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  • To Accelerate Economic Growth, Uganda Should Prioritize Young People’s Health Care

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    Dot-Mom  //  Guest Contributor  //  August 21, 2019  //  By Winfred Ongom
    Young African Leaders

    Even though it has always been said that young people are the future of society, it is important to note that we are very much present. We are ready to thrive and become productive adults. Unfortunately, many adolescents and young people are robbed of their potential. We still face a high risk of unplanned pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections, teenage pregnancy, early child bearing, unsafe abortions, and dropping out of school. 

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  • Providing Water Security in an Uncertain World

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    Guest Contributor  //  August 20, 2019  //  By Nathanial Matthews
    Leparkeri. a Samburu warrior, stands inside a well he has dug along a dry river bed where he will water his livestock during the dry season. They sing as they lift the buckets of water from the deep wells  and each warrior's cattle knows who his owner is

    A problem is looming. Most water infrastructure isn’t designed to meet the demands of the increasingly volatile world that climate change is producing. Our modern landscape requires a reconceptualization of infrastructure’s demands and needs that often defies convention. And nowhere is a flexible and responsive approach more crucial than in water infrastructure, where we are experiencing unprecedented changes in flows and increasing pressures on consumption, according to Wellspring: Source Water Resilience and Climate Adaptation, a new report from the Global Resilience Partnership, the Alliance for Global Water Adaptation and The Nature Conservancy. The report explores some ways practitioners can take a new approach to source water protection that would enhance resilience and help sustain communities and ecosystems in a shifting climate.

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  • How Soap Operas Can Help Communities Adapt to Climate Change

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    Guest Contributor  //  August 19, 2019  //  By Robert Walker
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    When thinking seriously about a world increasingly afflicted by climate change, radio and television soap operas are not the first things that leap to mind. But for countries likely to suffer the most from climate change, popular serial dramas can play a critical role in helping vulnerable populations adapt to the looming challenges.

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  • In Search of Consensus on Climate-Conflict Links

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    Guest Contributor  //  August 12, 2019  //  By Cullen Hendrix & John O’Loughlin
    UNAMID South African troops deliver 30,000 liters of water to build a clinic in Forog (North Darfur)

    What do we (think we) know about the links between climate change and armed conflict? Early attempts to theorize what climate-related conflict might look like were exceptionally successful in sparking policymaker interest in and funding of research on climate-conflict links. But they were more like works of science fiction than science. Since then, research on climate-conflict links has exploded, with hundreds of articles and working papers published on the subject. Moreover, the findings have been all over the map, with some arguing for strong impacts of climate on conflict at multiple temporal and spatial scales, while others argue—in both specific instances, about the supposedly climate-fueled Syrian Civil War, and more generally—that climate-conflict links are overstated.

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  • Nile River Water Supply Forecasts May Reduce the Chance of Conflict

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    Guest Contributor  //  July 31, 2019  //  By Annalise Blum
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    Rising tensions between Egypt and Ethiopia over construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) have led to speculation that there could be a war over water. When completed, the dam will be the largest in Africa. And it will give Ethiopia control over the Blue Nile River, a major source of Egypt’s water.

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  • Lost in Translation: How Building “Strong” Institutions can Diminish Human Security in the Global South

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    Guest Contributor  //  July 29, 2019  //  By McKenzie F. Johnson
    Informal charcoal production near Yangambi, DRC.

    In the Global South, natural resource conflict has largely been considered a consequence of poor governance and weak political institutions. The international community’s solution? Build “green” governance capacity as a way to mitigate violent conflict and improve environmental outcomes. For the international development community, this has meant introducing laws, policies, and practices based on international standards of best practice, and training local regulators to adhere to those standards.

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  • Removing Barriers to Family Planning Essential for Conservation, Groups Agree

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    Guest Contributor  //  July 25, 2019  //  By Robert Engelman
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    The voluntary use of family planning, among its many benefits, is good for sustaining the healthy ecosystems that support all wild plant and animal species. This should be common sense. If your mission is environmental conservation, you should want to help remove barriers to reproductive health services, so that all women can space wanted pregnancies and avoid unintended ones.

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  • When Climate Change Meets Positive Peace

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    Guest Contributor  //  July 17, 2019  //  By Marisa O. Ensor

    Climate change is being increasingly framed as a security issue—a “threat multiplier” that can amplify the risks of breakdowns in peacefulness. Yet, even extreme climate hazards do not always lead to higher levels of violence.

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