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New Online Course: Conflict Sensitivity in Conservation

Oct 11, 2025
PeaceNexus Foundation, EnPAx, African Wildlife Foundation, Conservation International, Environmental Law Institute, International Institute for Sustainable Development, IUCN, CEESP, and WWF

Conservation doesn’t happen in isolation. In fact, conserving nature involves making decisions about who accesses and uses natural resources – decisions that can be particularly…

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: Environmental Peacebuilding Awards (Deadline: 30 November 2025)

Oct 8, 2025 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

To honor outstanding contributions to environmental peacebuilding, the Environmental Peacebuilding Association is pleased to present awards to leaders, practitioners, and researchers from our community.The Environmental…

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

Sep 30, 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.…

Canada: Financial Controller

Sep 30, 2025 | IMPACT

IMPACT transforms how natural resources are managed in areas where security and human rights are at risk. We investigate and develop approaches for natural resources…

Ukraine: WASH/Shelter/NFI Coordinator

Sep 30, 2025 | Polish Humanitarian Action - Polska Akcja Humanitarna

Polish Humanitarian Action (PAH) is an international non-governmental organization which since 1992 has been providing humanitarian and development help worldwide. So far, the interventions have…

Afghanistan: Climate Change and Environment Coordinator (Expatriate)

Sep 30, 2025 | Danish Committee for Aid to Afghan Refugees

DACAAR is a non-governmental, humanitarian organization that supports sustainable development in Afghanistan through promoting the ability of local communities to decide upon and manage their…

Afghanistan: Country Director

Sep 30, 2025 | Norwegian Church Aid

NCA has provided assistance to the Afghan population since 1979 and established an office in 1996. Our program focuses on integrated watershed management, linking sustainable…

DRC: Country Director

Sep 30, 2025 | One Acre Fund

Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund equips 5.5 million smallholder farmers to make their farms more productive. Across nine countries that together are home to…

Kenya: Program Assistant - Communications and Visibility (Level P1)

Sep 30, 2025 | African Union - InterAfrican Bureau for Animal Resources

The African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR) is a specialized technical office of the Department Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy and Sustainable Environment…

Kenya: Animal Production, Natural Resource Management & Resilience Expert (P3 Level)

Sep 30, 2025 | African Union - InterAfrican Bureau for Animal Resources

The African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR) is a specialized technical office of the Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy and Sustainable…

Trump’s Dip into the Nile Waters Dispute Didn’t Settle the Conflict – in Fact, It May Have Caused More Ripples

Sep 26, 2025 | Fred H. Lawson

Nile River water is essential to agriculture and public sanitation in both Egypt and Sudan. Distribution of that water has been regulated by an agreement…

How Water Fuels Conflict in Pakistan

Sep 26, 2025 | Daanish Mustafa

For ten days in April 2025, Pakistan almost came to a standstill. No freight was moving from its only port city, Karachi, towards the population…

South Sudan Can Leverage Oil Revenues to Develop the Wildlife Sector

Sep 25, 2025 | Leek Daniel

The development of a sustainable wildlife sector in South Sudan, leveraging oil revenues, requires a multifaceted approach that addresses conservation, economic diversification, governance, and community…

South Sudan: Climate Security Risks Brewing in South Sudan as Floods Escalate in Many Parts of the Country: A Case of Panyijiar

Sep 25, 2025 | Amos Agiro
UNDP

Catastrophic flooding in Panyijiar County has displaced more than 100,000 people, including 45,000 children and 26,000 women. Entire communities now struggle to survive, as floodwaters…

Bangladesh/Myanmar: Myanmar Put Landmines along the Cox’s Bazar Borders of Bangladesh to Stop Cow Smugglers

Sep 25, 2025
Hindu Voice

What was once a border meant to separate two nations has, for Bangladeshis living in Cox’s Bazar, become a deadly minefield. For the past eight…

Iraq/Kurdistan: Eight Oil Companies Reach Agreement with Iraq, KRG to Resume Oil Exports

Sep 25, 2025
Reuters

Eight oil companies operating in Iraqi Kurdistan, representing over 90% of production, reached agreements in principle with Iraq's federal and Kurdish regional government (KRG) to…

Afghanistan: Kabul’s Highland Residents Struggle amid Severe Water Shortages

Sep 25, 2025 | Bibi Amina Hakimi
TOLOnews

In the high slopes of Kabul, where houses are built on the mountain sides, people's lives tell a different story of hardships. Residents of these…

Sunk Debris from World Wars Provides Home for Wildlife

Sep 25, 2025 | Robert Egan
Nature Publishing Group

More marine life is living on some World War II munitions disposed of on the Baltic Sea's seabed than on the sediment surrounding it. The…

Liberia: Mapping Liberia’s Fishing Future: New Study Highlights Urgent Need to Protect Landing Sites and Fishers’ Rights

Sep 25, 2025
Environmental Justice Foundation

Liberia’s small-scale fisheries are the backbone of coastal livelihoods, but they face mounting threats from coastal erosion, mangrove destruction, and insecure land rights. Fishing communities’…

Pakistan: Maryam Announces Special Courts for Land-Grabbing Cases

Sep 25, 2025
The News

Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz announced new legislation to eliminate land grabbing targeting orphans, widows, and underprivileged citizens in the province. She also announced the…

Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraqi PM Announces ‘Historic’ Deal to Resume Kurdish Oil Exports

Sep 25, 2025
Rudaw

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani on Thursday announced that his government has reached a "historic agreement" with the Kurdistan Region to resume Kurdish oil…

Blood Minerals and Resource Curse: The Case of Sudan and the DRC

Sep 24, 2025 | Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam

Minerals fuel modern civilization, ensuring comfort and amenities. From electronic devices to machines of all types, various minerals are required to operate them. Should we…

The Environment as Casualty of War

Sep 24, 2025 | Tom Hardy

A 2019 study by Stanford University found that climate change contributed to three to 20 per cent of global conflicts over the past century. As global…

Climate Change: Baku Hub Partnership: Innovative Climate-Peace Solutions for Conflict Affected and Vulnerable Contexts

Sep 24, 2025 | Shoko Noda
UNDP

Time and time again, one barrier stands out: access to climate finance. We heard this clearly at the second Africa Climate Summit earlier this month,…

Liberia: Rural Communities Get Safe Drinking Water Facilities

Sep 23, 2025 | Emery Watson
Observer

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), through the Accelerated Community Development Programme (ACDP), will formally turn over four state-of-the-art solar-powered water facilities valued at $334,847.28…

Mud, Memories, and Meaning: Investigating Climate Security in Southwestern Zimbabwe

Sep 22, 2025 | Gracsious Mavisa

This study examines climate security challenges in southwestern Zimbabwe's Tsholotsho district, where communities continue to grapple with the lasting impacts of Cyclones Dineo (2017) and…

South Sudan: More Than $2.2bn Diverted from Oil in South Sudan, Says UN

Sep 22, 2025
energynews

 A UN report reveals that nearly 90% of road projects financed by oil never materialised, fuelling surging poverty amid extreme inflation and poor management. 

India: From Conflict to Reconciliation: UN Calls to See Climate Harmony as Security, Stability

Sep 21, 2025 | Anoushka Caroline Williams
Newsmeter

It is also about whether crops survive erratic monsoons, whether the Yamuna and Musi rivers can still sustain life and whether urban air remains breathable…

Why Liberia Should Approach TotalEnergies’ Production Sharing Contracts with Caution

Sep 19, 2025 | Seltue Karweaye Sr.

TotalEnergies, formerly known as Total, is a major player in the global oil and gas industry, recognized as the fourth-largest publicly traded oil and gas…

Liberia: Carbon Markets: Liberia’s Next Frontier for Sustainable Growth

Sep 19, 2025 | Winnie Oguerilam
FrontPage Africa

As the world accelerates efforts to address climate change, carbon markets have become a central mechanism linking environmental stewardship with economic opportunity. For Liberia, a…