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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…
Climate Change and Violent Conflict in West Africa: Assessing the Evidence
Library
West Africa is widely cited as a hotspot of climate change and insecurity. This SIPRI Insights uses a systematic literature review of academic research to…
Cover Women from Climate Change to Tame Gender Wars
Blog
As the year winds down, it is a good time to reflect on how the effects of climate change have impacted the lives and livelihoods…
The Haleh Esfandiari Forum: A Conversation with Ambassador Melanne Verveer
Event
The Haleh Esfandiari Forum presents a conversation with Ambassador Melanne Verveer, Executive Director of Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace, and Security, and Former U.S. Ambassador…
South Sudan- Economic Recession Spurs Gender Violence in South Sudan
International
On eve of Global Day for Elimination of Violence against Women, activists demand tougher laws to curb gender violence in South Sudan.
Afghanistan: In Hard Times, Afghan Farmers Are Turning to Opium for Security
International
The decision to destroy his entire orchard is one Abdul Hamid and many other Afghan farmers in the district are making to earn an income…
Mozambique: The Farmers Navigating Conflict, Climate Change and Covid
International
According to a study by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), 76% of the households in Mozambique experienced moderate to severe food insecurity at…
Scotland: Supporting Women in Climate Action and Conflict Resolution
International
A new climate change focused fellowship promoting equal participation by women in peace resolution is being supported as part of a £300,000 funding commitment from…
Afghanistan: Stone Quarrying and Processing Industry Drops 90%
International
Officials from the Union of Stone Extraction and Processing Companies said nearly 90 percent of the production and extraction business in the country has stopped.…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan’s Saffron Growers Worried Taliban Will Ban Heavily Female Workforce
International
Saffron has the potential to help ameliorate Afghanistan’s dire economic difficulties. The country has long produced some of the best saffron in the world, and…
COP26: Why Are Women Still Missing at the Top Climate Table
International
When the global face to climate action is Greta Thunberg, it can appear that women and girls are well represented at the top table. As…
Afghanistan: Exclusive - 'Women Encouraged to Work in Pine Nut Industry': Taliban to WION
International
Pine nuts, popularly known as Afghanistan's 'export gold', are one of the major sources of support for the country's economy, especially at a time like this…
Sierra Leone: From ECOWAS to New York: Beny Steinmetz Diamonds on Trial in Three Jurisdictions
International
People living close to the Koidu diamond mine in Sierra Leone fear the dismissal of a domestic court case against Beny Steinmetz's company Octea, which…
Afghanistan: Climate Now a Worse Crisis Than War for Afghanistan’s Farmers
International
Drought stalks the parched fields around Afghanistan’s remote district of Bala Murghab, where the climate crisis is proving a deadlier foe than the country’s recent…
Ghana: Exclusion of Women in Peacebuilding Threat to Development
International
The Executive Secretary of the National Peace Council (NPC), Mr George Amoh, has stated that the exclusion of women in peace building and security issues…
Yemen: Qat-to-Coffee for Climate Resilience and Human Security
International
This project aims to support improved climate security and boost employment in Yemen by piloting the transition from Qat-to-Coffee. The Qat sector has grown immensely…
Afghanistan: UN Chief Slams ‘Broken’ Taliban Promises Made to Women, Girls
International
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has slammed the Taliban’s “broken” promises to Afghan women and girls, and urged the world to inject cash into Afghanistan in…