Gender, Natural Resources, Climate, and Peace

Gender, Natural Resources, Climate, and Peace

Issue #58 – January 11, 2024

Spotlight

Nature-Based Solutions and Intersectional Gender at COP28

December 28, 2023 | Marisa O. Ensor

Climate change is having devastating effects on societies and ecosystems. Nature-based solutions can and should play a significant role in mitigating and adapting to the climate crisis.

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Announcements

EnPAx Announces Travel Grant Process for Third International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding

December 12, 2023 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

To ensure diversity of presenter viewpoints and background at the Third Conference, the Conference Organizing Committee has launched an "Assist a Scholar" campaign to raise money to fund travel grants to defray the…

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Events

For more upcoming events on gender, natural resources, climate, and peace, please visit our online calendar of events.

Third International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding

June 18, 2024 - 2024-06-21

Environmental Peacebuilding Association and the Grotius Center for International Legal Studies at Leiden University

The Hague, Netherlands and online

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association® (EnPAx®) and the Grotius Center for International Legal Studies at Leiden University are delighted to announce that the Third International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding will be held on June 19-21, 2024.…

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Library

In the past month, 12 new publications were added to our online library of materials on gender, natural resources, climate, and peace. Here is a sampling of the new additions:

How the Climate Crisis Fuels Gender Inequality

January 1, 2023 | Rachel Ramirez and Laura Paddison

Climate change acts as a threat multiplier, finding existing injustices and amplifying them.

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The WPS Index and the Gender-Climate-Security Nexus

January 1, 2023 | Elena Ortiz and Marisa O. Ensor

The impacts of climate change, conflict, and gender inequality are increasingly intertwined.

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When Solutions to the Climate and Biodiversity Crises Ignore Gender, They Harm Society and the Planet

January 1, 2023 | Robyn James, Kristen Lyons, Philippa McKay, Ruth Konia, Hilda Lionata, and Nathalie Butt

Global warming and biodiversity loss continue to increase, and the environment is being degraded faster than at any time in history.

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Blogs & Opinions

In the past month, 9 blogs & opinion pieces on gender, natural resources, climate, and peace were posted on our website. Here is a sampling:

Women, Peace and Security: Opportunities to Respond to Climate and Environment Risks

December 5, 2023 | Sian Wrigley

A comprehensive approach to addressing the human security risks posed by climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution is needed – one that supports consideration across the breadth of security dimensions impacted and addresses…

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Why We Need Gender and Environment Data on the Agenda at COP28

November 28, 2023 | Papa Seck

For the first time last week, global temperatures rose beyond the critical 2-degrees-Celsius threshold. Without drastic action, the UN has warned of catastrophic consequences for people and planet.

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Climate Change: Rise in Google Searches Around ‘Anxiety’

November 22, 2023 | Lucy Gilder

Online search queries related to "climate anxiety" have risen, according to data gathered by Google and shared exclusively with BBC 100 Women.

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Compiled by Carrie Hanks, Aianna Siembab, Sarah Xu, and Leela Yadav

Edited by Julie Yoon

Coordinated by Tori Rickman

Designed by Graham Campbell

Managed and published by Silja Halle and Carl Bruch

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