 2021 | Lia Valero

Afro-Colombian women on the Pacific coast have faced violence, conflict and the ecological fallout of mining and illegal logging. Now they're working together to protect…

Somalia: “If Your Animals Die, You Die with Them” – Somali Herders Defenceless against the Climate Crisis

Sep 13, 2021 | International Committee of the Red Cross

In the latest piece exploring the link between climate change and conflict, ICRC focues on Somalia and a way of life under threat. With COP26…

Call for Abstracts: Hiroshima International Conference on Peace and Sustainability

Sep 13, 2021 | Network for Education and Research on Peace and Sustainability, Hiroshima University

Introducing the first edition of the Hiroshima International Conference on Peace and Sustainability hosted by the Network for Education and Research on Peace and Sustainability…

DRC: DR Congo President Seeks Review of Mining Contracts with China

Sep 11, 2021 | Al Jazeera

Felix Tshisekedi, the president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has called for a review of mining contracts signed with China in 2008…

Afghanistan: Lithium and an Unexpected Battle for Energy Transition in Afghanistan

Sep 10, 2021 | Aliaksei Patonia, Diplomat

Most researchers agree that lithium demand will only increase. Afghanistan’s estimated reserves put it among global leaders — if the metal can be extracted.

Yemen: As Conflict Drags on, ‘No Quick Wins’ – UN Envoy

Sep 10, 2021 | UN News

The complexities of the years-long war in Yemen “multiply as the conflict drags on”, the country’s new UN envoy told the Security Council on Friday,…

Liberia: Covid-19 Shrinks Extractive Revenues in 2020

Sep 10, 2021 | Siaway T. Miapue, FrontPage Africa

Revenues generated from Liberia's extractive industries in the first half of last year dropped by more than US$5 million due to the coronavirus pandemic, according…