Sinead Barry

1 month ago | globalissues.org | Sinead Barry |Emma Whitaker

May 12 (IPS) - On April 23, India suspended the Indus Water Treaty (IWT), a 65-year-old agreement that had been a rare symbol of cooperation between India and Pakistan despite decades of hostility. The suspension came a day after militants attacked civilians in Jammu and Kashmir, a disputed region, killing 26 people, most of them Indian tourists. India accused Pakistan of supporting “cross-border terrorism” and responded by halting the treaty.

1 month ago | ipsnews.net | Sinead Barry |Emma Whitaker

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Nov 19, 2024 | toda.org | Sinead Barry |Janani Vivekananda

Image: Supplied by author  Since its emergence nearly two decades ago, the concept of climate security has been an important avenue to uphold the place of human security within the international climate system. At COP29, human security and peace is on the agenda, with a thematic day on Peace, Relief and Recovery. This is the third consecutive COP to acknowledge the integral role of peace for climate action, albeit (rightly) keeping the theme outside of the formal negotiations.

Oct 10, 2023 | newsecuritybeat.org | Sinead Barry |Benjamin Pohl |Alexandra Steinkraus

By Sinéad Barry, Alexandra Steinkraus & Benjamin Pohl More than 11,300 people are confirmed to have died in the floods that struck eastern Libya on September 11, 2023, far surpassing many estimates of the death toll in the country’s 2011 civil war. Thousands are still missing.