American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2023 – conflict and environment sessions
AGU 2023 features three in person, hybrid and remote sessions addressing the environmental consequences of armed conflicts, with a focus on earth observation.
UNEP | Rapid environmental assessment of Kakhovka Dam breach Ukraine, 2023
The assessment encompasses damage caused both upstream and downstream, including hydrological and geomorphic impacts, chemical contamination, waste, and ecological damage, including to protected areas.
YPC | Rising temperatures, falling resources: Climate change impacts on Yemen’s agrarian and coastal communities
This report focuses on two districts in Yemen which have been particularly affected by climate change and are likely to suffer further consequences in the future: Hajar district, Hadhramaut, and Tawahi district, Aden.
Mapping Ukraine’s ecologically important areas
War in Ukraine has made it vital that we understand where its ecologically important areas are. We’ve collaborated with the Ukrainian Nature Conservation Group and Zoï Environment Network to build the most comprehensive digital map available of its most important areas for nature.
Event: Third International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding June 19-21, 2024.
The Environmental Peacebuilding Association and the Grotius Center for International Legal Studies at Leiden University have announced that the Third International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding will be held on June 19-21, 2024.
The environmental dimensions of Libya’s flood disaster
Initial analysis of some short and long environmental dimensions of the flood disaster in Libya, with an assessment of how the conflict has made its people more vulnerable to climate disasters.
Commentary: Who cares about the environment in war?
CEOBS and the PAX Environment, Peace, and Security Project jointly received 2023’s Al-Moumin Award from the Environmental Peacebuilding Association. Accepting the award on CEOBS’ behalf, Doug Weir discusses how CEOBS works to challenge the status of the environment as a silent victim in conflicts.
ICRC | State expert meeting on IHL: protecting the environment in armed conflicts
Chair’s summary of a state meeting in early 2023 that reviewed the measures that militaries could take to reduce their impact on the environment,