The Conflict and Environment Academic Network (CEAN) has celebrated its first anniversary with a full day of talks and posters at the 2024 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. In this post, Rob Watson charts CEAN’s progress over the last 12 months and outlines the network’s aims for the following year.
25 years since the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention entered into force, its Fifth Review Conference is taking place amidst the accelerating crises of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. Linsey Cottrell reviews how the mine action sector is responding to the triple crisis, and what more is needed.
This side event at the Mine Ban Treaty’s 5th Review Conference in Siem Reap Cambodia on November 27th will explore the progress that the humanitarian mine action sector is making on environmental mainstreaming.
World leaders, negotiators, and civil society are heading to Baku for what its Azerbaijani hosts have labelled the “COP of Peace”. Set against the backdrop of an increasingly unpeaceful world, and the urgent need for states to agree on a new climate finance goal, Ellie Kinney explores what we can expect on militarism, conflict and climate at COP29.
At this COP29 side event, militaries from Slovenia and Norway will discuss their decarbonisation journeys and emerging practice, including on transparent emissions reporting.
COP29 side event on 18 November will present new conflict emissions tracking methodology informed by research on Ukraine and Gaza.
This webinar will show how the war is influencing water quality in Ukraine and about how water needs and threats may change over time, both in respect to Ukraine’s recovery but also as a result of climate change and future regulatory alignment with the European Union.
The Colombian presidency of COP16 and its Paz Con La Naturaleza initiative is a huge opportunity to begin to integrate peace and security considerations into the implementation of the Global Biodiversity Framework, to encourage research and to operationalise the Convention on Biological Diversity to support biodiversity protection in fragile and conflict-affected countries.
