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Green Technology's Dark Side

Aug 7, 2019 | Ronald Stein

The hype these days is to stop using those dirty fossil fuel driven cars and trucks and convert everyone to those clean electric vehicles. But…

Iraq/Kurdistan: Kurdistan’s Massive Gas Reserves No One Knows about

Aug 7, 2019 | Simon Watkins, OilPrice

Barely a month goes past without another indication of the vast gas potential still largely untapped in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI). Last…

Agriculture's Secret Weapon: Empowering Women

Aug 6, 2019 | Patrick Galey and Laure Fillon

Women farmers face the brunt of the threat posed by climate change, yet they may hold the key to helping limit its fallout, according to…

Iraq: Climate Change Is Exacerbating Iraq’s Complicated Water Politics

Aug 6, 2019 | Theodore Karasik and Jacopo Spezia Depretto, Fair Observer

Today, what is commonly known as the Fertile Crescent — the cradle of civilization and the Garden of Eden — is not so fertile anymore.…

Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone Community's Suit against Diamond Miner Shows Activist Trend

Aug 6, 2019 | Cooper Inveen, Reuters

The water “makes us get headaches and feel sick in our stomachs,” said Adi Kalie Bangura. Bangura’s claims are part of those made by a…

Afghanistan: Inside Afghanistan's Desperate Battle to Control a Dam in Taliban Country

Aug 6, 2019 | Andrew Quilty, Vice

It was after midnight when red tracer rounds spat from government lines in Helmand’s Kajaki District across a band of darkness toward a second line…

Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone Community's Suit against Diamond Miner Shows Activist Trend

Aug 6, 2019 | Cooper Inveen, Reuters

Across Africa and the developing world, local groups are increasingly mounting legal challenges against companies extracting minerals, said David Pred, executive director of Inclusive Development…

Myanmar: Work on Expediting Land Compensation Continues

Aug 5, 2019 | Yee Ywal Myint, Myanmar Times

The government continues work on expediting compensation for people, especially farmers, who had land appropriated for urban development, Yangon Region Chief Minister U Phyo Min…

Iraq/Turkey: Iraq's Oil Expansion May Be Set back on Turkish Dam Project

Aug 5, 2019 | Miriam Malek, S&P Global Platts

Iraq's oil expansion may be in jeopardy after Turkey reportedly started a dam that could reduce water flows to energy companies operating in OPEC's second-largest…

DRC: Ntaganda and ICC: The Conviction of a Congolese War Lord

Aug 5, 2019 | Ndubuaku Kanayo, Fair Planet

"The law is made for man, not man for the law", the precise words of William Godwin a journalist and political philosopher seem to be…

Afghanistan: MoMP Inks 9 Marble Extraction Agreements Worth $23m

Aug 5, 2019 | Afghanistan Times

The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MoMP) on Monday inked nine multimillion dollars' worthagreements of marble mining in western Herat province, incorporating amendments at the…

China/Vietnam/South China Sea: Vietnam Police Disperse Protest at Chinese Embassy over South China Sea Standoff

Aug 5, 2019 | James Pearson, Reuters

Vietnamese police on Tuesday broke up a brief protest outside the Chinese embassy in Hanoi against Beijing’s maritime survey of an offshore block in the…

The Human Cost of Amber

Aug 2, 2019 | Katharine Gammon

For scientists, amber is thrilling. It preserves ancient organisms in incredible detail, down to the veins in insect wings and the lenses on fly eyes.…

Blood Diamonds and Land Corruption in Sierra Leone

Aug 2, 2019 | Transparency International

A deep abyss punctures the southern suburbs of Koidu Town, one of the largest cities in Sierra Leone. The giant pit, vast processing plants and…

Myanmar: Myanmar’s Environmental Challenges

Aug 2, 2019 | Gregory McCann, Asia Sentinel

After eight years collecting dust on the planning shelves and also at the confluence of the Mali and N’mai Rivers in upper Burma, the Chinese…

Mali: Wetlands International Emphasises Conflict-Sensitive and Human-Security Approaches to Infrastructure as New Malian Government Takes Office

Aug 2, 2019 | Wetlands International

Water infrastructure must be ‘conflict-sensitive’ and coordinated between ministries representative of all stakeholders if future escalation of violence in Mali is to be avoided, according…

Women, Land and Conflict

Aug 1, 2019 | United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs

Land is part of our identity and is essential for our livelihood. With a growing world population, available land is growing scarcer, becoming even more…

The Role of Women and Youth in Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management

Aug 1, 2019 | Tatiana LeGrand

On the 15th of July, nations around the world celebrated the World Youth Skills Day. In defining the importance of the skills of the youth,…

South Sudan: South Sudan to Improve Legal Framework in Oil and Gas Sector

Aug 1, 2019 | Mandisa Nduli, Africa Oil & Power

The African Development Bank, through its African Legal Support Facility and the National Petroleum and Gas Commission (NPGC) of South Sudan, has selected Centurion Law…

Myanmar: Four People, Including Official, Arrested in Deadly Land Dispute

Aug 1, 2019 | Sit Htet Aung, Myanmar Times

Four people, including a village administrator, have been arrested for casualties resulting from a dispute over fertile land in Yenangyaung township of Magwe Region. The conflict…

Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone to Draft Overarching Chemical Law by 2023

Aug 1, 2019 | Chemical Watch

Sierra Leone is drafting an overarching regulatory framework on chemicals by 2023, as part of a plan of regulatory, capacity building and awareness-raising actions that…

Climate Change: Sun Valley Climate Conference’s Broad Agenda: Wildfires, Military, Insurance, Resilience

Aug 1, 2019 | Don Jergler, Insurance Journal

Washington had a record 1,850 responses to wildfires on Department of Natural Resources lands last year. Over the last five years, wildfires have continued to…

Nile River Water Supply Forecasts May Reduce the Chance of Conflict

Jul 31, 2019 | Annalise Blum

Rising tensions between Egypt and Ethiopia over construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) have led to speculation that there could be a war…

DRC: US Agency Provides $3.7 Million to Combat Illegal Mining in DRC

Jul 31, 2019 | Ajifowoke Michael Gbenga, Ventures

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has provided $3.7 million to support the fight against illegal mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo…

Finland: Advance of Climate Change a Threat to Security in Finland, Says Expert

Jul 31, 2019 | Helsinki Times

Jarno Limnéll, a professor of cybersecurity at Aalto University, has reminded that climate issues and their direct and indirect ramifications for security should not be…

Elections for the EnPAx Board of Directors: Call for Nominations

Jul 30, 2019 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association (EnPAx) will be holding its inaugural elections for its Board of Directors later this year and is seeking interested candidates to…

Panama: Intern - Disasters and Conflicts Programme

Jul 30, 2019 | UN Environment

The United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the…

Brazil: Brazil Faith, Peace and Climate Organizer

Jul 30, 2019 | 350.org

350.org is building a global grassroots movement to solve the climate crisis. Our online campaigns, grassroots organizing, and mass public actions are led from the…

Kenya: Terms of Reference: Endline Evaluation for UKAid Match Project in Kitui, Tharaka-Nithi and Embu Counties

Jul 30, 2019 | Trócaire

Trócaire is an Irish development agency that was established in 1973 by the Catholic Bishops of Ireland. Trócaire works in over 20 countries in partnership…

Gender and Justice Intern

Jul 30, 2019 | UN Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau

Guinea Bissau is a country which is experiencing instability and fragility in many areas and the State is unable to provide the goods and services…