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Explore cases of environmental harm in Ukraine

CEOBS has been remotely tracking and assessing environmentally-relevant incidents in Ukraine since February 2022. We share our data with relevant stakeholders, it informs our research and advocacy activities, and it is our hope that the dataset will also contribute to Ukraine’s green recovery. We’ve now used it to create an interactive map.

Two Abrams tanks on a firing range fire producing large bursts of flame during a NATO exercise in 2024.

National climate action plans must include military emissions

COP28 agreed that countries must submit new NDCs by February 2025. These national plans for climate action are important but at present military emissions are largely absent from them. As Linsey Cottrell finds, failing to include them this year could delay their inclusion until 2030.

Ever wondered how the #ClimateCrisis is affecting #MineAction, hampering clearance and creating new risks? Our latest explains all https://ceobs.org/landmines-climate-change-and-new-environmental-guidance

We've worked on environmental mainstreaming in #mineaction with @NPAdisarm since 2018. In our latest, Linsey Cottrell looks at the risks from #ClimateChange and new sectoral guidance on the environment. https://ceobs.org/landmines-climate-change-and-new-environmental-guidance

The targeting of #RedSea shipping, and oil and energy facilities in #Yemen is creating toxic remnants of war that pose threats to human health and terrestrial and marine ecosystems. These threats will grow with any further military escalation.

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Ever wondered how the #ClimateCrisis is affecting #MineAction, hampering clearance and creating new risks? Our latest explains all https://ceobs.org/landmines-climate-change-and-new-environmental-guidance

We've worked on environmental mainstreaming in #mineaction with @NPAdisarm since 2018. In our latest, Linsey Cottrell looks at the risks from #ClimateChange and new sectoral guidance on the environment. https://ceobs.org/landmines-climate-change-and-new-environmental-guidance

The targeting of #RedSea shipping, and oil and energy facilities in #Yemen is creating toxic remnants of war that pose threats to human health and terrestrial and marine ecosystems. These threats will grow with any further military escalation.

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