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    The Hans Günter Brauch Foundation (HGBS) for Peace and Ecology in the Anthropocene awards annually an international science prize (ISP).  The theme for its ISP 2024 is: Ecocide: Impacts of Wars and/or Climate Change on Food Security Since 1945. The prize is open to scholars with a PhD from all disciplines and countries for an original, innovative and substantial research contribution and offers a prize of 3000 Euro. Any scholar may apply or be nominated until 31 May 2024 by submitting an original single-authored text in English that was published as a book or is an unpublished manuscript (e.g. a PhD, advanced PhD or habilitation) that was approved since 2020. In 2023, the first award was made to Dr Tobias Ide. For further details, please refer to the full press release which can be found here.  

  Toda Peace Institute Director, Kevin Clements, will be a speaker at a webinar hosted by the Flemish Peace Institute to mark the International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace on Wednesday 24 April.  The topic of the webinar is Implementing the New Agenda for Peace: Exploring Inventive Approaches.  Other speakers include Laura Pistarini from Patrir, and Nils Duquet and Merel Selleslach from the Flemish Peace Institute.  For more information and to register, please visit the Flemish Peace Institute website here. The webinar will run from 9:30 - 10:30 CEST.  

  "In the Pacific, our relationship with nature is a natural one. Nature is us, we are nature," writes Philip Malsale, senior climatologist for SPREP in Vanuatu. "I believe that if our leaders want to manoeuvre our course through the changing climate, Governments need to start re-adjusting how they do business at the national, provincial, district and village level to ensure that traditional knowledge is not lost." Read more at Radio New Zealand International Pacific News.   Image: https://www.shutterstock.com/g/terohakala

  The existential threat posed by climate change remains the biggest concern for the new Tuvalu administration. The government is also about to launch a drive to better inform the people about the contents of a treaty with Australia and its leader is firm that the country is not getting into bed with Beijing. These are some of the matters discussed in an expansive interview RNZ Pacific's Don Wiseman had with the newly elected Prime Minister Feleti Teo. Read more at Radio New Zealand International Pacific News Image: mtcurado/istock.com

  Thousands of people are being impacted by drought in the Federated States of Micronesia. The four states - Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei and Kosrae - have all been experiencing drier than normal weather since December last year with the US National Weather Service predicting things are likely to worsen under current El Nino conditions. According to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), people in affected communities are in desperate need of food and water. Read more at Radio New Zealand International Pacific News   Federated States of Micronesia President Wesley Simina  has declared a national emergency due to severe drought, and sent it to his country's Congress for review. The president's signed declaration said the nation has been experiencing "extremely and unusually low levels" of rainfall, and it is anticipated that this condition will continue to intensify in the coming months. Read more at Radio New Zealand International Pacific News Image: KKKvintage/shutterstock.com