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Afghanistan/Iran: Iran Steps up Pressure on Taliban over Helmand River Water Rights

Aug 23, 2025
Afghanistan International

Iran has accused the Taliban of failing to honour a key water treaty and vowed to intensify pressure on the group to secure its share…

Ukraine/Russia: Parts of Russia Face Gasoline Shortages after Ukraine Struck Refineries

Aug 21, 2025
Reuters

Several regions in Russia and parts of Ukraine it controls are reporting gasoline shortages after Ukraine stepped up attacks on Russian oil refineries this month,…

Tackling Security and Climate Challenges in the Lake Chad Basin Requires Collaboration

Aug 21, 2025 | Aminata Niang

The consequences of climate change in the Lake Chad Basin are not only environmental but also tied to conflict and insecurity. The resource scarcity caused…

The Brahmaputra and the Geopolitics of Water Sharing

Aug 21, 2025 | Himangshu Ranjan Bhuyan

Flowing through some of the most sensitive political geographies of Asia, the Brahmaputra is nor merely a river but a lifeline that sustains millions, a…

Afghanistan: Water Extremes Drive People from Homes in Afghanistan

Aug 21, 2025
Agence France-Presse

Successive wars displaced Afghans over 40 years, but peace has not brought reprieve, as climate change-fuelled shocks drive people from their homes and strain livelihoods.

Afghanistan: Afghanistan's Water Predicament Goes Regional

Aug 21, 2025
Middle East NorthAfrica Financial Network

After decades of war that left it with little authority over its five major river basins, Afghanistan is now asserting greater control of its water…

Liberia: Journalists Condemn Proposal to Degazette Sapo National Park, Warn of International Fallout

Aug 21, 2025 | Francis G. Boayue
FrontPage Africa

The Journalists for the Protection of Nature (JPN-Liberia) has strongly condemned a proposal by Sinoe County Representative, Romeo Quiah, to degazette the Sapo National Park,…

How Grassroots Women-Led Networks are Strengthening Resilience and Reducing Climate-Conflict Risks: Experience from Latin America and the Caribbean

Aug 21, 2025 | Nohelia Palou Zúniga and Ignacio Madurga-Lopez

Across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), women are uniquely positioned to address the dual crises of climate change and conflict. Their community networks, rooted…

Kenya to Host New Global Centre to Combat Human-Nature Conflict

Aug 20, 2025 | TV47 Kenya

Kenya is set to become the epicenter of Africa’s fight against human-nature conflict and environmental crime after allocating land in Nairobi for a new global…

When Water becomes War: The Moral Failure of Global Governance in the Middle East

Aug 20, 2025 | Peiman Salehi

The Middle East today is witnessing a transformation that goes far beyond conventional geopolitics or the competition for oil. One of the most urgent yet…

Mali: Grant & Project Manager – Chef·fe de projet (Karité & Énergies Renouvelables)

Aug 20, 2025
Grant & Project Manager – Chef·fe de projet (Karité & Énergies Renouvelables)

Contexte de l’organisation
ActionAid est une fédération internationale œuvrant pour un monde juste, équitable et durable, libéré de la pauvreté et de l’oppression. Notre stratégie consiste à…

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: Fourth International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding (DEADLINE: October 6, 2025)

Aug 19, 2025
Environmental Peacebuilding Association and the University of Ottawa

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association® (EnPAx®) and the University of Ottawa are pleased to announce the call for abstracts for the Fourth International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding.…

Launch of EnPAx Urban Interest Group

Aug 19, 2025
Environmental Peacebuilding Association

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association® (EnPAx®) is excited to announce the launch of a new Urban Interest Group. The Interest Group brings together scholars and practitioners who…

Afghanistan: Afghanistan Holds Two-Day Environmental Conference in Nangarhar

Aug 18, 2025 | Sadaqat Ghorzang
TOLOnews

Environmental experts emphasized the need to develop a comprehensive strategy for environmental protection.

Liberia: Land Authority Charges Towns Nearly US$12K to Resolve Boundary Dispute

Aug 18, 2025 | Carlucci Cooper
The Daylight

The Liberia Land Authority has charged two communities in Grand Gedeh County US$11,900 to cut their boundary, dragging a dispute over Burkinabe cocoa farmers.

Afghanistan: From Drought to Floods, Water Extremes Drive Displacement in Afghanistan

Aug 16, 2025 | Susannah Walden and Qubad Wali
Agence France-Presse

The water cycle has been sharply impacted, with Afghanistan again in the grip of drought for the fourth time in five years and flash floods…

From Scrap Collector to Climate Warrior: How a Vietnamese App Is Empowering Women

Aug 15, 2025 | Thao Hoang
UN Women Asia and the Pacific

Every morning, before the city awakens, 38-year-old Ngô Thị Thu pushes her handcart through the alleys of Mễ Trì Thượng, a ward in the Vietnamese…

DRC: What Stands between the DRC and Lasting Peace? [Video]

Aug 15, 2025
TRT World

For decades, the Democratic Republic of the Congo has witnessed one of the deadliest conflicts since World War II — yet the world remains largely…

Food Security: Starvation Is a War Crime, but Will Justice Ever Be Done?

Aug 15, 2025 | Cathrin Schaer
Deutsche Welle

Experts say that food is increasingly being used as a weapon in conflicts in places like Sudan, Syria and Gaza. But there's never been a…

India/Pakistan: India Faces Diplomatic Challenge after Rejecting Jurisdiction of International Court on Water Treaty

Aug 15, 2025 | Kazim Alam
TRT Global

India may find itself in a diplomatic quagmire after rejecting an international court’s ruling that New Delhi must allow the unimpeded flow of western rivers…

Liberia: Liberia Land Authority Targets Double Land Sales in Bong County

Aug 15, 2025 | Princess Flomo
Libierian Investigator

In communities across Liberia, from crowded urban margins to remote rural districts, land disputes rooted in overlapping claims, customary ambiguities, and corrupt practices continue to…

Liberia: Burkinabés Clash over Land in Grand Gedeh

Aug 15, 2025 | Ishmael F. Menkor
Observer

Tension is said to be mounting in Grand Gedeh County between two groups of Burkinabé over farmlands, causing fear among the locals. Reports reaching the…

DRC: Deputy Country Director, Operations – Democratic Republic of Congo

Aug 15, 2025 | Mercy Corps

Mercy Corps is present in the DRC since August 2007 with a current workforce of more than 300 national and expatriate employees and operational presence…

Syria: Food Security, Nutrition and Livelihood Coordinator

Aug 15, 2025 | Première Urgence Internationale

Première Urgence Internationale (PUI) develops its integrated approach with infrastructure, WASH, education and livelihoods actions. Furthermore, PUI works on rehabilitating collective and private shelters and…

Yemen/Lebanon: Regional Food Security & Livelihood Specialist

Aug 15, 2025 | 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…

Syria: Study on the Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture and Water Resource Management, Adaptation and Mitigation Measures - SABIR Project

Aug 15, 2025 | Expertise France

Expertise France (EF) is a public agency part of the AFD Group, merging six agencies under the supervision of the French Ministries of Foreign Affairs…