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Nigeria: WASH Core Competency Specialist

Apr 19, 2021 | Norwegian Refugee Council

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. We work in crises across 31 countries, providing emergencies and…

CAR: Cross-Border Anti-Poaching Coordinator

Apr 19, 2021 | Wildlife Conservation Society

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is a US non-profit, tax-exempt, private organization established in 1895 that saves wildlife and wild places by understanding critical issues,…

CAR: Anti-Poaching Coordinator Manovo-Gounda St. Floris National Park

Apr 19, 2021 | Wildlife Conservation Society

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is a US non-profit, tax-exempt, private organization established in 1895 that saves wildlife and wild places by understanding critical issues,…

DRC: Head of Monitoring, Evaluation, Adaptation & Learning, Okapi Wildlife Reserve

Apr 19, 2021 | 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…

DRC: Communications Manager, Okapi Wildlife Reserve

Apr 19, 2021 | Wildlife Conservation Society

About WCS: 

The Wildlife Conservation Society is an international NGO headquartered at Bronx Zoo in New York City working to save wildlife and wild lands and…

Yemen: WASH Facilitator

Apr 19, 2021 | Committed To Good

CTG stands for Committed To Good. With an ethical approach at the heart of all that we do, it is a description that makes us…

The US Military Is Poisoning Communities across the US with Toxic Chemicals

Apr 17, 2021 | David Bond

One of the most enduring, indestructible toxic chemicals known to man – Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF), which is a PFAS “forever chemical” – is…

Iraq: Militants Attack North Iraq Oil Wells, Production Unaffected - Ministry

Apr 17, 2021 | Reuters

Militants using explosives attacked two oil wells northwest of Kirkuk in northern Iraq on Saturday but no significant damage resulted and production was not affected,…

Iraq: The Poisoned Clouds That Are Suffocating the People of Iraq

Apr 17, 2021 | Bel Trew, The Independent

Flames of burning gas that puncture the sky are not just killing the planet – they’re killing Iraqis. In oil towns blighted by this toxic…

Iraq: How Oil Fields Are Poisoning Iraq [Video]

Apr 17, 2021 | Bel Trew, The Independent

The town of Nahran Omar lies 40km north of Basra, a stone’s throw from an oil well that practises flaring: burning off excess gas produced…

The Arctic Is a Place of Unusual International Cooperation. Can That Last?

Apr 17, 2021 | Larry Luxner

For decades, Norway’s policy towards neighboring Russia has balanced “between deterrence and reassurance” and combined “firmness and predictability,” says Ine Eriksen Søreide, the country’s minister…

From ENMOD to Geoengineering: The Environment as a Weapon of War

Apr 17, 2021 | Gabriela Kolpak

With climate change accelerating, there is increasing pressure to develop new technologies that could suck CO2 from the atmosphere or block the sun’s heat. Some…

There’s No Military Solution to Yemen’s SAFER Oil Tanker Crisis

Apr 17, 2021 | Doug Weir

There are growing calls for the UN Security Council to authorise a military-backed response to the crisis over the SAFER oil tanker off the coast…

How the Defense Department Can Move from Abstraction to Action on Climate Change

Apr 17, 2021 | Samuel Brannen, Sarah Ladislaw, and Lachlan Carey

One week after he was sworn in as president, Joe Biden directed his secretary of defense to make climate change a central priority. The president’s executive order…

Afghanistan: Afghanistan’s Water Sharing Challenges

Apr 16, 2021 | Syed Mohammad Ali, Tribune

All eyes are currently focused on implications of the US decision to delay its troop withdrawal from Afghanistan till September. Yet, there are a range…

Afghanistan: Afghanistan’s Water Sharing Challenges

Apr 16, 2021 | Syed Mohammad Ali, Tribune

All eyes are currently focused on implications of the US decision to delay its troop withdrawal from Afghanistan till September. Yet, there are a range…

Liberia: FDA, FFI Host Two National Workshops for Pygmy Hippopotamus Conservation and Validation of a Collaborative Management Plan for Sapo National Park

Apr 16, 2021 | Observer

On the 30th of March 2021, the Forestry Development Authority of Liberia (FDA) in collaboration with Fauna and Flora International (FFI) held a multi-stakeholder workshop…

Northern Central America Climate Risks Across Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus

Apr 16, 2021 | UN Environment Programme

The United Nations Environment Programme is responsible for coordinating responses to environmental issues within the United Nations system.

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In El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras…

The Women, Peace and Security Civil Society Leadership Award 2021 Call for Nominations: Women Peacebuilders

Apr 15, 2021 | Global Affairs Canada

Global Affairs Canada is issuing a call for nominations for Canada’s Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Civil Society Leadership Award.

This award is part of a…

Le Prix de leadership de la société civile Femmes paix et sécurité Appel de candidatures de 2021 : Femmes consolidatrices de la paix

Apr 15, 2021 | Global Affairs Canada

Affaires mondiales Canada lance un appel de candidatures pour le Prix de leadership de la société civile pour les femmes, la paix et la sécurité…

What Oil, Satellite Technology and Iraq can Tell Us about Pollution

Apr 15, 2021 | Ollie Ballinger and Wim Zwijnenburg

Few countries have oil reserves as deep as Iraq. The extractive industries bring jobs and tax revenues to a nation that has been hobbled by…

The Intertwined Futures of Climate Action, Fragility and Peacebuilding

Apr 15, 2021 | Anthony Navone

Crises are often described narrowly; clearly differentiated by the aspect of society they impact, such as the economy or national security. But the COVID pandemic…

Celebrating Earth Day With a Gender Justice Lens

Apr 15, 2021 | Tanna Clews and Rob Werner

As we look towards Earth Day 2021, we’re paying special attention to the intersection of climate and gender justice. We believe that there is no…

China/India/Tibet: China Plans to Build a Super Dam on the Brahmaputra River, Rises Security and Environmental Concerns in Tibet and India

Apr 14, 2021 | OpIndia

China is planning to build a super dam on the Brahmaputra River in Tibet which will dwarf the Three Gorges Dam, the largest hydroelectric power…

Water: Water Scarcity Has the Potential to Both Ignite Conflict and Foster Cooperation

Apr 14, 2021 | Jacob Dykes, Geographical

Global demand for water is set to increase with economic and population growth. Yet, under predicted climate scenarios, freshwater availability will become increasingly unpredictable, even…

Call for Abstracts for the Second International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding (DEADLINE EXTENDED)

Apr 14, 2021 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association; Geneva Peacebuilding Platform; Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies; Geneva Water Hub, University of Geneva; and UN Environment Programme

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association and partners have extended the deadline for submitting proposals for presentations, panels, roundtables, and posters at the Second International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding. …

India: COVID, Climate Change Pushing Sundarbans Women to Distress

Apr 14, 2021 | Namrata Acharya, Al Jazeera

In April last year, 17-year-old Rani Khatun, a resident of Sagar Island in the Sundarbans, would spend most of her day in school, preparing for…

Iraq: In Iraq, Herding Water Buffalo Is Once again a Growing Industry [Audio]

Apr 12, 2021 | NPR

In Iraq, giant oil fields drive the economy, but there are also some more traditional ways to make a living including herding water buffalo. And…

Nigeria: Peace & Development Advisor

Apr 12, 2021 | United Nations Development Programme

Peace and Development Advisors (hereafter PDA) are deployed to engage with national stakeholders to build, strengthen, and sustain nationally owned and driven efforts to prevent…

United States: Policy Specialist, Inclusive Peace Processes

Apr 12, 2021 | UN Women

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and…