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If War Were to Doom Us All Tomorrow, the ICJ Would Still Plant a Tree

Mar 30, 2021 | Moises A. Montiel M.

The ICJ is no stranger to the growing concern about the environment. In fact, the existence (albeit brief) of an Environmental Chamber credits the importance…

Conflict Minerals: UCLA Researchers Evaluate Efforts to Curb Trade of Conflict Minerals

Mar 30, 2021 | Stan Paul, University of California Los Angeles

The 2010 Dodd-Frank Act requires that US-listed companies sourcing so-called “conflict minerals” from Africa’s Great Lakes region conduct due diligence. (The EU now imposes similar…

Afghanistan: Country’s Four Million Internally Displaced Need Urgent Support amid Pandemic

Mar 30, 2021 | Amnesty International

The Afghan government and the international community must urgently scale up efforts to support the country’s four million internally displaced people (IDPs), who have been…

Egypt: Market Movers Americas, March 29-April 2: Suez Blockage Impacts Brent-WTI Spread [Video]

Mar 29, 2021 | Joe Fisher, S&P Global Platts

In this week's Market Movers Americas, presented by Joe Fisher: Brent-WTI spread widens amid Suez closure, Traders watch US-Northwest Europe jet fuel arbitrage amid Suez…

United States: DOD Officials Give Report on Women Peace and Security Compliance

Mar 29, 2021 | Jim Garamone, US Department of Defense

The Women Peace and Security program fits right into the Defense Department's breadbasket because "it is a tool for smart power," Air Force Brig. Gen.…

Participants at “Gender, Climate Change, and Migration” Event Were Briefed on the VC Platform

Mar 29, 2021 | UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction

Gender equality, women’s protection, and empowerment are keys to the disaster risk reduction and climate change agendas, and to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. To…

Afghanistan: Afghan Part of CASA-1000 Project 30% Completed

Mar 28, 2021 | Zabihullah Jahanmal, TOLOnews

In the last solar year, only 30% of the construction on the CASA -1000  power transmission project was completed, falling short of a more optimistic pledge that…

Sierra Leone: Witness at Massaquoi Trial Links Charles Taylor to Blood Diamonds

Mar 28, 2021 | Premium Times

A witness told the Finnish court hearing the war crimes trial of Gibril Massaquoi on Friday, that the former leader of the Sierra Leonean rebel…

Afghanistan: Herati Farmers Fear Drought as Rainfalls Drop Significantly

Mar 28, 2021 | Afghanistan Times

Officials in the western Herat province have warned of severe drought challenges in the ongoing year as rainfalls have vastly dropped across the province. Head…

Afghanistan:Taliban Kill Faryab Dam Guards

Mar 28, 2021 | Afghanistan Times

Two police officers guarding the Dahan-e-Dara water dam were killed in a Taliban attack on the dam in the north-western province of Faryab. The dam…

South Sudan: Reducing Imports and Retaining Revenue through Domestic Refining Capacity

Mar 26, 2021 | Charnè Hundermark, Africa Oil & Power

Despite holding the third-largest oil reserves in sub-Saharan Africa, until recently, South Sudan did not have an operating oil refinery in-country, therefore relying heavily on…

4 Ways the Private Sector Can Push for Gender Equality Post-Pandemic

Mar 26, 2021 | Kathleen Sherwin and Divya Mathew

• The pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on women's economic participation.

• Gender equality cannot be achieved without support from the private sector.

• A new…

Oil & Gas: Oil Nations Tipped for Political Instability If the World Moves away from Fossil Fuels

Mar 26, 2021 | Elliott Smith, CBNC

Algeria, Chad, Iraq and Nigeria will be among the first countries to experience political instability as oil producers feel the effects of a transition to…

Crimea’s Water Crisis Is an Impossible Problem for Putin

Mar 25, 2021 | Clara Ferreira Marques

A water emergency in Crimea is absorbing billions of taxpayer rubles as Russia tries to patch up an impossible problem stemming from the peninsula’s annexation…

Afghanistan: Afghanistan No Longer Relinquish Free Water: Ghani

Mar 25, 2021 | Daily Outlook Afghanistan

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday during the inauguration of Kamal Khan Dam in southwestern Nimroz province stressed on implementation of Helmand Water Accord, saying…

Editorial: Human-Wildlife Clash

Mar 25, 2021 | Himalayan Times

Nepal's conservation efforts have been considered a huge success, allowing endangered animals to thrive in the wild. This has been possible largely due to political…

Empowering Women in Peace Operations Remains Top Priority, Says UN Peacekeeping Chief

Mar 25, 2021 | UN News

Praising women’s fundamental contributions to peacekeeping and peacebuilding efforts, the UN peacekeeping chief reiterated on Thursday that empowering women in the military remains a top priority,…

Afghanistan: Afghanistan Inaugurates Hydropower Dam in Western Province

Mar 24, 2021 | Xinhua

Afghanistan's President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday inaugurated a key hydropower dam in the western province Nimroz, which is expected to boost economy and agriculture…

Indonesia: In Indonesia, an Illegal Leopard Trade Thrives out of Sight, New Study Shows

Mar 24, 2021 | Claudia Geib, Mongabay

This is the story of how Indonesia is losing its spots. In a recent paper published in Nature Conservation, researchers found that the archipelagic nation…

Conflict Minrals: Recent Climate and ESG Disclosure Activity — What Does It Mean for the SEC’s Conflict Minerals Rule?

Mar 24, 2021 | National Law Review

In its first two months, the Biden Administration has given significant attention to climate-related and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) disclosure issues. Of course, these…

The Attack on the Italian Ambassador in Congo

Mar 24, 2021 | Daniel Ruiz

This article intends to do a critical analysis of the recent attack that cost the life to the Italian Ambassador in the Democratic Republic of…

Climate Security in the UN Security Council: Achieving More through Improved Knowledge and Increased Credibility

Mar 24, 2021 | Judith Nora Hardt, Michael Brzoska, and Alina Viehoff

The German government should continue its efforts on climate change and security even after its membership in the UN Security Council has come to an…

Climate, Peace and Security: The Case of South Sudan

Mar 24, 2021 | Andrew E. Yaw Tchie and Kheira Tarif

South Sudan is the world's youngest nation and one of the least populated countries in Africa, but also one of the most vulnerable to climate…

Senior Research Fellow: Climate, Peace and Security Risks

Mar 23, 2021 | Norwegian Institute of International Affairs

The Norwegian Institute of International Affairs is a Norwegian government agency and research organization based in Oslo.

NUPI is looking for a senior research fellow with a…

Cambodia: Lands Grabs and Other Destructive Environmental Practices in Cambodia Test the International Criminal Court

Mar 23, 2021 | Katie Surma, Inside Climate News

Three leading climate and human rights nonprofits have asked the prosecutor at the International Criminal Court in the Hague to pursue rampant “land grabbing” by…

Ethiopia/Sudan/UAE: Sudan Accepts UAE Offer to Mediate Border and Dam Disputes with Ethiopia

Mar 23, 2021 | Middle East Eye

Sudan has accepted an offer by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to mediate with Ethiopia over a contested border region and Addis Ababa's construction of a…

Consultancy, White Paper on the Future of Environmental Peacebuilding

Mar 23, 2021 | Geneva Peacebuilding Platform

The Geneva Peacebuilding Platform is a knowledge hub that connects the critical mass of peacebuilding actors, resources, and expertise in Geneva and worldwide.

The role: 

Reporting  to …

Khalif H. Dalmar

Mar 22, 2021

Going Big on Climate: Opportunities and Challenges Facing the New Administration

Mar 22, 2021 | Ratia Tekenet

With climate change, we can make no small plans—we need to go big,” said Lieutenant General Wallace Gregson (ret.), former Assistant Secretary of Defense for…

Khalif Hassan Dalmar is the Director for the Department of Environmental Protection in the Office of the Prime Minister of Somalia. Khalif has worked in…