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Pakistan: Award of Mining Leases Protested
International
People of minerals-rich Bara Kamangara locality of Nawagai tehsil here on Friday held a protest demonstration against the authorities for awarding mining leases to an…
Afghanistan: Afghan Women Face Increasing Violence and Repression Under the Taliban After International Spotlight Fades
International
The Taliban reportedly captured 40 people in Mazar-e-Sharif, a medium-sized city in Afghanistan, at the end of January 2022. Taliban members then allegedly gang-raped eight…
Kazakhstan: Kazakhstan Unrest Highlights Tricky Terrain of Fuel Subsidy Cuts
International
The government announces a new policy that will increase fuel prices. Street protests break out. An unprepared administration cracks down with excessive force. That amplifies…
India: Exploring the Gender and Social Aspects of Climate Policies
International
After joint initiative with GUCCI, WIA is preparing to hand over policy recommendations and strategy for climate action to the government.
Climate Change: Department of Homeland Security Announces Climate Change Professionals Program
International
Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the creation of a new Climate Change Professionals Program to recruit recent graduates and current federal employees to support…
Nigeria: Niger Delta Women Seek America, Britain’s Intervention to Avoid Conflict in Region
International
Woman advocating for the development of Niger Delta, under the aegis of Wailing Women of the Niger Delta (WWND), has written to the American and…
Climate Change: National Defense Authorization Act Cements DOD’s Climate Resilience Role
International
On December 27, President Biden signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (NDAA). The NDAA authorizes fiscal year appropriations principally…
Afghanistan: Taliban Halts Iron Ore Extraction amid Talks with Russians on Gas Refineries
International
The Taliban government has reportedly declared a ban on the extraction of iron ore in the country. The development comes after videos on social media…
Realities Beyond Reporting: Women Environmental Defenders in South Africa
Briefs & Development
Women environmental defenders continue to face marginalization despite their growing significance in ecological conflicts. The media’s role in empowering or further rendering them invisible is…
The Gender Gap in Pro‐Environmental Political Participation Among Older Adults
Library
Citizens are increasingly concerned with environmental issues and some of them take contentious political actions or adapt their lifestyles to reduce their environmental footprint. Research…
Environmental Assurance, Gender, and Access to Finance: Evidence From SMEs
Briefs & Development
When confronting credit constraints, female-led or -owned firms may adopt environmental assurances to increase access to credit. However, this depends on how financial institutions integrate gender…
Designing the Urban Commons Through Gender and Nature-Based Approach. A Renewed Project for Public Space in Times of Crisis
Briefs & Development
The design of the contemporary public space can include the new needs of society, incorporating the values of the current era. The contribution aims to…
Building Environmental Peace: The UN Environment Programme as a Knowledge Actor
Briefs & Development
By analyzing the UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP’s) contribution to peacebuilding, this book aims to show how international bureaucracies develop knowledge and thereby come to matter…
Exploring Links Between Education, Forest Management Intentions, and Economic Outcomes in Light of Gender Differences in the United States
Briefs & Development
Forests cover 34% of the land in the United States, and nearly 40% of these forests are owned by family forest landowners. While forests were…
Climate Violence = Extreme Climate Conditions x Social Realities: Critical Focus on Women and Girls in Africa
Briefs & Development
Climate Change and violence are threats to the livelihood and economic sustainability of women and girls in Africa. Despite the current efforts to address the…
Security Risks of Environmental Crises: Enviroment of Peace (Part 2)
Briefs & Development
SIPRI’s Environment of Peace initiative focuses on managing the risks that are created by two interwoven crises: the darkening security horizon and the immense pressures…
Window Dressing Inequalities and Constructing Women Farmers As Problematic—Gender In Rwanda’s Agriculture Policy
Briefs & Development
Rwanda is often depicted as a success story by policy makers when it comes to issues of gender. In this paper, we show how the…
A Green Skills Framework For Climate Action, Gender Empowerment, and Climate Justice
Briefs & Development
As governments move in earnest toward a green economy, few countries are considering education policy that can facilitate the development of green skills for such…
Gender, Climate Change Adaptation, and Cultural Sustainability: Insights From Bangladesh
Library
The focus of this paper is mainly to investigate climate change adaptation practices and the applicability of a cultural sustainability approach in understanding gender dimension…
Iraq's Dying Garden of Eden [Video]
Multimedia
In Iraq, climate change has transformed the once mythical mesopotamian marshes into deserts. It's not only temperatures that exceed 125°F and record low rainfall, but…
Coping with the Risks of Conflict, Climate and Internal Displacement in Northern Mozambique: ‘We Can’t Just Sit Here with Our Arms Crossed’
Briefs & Development
Displacement brings trauma and suffering, as well as destabilising changes to people’s physical surroundings, social networks, livelihood opportunities and local governance structures (Turner, 2010). These…
Defueling Conflict: Environment and Natural Resource Management as a Pathway to Peace
Briefs & Development
Natural resources management can be a powerful driver of fragility and conflict or a critical tool for peacebuilding. Protracted, cross-border, and compounded transnational challenges such as…
Community-Centered Approaches to Green Mineral Mining: A Conversation with Pact's Roger-Mark De Souza [Audio]
Library
According to the World Bank, building enough renewable energy infrastructure to keep global warming below 2C will require more than 3 billion tons of minerals. Reducing…
"If I Leave… I Cannot Breathe": Climate Change and Civilian Protection in Iraq
Briefs & Development
Climate change is set to cause unpredictable weather patterns, including droughts and flooding, desertification of once arable lands, and increased water shortages. Over the next…
Environment of Peace: Security in a New Era of Risk
Briefs & Development
Behind the headlines of war in Europe and the aftershocks of the Covid-19 pandemic, our world is being drawn into a black hole of deepening twin…
The Climate, Gender and Conflict Nexus
Briefs & Development
Today’s climate crisis is having a serious impact on the environment with disastrous consequences for health, food security, livelihoods, conflict and forced migration, as well as…
The Implications of Climate Change for Mediation and Peace Processes
Briefs & Development
This Practice Note identifies practical suggestions for addressing the effects of climate change in mediation processes, including by leveraging climate policy frameworks and climate finance…
Report of the Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Related Intolerance on Ecological Crisis, Climate Justice, and Racial Justice
Briefs & Development
In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance highlights the racially discriminatory and unjust roots…
Gender, Climate, and Security in Yemen: The Linkages and Ways Forward
Library
This report presents a summary of discussions with WROs regarding peace processes, gendered climate advocacy in Yemen and the linkages of the climate/security/gender nexus in…
State of Gender Equality and Climate Change in South Asia and the Hindu Kush Himalaya
Library
South Asia and the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) are among the regions that are most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Its adverse impacts…