Environmental trends in the Ukraine conflict, 10 days in
This update provides an overview of some of the environmental trends caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. It builds on our initial rapid assessment, which was published on Feb 25th.
Ukraine invasion: rapid overview of environmental issues
Rapid overview of emerging environmental issues and perspectives arising from the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
NUPI | Climate, peace and security fact sheet, Afghanistan
Afghanistan is highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change: rising temperatures, changing precipitation patterns and increasingly frequent extreme weather events.
Why militaries shouldn’t be exempt from EU battery laws
The electrification of military vehicles will increase demand for batteries, yet forthcoming EU battery legislation contains a blanket military exemption. Piotr Barczak and Linsey Cottrell explain why the exemption challenges military greening claims.
States should back a new intergovernmental panel on pollution
States should support the establishment of an intergovernmental science-policy panel on chemicals, waste and pollution, argues Linsey Cottrell. Doing so could also help draw attention to conflict pollution.
How can mine action programs adapt to our changing environment?
Linsey Cottrell and Carlie Stowe examine the impact that our changing climate will have on humanitarian mine action and why operators need to start implementing climate risk analysis into their planning.
Report: Environmental CSR reporting by the arms industry
In this report, Leonie Nimmo and Hana Manjusak examine the environmental Corporate Social Responsibility reporting of some of the world’s biggest arms companies, and discover that it may be far more useful than you might think.
Environmental governance in frozen conflicts
When wars end without clear resolution, conflicts can become frozen. In this post, Clayton Payne examines how the frozen conflicts affecting Georgia’s breakaway republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia have influenced their environment, and how it is managed.