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Colombia: Guardians of Guaviare: Southern Colombia’s Land Fight

Nov 27, 2024 | Lital Khaikin, Fair Planet

The Jiw (pronounced “Hue”) are a small Indigenous community in southern Colombia, also known as Guiabero. The 3000 members of this community live along the…


Myanmar: Climate Change Is the Final Straw for Myanmar’s Farmers

Nov 27, 2024 | Luke Hunt, Union of Catholic Asian News

Across Myanmar, the talk among embattled farmers ranges from conflict and floods to planting and climate change. The conversations are also about conscription and whether…


Liberia: Calls for EU not to End Timber Treaty with Liberia

Nov 26, 2024 | Esau J. Farr, The DayLight

Calls are mounting for the European Union (EU) to reconsider its decision to terminate a timber trade agreement with Liberia. The issue is high on…


Sudan: Targeted Attacks, Lack of Maintenance Could Lead to Dam on the White Nile in Sudan Bursting

Nov 26, 2024 | Smart Water Magazine

The Jebel Aulia Dam, near Sudan’s capital Khartoum, is at risk of collapsing as a result of attacks carried out in violent clashes between the…


Climate Change: What Happens When Climate Change and Conflict Collide?

Nov 26, 2024 | International Rescue Committee

Climate change is a devastating force on its own, driving floods, droughts and raising temperatures worldwide. For countries already destabilized by conflict, it deepens humanitarian needs, making…


USA: Call for Applications: PhD-Level 2-Year Graduate Research Assistantship (GRA)

Nov 26, 2024 | Elaine (Lan Yin) Hsiao and He Yin, Kent State University

Kent State University’s (KSU) School of Peace and Conflict Studies (SPCS) began as the Center for Peaceful Change as a living memorial to the May…


The 2024 Montreal Climate Security Summit: Four Takeaways

Nov 25, 2024 | Claire Doyle

Hosted by NATO’s Climate Change and Security Center of Excellence (CCASCOE) and the Conference of Defense Associations in October, the summit brought together participants from…


Liberia: Disappointed in Logging, Communities Look to Conservation

Nov 25, 2024 | James Harding Giahyue, The DayLight

It has been some 15 years since logging was reintroduced in community forests following the end of over a decade of Liberia’s bloody civil wars.…


Ukraine/Russia: Wagner Earned over $2.5bn from Illegal Gold Mining to Fund War, Report Reveals

Nov 25, 2024 | Ecofin Agency

Gold mining is a key part of the Russian mercenary group’s business model. Even after coming under Kremlin control, it continues to offer security, training,…


Afghanistan: Assisting Communities Grappling with the Impact of Climate Change

Nov 25, 2024 | International Committee of the Red Cross

Decades of conflict and violence, underinvestment in critical infrastructure and economic challenges have weakened the country’s capacity to tackle the growing threats posed by climate…


Afghanistan: How Data Analysis, Community Engagement, and GIS Delivered a Reliable Water Source to an Afghan Community

Nov 25, 2024 | Alice Brindley and Bella Brittan, DAI

In early 2024, the Afghanistan Value Chains Program (AVCP), funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID), launched an initiative in northern Afghanistan aimed…


Uganda: Chief of Party - Resilience Food Security Activility

Nov 25, 2024 | MercyCorps

Mercy Corps is an international development organization that works in over 40 countries to promote community-led and market-driven development. With a strategic focus on countries…


Sudan: Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Lead

Nov 25, 2024 | MercyCorps

Mercy Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better world is possible. In disaster, in hardship, in more than 40 countries…


Sri Lanka: Social Scientist for Empowerment in the Plantation Sector

Nov 25, 2024 | AGIAMONDO

AGIAMONDO e.V. is the personnel service of German Catholics for development cooperation. In the Civil Peace Service, we offer professionals the opportunity for meaningful service…


South Sudan: Project Manager Climate Resilient Value Chains

Nov 25, 2024 | SNV Netherlands Development Organization

SNV is a global development partner, deeply rooted in the countries where it operates. SNV is driven by a vision of a better world: A…


Egypt/Tunisia: Program Manager

Nov 25, 2024 | Hivos

Together with citizens and their organizations, Hivos aims to contribute towards just, inclusive and life sustaining societies where people have equal access to opportunities, rights…


Afghanistan: Deputy Country Director Program

Nov 25, 2024 | Solidarités International

Solidarités International (SI) is an international humanitarian aid association which, since more than 40 years, has been providing assistance to populations affected by armed conflicts and natural…


Iraq/Kurdistan: Kurdistan PM Blasts Baghdad over $20 bln Lost Oil Revenue

Nov 24, 2024 | Hadley Gamble, Al Arabiya News

Kurdistan’s Prime Minister Masrour Barzani has laid bare the staggering financial toll on the semi-autonomous region of Iraq, as oil exports remain suspended. Barzani reports…


COP 29: The Climate-Peace Nexus Was on the Agenda, but …

Nov 23, 2024 | Volker Boege

This year’s COP 29 in Baku, the capital of the oil state of Azerbaijan (fossil fuels make up 90% of the country’s exports), has been…


The Climate Finance Deal, the Military and DOGE at COP29

Nov 23, 2024 | Saleem H. Ali

The deal which was finally reached at COP29 in Baku for a $300 billion investment for climate change finance for developing countries reflects a zero-sum…


Afghanistan: Afghan Women Harvest Saffron; Breath of Fresh Air in Afghanistan [Video]

Nov 23, 2024 | WION

A breath of fresh air for Afghan women whose rights have been trampled by archaic Taliban laws. Women in the Herat province are harvesting the…


Papuan Women’s Mangrove Forest Increasingly Threatened by Pollution

Nov 22, 2024 | Associated Press

On the southeastern coast of the city of Jayapura, Petronela Merauje walked from house to house in her floating village inviting women to join her…


Ethiopia: Understanding Climate Security Needs in Ethiopia

Nov 22, 2024 | Ibukun Taiwo, CGIAR

Over the last few years, Ethiopia has grappled with extreme drought, flooding, political instability, and conflict. Engagement on the intersection of the effects of climate…


Indonesia: Papuan Women’s Mangrove Forest in Indonesia is Increasingly Threatened by Development and Pollution

Nov 21, 2024 | Edna Tarigan and Firdia Lisnawati

On the southeastern coast of the city of Jayapura, Petronela Merauje walked from house to house in her floating village inviting women to join her…


In Viet Nam, loans help bolster gender equality and fight climate change - Viet Nam

Nov 21, 2024 | UNEP

Duong Khanh Ly, the founder of a tea cooperative in northeast Viet Nam, had a problem.

Severe downpours would often soak tea leaves that had been…


Gender and Climate Experts Come Together to Address Inequalities and Climate Resilience Challenges in Nigeria’s Agrifood systems

Nov 21, 2024 | CGIAR Initiative on Gender Equality

On October 9, 2024, gender and climate experts gathered in Abuja for the third high-level dialogue on gender and climate change, convened by HER+, the CGIAR…


Spotlighting Climate, Gender, and Peace at Zimbabwe's 2nd Climate Change and Development Conference

Nov 21, 2024 | Ibukun Taiwo

At the 2nd Climate Change and Development Conference in Zimbabwe, the CGIAR FOCUS Climate Security Team led two panels, one on climate, gender, and inclusivity and…


Advancing the UNSC Climate Security Agenda

Nov 21, 2024 | Louise Wiuff Moe

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) does not have a climate security resolution that formally places the matter on the council’s agenda, nor a dedicated…


Afghanistan: Caught between Climate Change and Global Indifference

Nov 21, 2024 | Andreas Stefansson

In 2024, Afghanistan experienced severe flooding that devastated vital agricultural land in the northern provinces, and hundreds of people were killed. Before this, the country…


Afghanistan: FAO, IOM, and UNDP Launch EU-Funded Afghanistan Community Resilience Programme

Nov 21, 2024 | UNDP

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have jointly…