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Myanmar: In the Wake of Coup, Gold Mining Boom Is Ravaging Myanmar
International
With a military junta retaking power last year, a gold rush is increasingly despoiling rivers in the Myanmar state of Kachin, polluting water with mercury,…
Afghanistan: Strawberry Fields Could Supplant Afghanistan's Poppies, Forever
International
Afghanistan's Kandahar, Helmand and Zabul provinces have always been close to the heart of the world's opium, and later heroin, trade. Poppy cultivation has been…
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…
Perils of Peacebuilding: Gender-Blindness, Climate Change and Ceasefire Capitalism in Colombia and Myanmar (chapter in "Feminist Conversations on Peace")
Briefs & Development
Peacebuilding requires a complex set of operations and transformations that address root causes of conflict, repairs victims and creates trust – all of which are…
Climate, Peace and Security Fact Sheet: Somalia
Country Assessments
Somalia is experiencing its worst drought in over four decades. More frequent and intense floods and droughts fuel competition over natural resources, exacerbating community tensions…
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…
Advancing Gender Equality and Climate Action: A Practical Guide to Setting Targets and Monitoring Progress
Briefs & Development
Gender inequalities shape people’s vulnerabilities to climate change. Women have less access to the development services and support – such as adequate healthcare, education and…
Climate Change, Conflict and Internal Displacement in Afghanistan: 'We Are Struggling to Survive'
Briefs & Development
Afghanistan faces one of the world’s most complex crises. Recurring cycles of conflict, violence and natural hazard-related disasters – often exacerbated by climate change –…
Mountain Women of the World – Challenges, Resilience and Collective Power
Library
Women play a key role in environmental protection and social and economic development in mountain areas. They are often the primary managers of mountain resources,…
Climate Change and Conflict in the Horn of Africa: A Gendered Perspective
Briefs & Development
Despite much research on climate-conflict linkages, little attention has been paid to the conflict-climate-gender triple nexus. Threats from conflict and climate change, as well as…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Risking the Future: Climate Change, Environmental Destruction, and Conflict in Yemen
Briefs & Development
CIVIC’s research demonstrates that climate change and environmental degradation must be addressed immediately to promote stability and prevent the outbreak of further conflicts over access…
Understanding the Peace Effects of P-REC Funded Streetlights in Goma, DRC
Briefs & Development
In May – June 2022, Energy Peace Partners (EPP) travelled to Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo to start gathering data on the peace…
Water and Conflict in the Inner Niger Delta: A Governance Challenge
Briefs & Development
Conflicts in the Sahel region are mounting. The Inner Niger Delta, located in the Sahelian zone of central Mali at the crossroads between lusher south Mali…
Regional Cooperation for Climate Security: A Look into the Horn of Africa [Audio]
Multimedia
In this episode, we speak with Ayan Mahamoud, Senior Coordinator of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), a regional economic community with eight member states…
The Climate-Security Nexus in the IPCC Report Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
Briefs & Development
This document gathers quotations on the links between climate change and conflict in the IPCC Working Group II report Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability.…
Climate, Peace and Security Fact Sheet: Ethiopia
Country Assessments
Ethiopia is currently experiencing one of its most severe droughts in decades following four consecutive failed rainy seasons. The country has a high dependency on…
The Gender-Climate-Security Nexus: Conceptual Framework, CGIAR Portofolio Review, and Recommendations Towards an Agenda for One CGIAR
Library
This position paper provides a conceptual framework for the gender-climate-security-nexus, a CGIAR portfolio review of work related to the nexus, and recommendations towards an agenda…
Indigenous and Rural Women's Voices: Recommendations to Address Climate Security Risks in Colombia
Briefs & Development
From an ecofeminist and human security perspective, this study aims to contribute to filling this existing gap by developing actionable recommendations that can be replicated…
Cascading Climate Risks and Options for Resilience and Adaptation in the Middle East and North Africa
Briefs & Development
This report assesses the current situation and future projections of possible and likely biophysical climate impacts in the MENA region, based on a literature review,…
Women Speak: The Lived Nexus Between Climate, Gender and Security
Briefs & Development
A growing body of research recognises the gendered impacts of climate change, and how these are impacted by armed conflict. Women often bear the brunt…
Women’s Empowerment and Gender Equality in South Asian Agriculture: Measuring Progress Using the Project-Level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI) in Bangladesh and India
Library
This introduction to a special section describes how a recently developed measure, the project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI) can be used to assess…
Climate Change and Conflict: First-Hand Tips on How to Tell Stories with Impact [Video]
Library
In this session, IJNet's guest will look at how the impacts of climate change can contribute to conflict, and the specific factors that drive conflict.…
Climate, Peace, and Security Fact Sheet: Iraq
Briefs & Development
Iraq is highly vulnerable to climate change and its impacts. The country’s vulnerability is shaped by its physical exposure, a strong natural resource dependency and low adaptive…