Addressing climate-fragility risks
This climate-fragility risks guidance note seeks to inform the development and implementation of strategies, policies, or projects that seek to build resilience by linking climate change adaptation, peacebuilding,
Peace
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Africa: UNEP Receives 2015 Africa Peace Award for Environmental and Development Work
Nairobi — The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) received on Monday the Africa Peace Award, conferred by the United Religions Initiative-Africa (URI-Africa) to distinguished individuals or organizations
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Houthi shells kill 18 in Yemen, dengue fever spreading rapidly
Shells fired by Yemen's dominant Houthi group killed 18 people near the southern port city of Aden early on Wednesday, local officials and witnesses said, while the United Nations warned a dengue fever
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Activists call on Africa to ban uranium mining
PEACE and environmental activists from around the world who are meeting here have called on African governments to slap a ban on uranium mining and world leaders to outlaw nuclear weapons, saying they
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A new climate for peace: taking action on climate and fragility risks
A New Climate for Peace: Taking Action on Climate and Fragility Risks, an independent report commissioned by members of the G7, identifies seven compound climate-fragility risks that pose serious threats
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Australia's peace threatened by climate change
Australia is underprepared for the security implications of climate change, while our key military allies, like the US and Britain, are bustling to get ready. While domestic discussion of climate change
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From local to national experience: Has Hiroshima become a ‘trauma for everybody’?
Within Japan, the atomic bombing of Hiroshima is understood as a national experience that sets the country apart from nations that have been spared such devastation. A special phrase the Japanese use to
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Green leader Chandi gets Gandhi Peace Prize
The President of India Pranab Mukherjee presented the Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2013 to noted environmentalist leader of Chipko movement and Gandhian from Uttarakhand, Chandi Prasad Bhatt, at the
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Fragile State Index 2014
The Fragile States Index is an annual ranking of 178 nations based on their levels of stability and the pressures they face.
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India slips to 143 among 162 nations in peace stakes
MUMBAI: When asked to name a strife-torn country in a dangerous neighbourhood, India may not be the first to come to mind. And yet, India ranks a lowly 143 out of 162 countries on the Global Peace Index
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Adaptation to climate change for peace and stability
The findings of the project ”Strengthening of approaches and instruments as well as promotion of processes to reduce the security risks posed by climate change in the context of climate change adaptation“