Gender, Natural Resources, Climate, and Peace

Gender, Natural Resources, Climate, and Peace

Issue #82 – January 15, 2026

Spotlight

This month's Spotlight was written by Maryruth Belsey Priebe (Co-Founder, aXXelerate): 

When the Smoke Clears: How Hybrid Warfare Exploits Gender Vulnerabilities in Climate Disasters

January 14, 2026 | Maryruth Belsey Priebe

The hurricane passes. The wildfire is contained. The flood waters recede. Then the real fight begins.

Read More

Announcements

Call for Expertise: EnPAx Gender Interest Group Interested in Behavioural Science Expertise for Collaboration

January 15, 2026 | EnPAx Gender Interest Group

We're seeking GIG members with expertise in behavioral science approaches—particularly using behavioral interventions—within environmental peacebuilding contexts to contribute to a workshop we're developing for the 2026 EnPAx conference.

Read More

Call for Proposal: Gender, Climate, and Social Cohesion

January 15, 2026 | UN Women Asia and the Pacific

Given Afghanistan's increased climate vulnerability and the dispropotionate impact on women anand girls, this CfP aims to (1) leverage media platforms (TV, radio, digital initiatives) to shape public awareness of climate change and…

Read More

Applications for Travel Grants for the Fourth International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding (DEADLINE: 22 January 2026)

January 5, 2026 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

Travel grants for Fourth International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding aim to increase the diversity of voices at the conference, with a particular focus on enabling the participation of students, individuals from or residing…

Read More

Environment and Peace – International Call for Proposals (Deadline: February 16, 2026)

December 22, 2025

Environmental organisations play a critical role in the fight against biodiversity loss and climate change. In doing so, they navigate complex social dynamics and tensions.

Read More

Events

Environmental Peacebuilding: The Year in Review and the Year Ahead

January 28, 2026

Environmental Peacebuilding Association

online

Please join us for our annual Year in Review and the Year Ahead Webinar during which we will discuss the global developments in Environmental Peacebuilding during 2025 and the things to look forward…

Read More

Library

Climate Justice in Action: Activism and Adaptation in Eastern Africa

January 13, 2026 | Katie McQuaid, Neil J.W. Crawford, Admire Mare, and Susan Nanduddu (eds.)

Eastern Africa is one of the most climate vulnerable regions of the world, and this book is the first to highlight the direct action and policy change taking place to address the region’s…

Read More

Brief: Gender-Responsive Action for Women's Food Security and Nutrition in Asia and the Pacific

January 12, 2026 | UN Women Asia and the Pacific

In 2018, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women recognized the impacts of climate change in undermining food security for women, noting that the effects of food, land and water insecurity…

Read More

Essential Concepts of Environmental Peacebuilding: An A to Z Guide

January 4, 2026 | Carl Bruch, Richard Matthew, Larry Swatuk, Rachel Weaver, and Erika Weinthal (eds.)

Essential Concepts of Environmental Peacebuilding: An A to Z Guide (Routledge 2026) is a first-of-its-kind reference work that consolidates and clarifies the diverse and rapidly evolving vocabulary of environmental peacebuilding.

Read More

Climate Change and Fulani Herdsmen Violent Conflict in Nigeria: Rethinking the Present Crisis From an Ecofeminism Perspective

August 25, 2025 | Ibikunle Adeakin and Tayo Agboola

Environmental issues particularly climate change, are largely an unexplored area in social research in Nigeria, particularly the link between changes in climatic conditions and some conflicts within the country.

Read More

Gender Inequality, Climate Change, and Armed Conflict: Exploring the Triple Challenges for Female Farmers in Northwestern Cameroon

June 2, 2025 | Lotsmart Fonjong and Mbuli Clodine

Armed conflict amidst climate challenges significantly impacts on men and women in sub-Saharan Africa.

Read More

Jobs

Remote: Senior Expert Consultant on Women, Peace and Security National Action Plans, ACRO, UN Women

January 9, 2026 | UN Women

I.

Read More

International News

India: The Green Burden: Women, Climate Action, and The Unfinished Revolution In India – Analysis

December 16, 2025 | Manasi Sinha and Ejjala Likitha Pavani

In India’s changing climate, where failed monsoons, raging rivers and searing heatwaves define daily life – women stand at the frontlines of survival and sustainability.

Read More

Global: Women Human Rights Defenders Powering Climate Justice

December 9, 2025 | UNDP

Across the globe, women environmental defenders lead the fight for a just and sustainable future.

Read More

Liberia: Women Marginalized in Customary Land Processes in Lofa Despite Legal Protections

November 17, 2025 | Korto D. Snowe

Women in Lofa County continue to face difficulties participating equally in customary land and natural resource management.

Read More

Global: Building Gender-Responsive Climate Security: Inside CGIAR’s New Training Module Why Gender Matters in Climate Security?

November 12, 2025 | Ibukun Taiwo

Climate change impacts are not gender-neutral and vary across population groups.

Read More

Blogs

Liberia: COP30 - a Turning Point Missed - and a Line Drawn for Frontline Women Defenders

January 2, 2026 | Radiatu H. S. Kahnplaye Gai

Monrovia — COP30 has come and gone in Belém, Brazil--another global climate summit marked by lofty promises and limited political courage.

Read More

Compiled by Maria Camilla CadonicciKathleen McLean, Natalia Jimenez, and Maryruth Belsey Priebe

Edited by Madeleine Loll

Coordinated by Mara Pusic 

Designed by Graham Campbell

Managed and Published by Silja Halle and Carl Bruch

© 2026 Environmental Peacebuilding Association, UN Environment, UNDP, UN Women, and UN Peacebuilding Support Office. All rights reserved.

www.gender-nr-peace.org