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Guam: Military's Mess Sparks Guam Superfund Battle
Apr 23, 2021
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Pamela King and E.A. Crunden, Energy & Environment News
The Supreme Court will be asked to decide who should be on the hook for the $160 million cleanup of a dump the U.S. Navy…
Our Turn: There Is No Gender Justice Without Climate Justice
Apr 22, 2021
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Anna Clews and Rob Werner
On Earth Day 2021, we’re paying special attention to the intersection of climate and gender justice. We believe that there is no gender justice without…
Climate Change Impacts Women's Lives Around the World
Apr 22, 2021
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Sammy Luffy and Samhita Rao
Climate change impacts everyone on the planet. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has placed additional stress on our communities and our economies, making both increasingly brittle with…
How Climate Change Drives Humanitarian Crises
Apr 22, 2021
Climate change is set to unleash widespread and sustained damage across the world—even if we succeed in limiting global warming. This is not a problem for…
How Climate Change Drives Humanitarian Crises
Apr 22, 2021
Climate change is set to unleash widespread and sustained damage across the world—even if we succeed in limiting global warming. This is not a problem for…
How Climate Change Drives Humanitarian Crises
Apr 22, 2021
Climate change is set to unleash widespread and sustained damage across the world—even if we succeed in limiting global warming. This is not a problem for…
United States: Earth Day Special: Winona LaDuke and the Women Over 50 Fighting to Save The Environment
Apr 22, 2021
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Maggie McGrath, Forbes
While the consequences of climate change—rising air and sea temperatures, droughts, extreme storms and even insect outbreaks—have an impact on all humans around the globe,…
Ukraine: How War Is Making Water a Scarce Resource in Eastern Ukraine
Apr 22, 2021
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Emil Filtenborg and Stefan Weichert, Euronews
There are around 12,000 kilometres of pipes near the frontline in eastern Ukraine, supplying water to about 3.8 million people from Sloviansk in the north…
Myanmar: Military Coup Clouds Control over Jade, Gems in Myanmar
Apr 22, 2021
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Emily Fishbein, Nu Nu Lusan, and Zau Myet Awng, Al Jazeera
Life in Myanmar’s jade-producing regions was always difficult and precarious but since the military seized power from the civilian government on February 1, it has…
Avoid a Major Blind Spot: Gender-Smart Investing is Risk Management
Apr 21, 2021
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Nikki Walker
If a company is not focused on gender diversity and its economic impact, does it really understand the needs of its customers? This question, asked by…
With a Feminist Foreign Policy, Biden Could Get Climate Change Right
Apr 21, 2021
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Bridget Burns and Mara Dolan
This week, representatives from 40 countries will join U.S. President Joe Biden to discuss raising ambitions around the world to address climate change. Biden’s own ambitions though…
With a Feminist Foreign Policy, Biden Could Get Climate Change Right
Apr 21, 2021
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Bridget Burns and Mara Dolan
This week, representatives from 40 countries will join U.S. President Joe Biden to discuss raising ambitions around the world to address climate change. Biden’s own ambitions though…
With a Feminist Foreign Policy, Biden Could Get Climate Change Right
Apr 21, 2021
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Bridget Burns and Mara Dolan
This week, representatives from 40 countries will join U.S. President Joe Biden to discuss raising ambitions around the world to address climate change. Biden’s own ambitions though…
With a Feminist Foreign Policy, Biden Could Get Climate Change Right
Apr 21, 2021
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Bridget Burns and Mara Dolan
This week, representatives from 40 countries will join U.S. President Joe Biden to discuss raising ambitions around the world to address climate change. Biden’s own ambitions though…
With a Feminist Foreign Policy, Biden Could Get Climate Change Right
Apr 21, 2021
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Bridget Burns and Mara Dolan
This week, representatives from 40 countries will join U.S. President Joe Biden to discuss raising ambitions around the world to address climate change. Biden’s own ambitions though…
With a Feminist Foreign Policy, Biden Could Get Climate Change Right
Apr 21, 2021
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Bridget Burns and Mara Dolan
This week, representatives from 40 countries will join U.S. President Joe Biden to discuss raising ambitions around the world to address climate change. Biden’s own ambitions though…
With a Feminist Foreign Policy, Biden Could Get Climate Change Right
Apr 21, 2021
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Bridget Burns and Mara Dolan
This week, representatives from 40 countries will join U.S. President Joe Biden to discuss raising ambitions around the world to address climate change. Biden’s own ambitions though…
With a Feminist Foreign Policy, Biden Could Get Climate Change Right
Apr 21, 2021
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Bridget Burns and Mara Dolan
This week, representatives from 40 countries will join U.S. President Joe Biden to discuss raising ambitions around the world to address climate change. Biden’s own ambitions though…
Syria: The Climate Challenge: Syrians Devastated by Environmental and Health Impacts of Oil and War [Video]
Apr 21, 2021
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NBC News
A decade of war in Syria has left oil facilities in ruins and created an environmental catastrophe. Syrians are devastated by the health consequences of…
Myanmar: US Targets State-Owned Myanmar Timber, Pearl Businesses with New Sanctions
Apr 21, 2021
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Tal Axelrod, Hill
The U.S. blacklisted two state-owned Myanmar companies Wednesday over the military junta’s coup in February. The State Department announced that it would sanction Myanma Timber…
South Sudan: Government Promises Sanctions against Oil Companies That Violate Environmental Laws
Apr 21, 2021
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Ecofin Agency
In South Sudan, the government is planning to press charges against oil companies that are repeatedly polluting the country’s soil and water despite several warnings.…
Liberia: Ruling into Long-Standing Land Dispute Sparks Anger and Destruction in Nimba
Apr 21, 2021
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Franklin Doloquee, FrontPage Africa
A one-day demonstration fueled by some angry residents over the burning of a warehouse Tuesday paralyzed the commercial city of Ganta in Nimba County. The…
These Women Are Transforming What Climate Leadership Looks Like. Here's What They Learned From the Pandemic
Apr 20, 2021
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Naina Bajekal and Elijah Wolfson
The COVID-19 pandemic, like the climate crisis, is amplifying existing racial and gender injustices in our society. TIME editors Naina Bajekal and Elijah Wolfson moderated…
Climate Change: Military Leaders, Security Chiefs Demand Action on Climate Threat
Apr 20, 2021
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Nick O'Malley, Sydney Morning Herald
The two existential threats that keep former chief of defence Admiral Chris Barrie awake at night are nuclear war, which he says the Australian government…
Climate Change: Emerging Lessons from Implementing Climate-Related Peace and Security Mandates
Apr 20, 2021
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Cedric de Coning, Florian Krampe, and Jake Sherman, Global Observatory
Six of the ten largest United Nations-led peace operations in 2020 were located in countries that are the most exposed to climate change. Both UN…
Myanmar: US Sanctions Myanmar Gemstone Company
Apr 20, 2021
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Arabella Roden, Jeweller
The US Department of the Treasury (USDT) Office of Foreign Assets Control has formally sanctioned Myanmar (Burma)’s state-owned gemstone trading company, Myanma Gems Enterprise (MGE)…
Afghanistan: Chief of Party, Afghanistan Power Sector Governance Activity
Apr 19, 2021
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DT Global
Built on more than 50 years of experience from AECOM International Development, Development Transformations, and GPD Charitable Trust, DT Global is pioneering a new model…
DRC: Chamber of Mines Wants to Assess Kabila's Code
Apr 19, 2021
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Africa Intelligence
Just after former head of state Joseph Kabila pulled out of the ruling coalition, the country's chamber of mines is mulling whether to review one…
Nigeria: Project Manager DRR
Apr 19, 2021
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Cooperazione Internazionale
COOPI Cooperazione Internazionale is a humanitarian, non-confessional and independent organization founded in 1965 in Milan, Italy. For more than 50 years we have been dedicated…
DRC: Head of Monitoring, Evaluation, Adaptation & Learning, Okapi Wildlife Reserve
Apr 19, 2021
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Wildlife Conservation Society
The Wildlife Conservation Society is an international NGO headquartered at Bronx Zoo in New York City working to save wildlife and wild lands and to…