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Author Archives: ConEnvObs

Feb172025

This night firing image shows the dark silhouette of the self-propelled artillery in a wooded area. The trees and part so the vehicle are lit up from the flash of the gun muzzle, clouds of gas are coming from each side of the gun and are illuminated white and orange.

PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ are in munitions, and other military applications too

Blog, Military and the environment, Slider, TopicBy ConEnvObsFebruary 17, 2025

Pressure to ban PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ over their toxicity and environmental persistence is growing but their military applications beyond firefighting foams have received limited attention. Linsey Cottrell explores their broader military uses, and why regulators shouldn’t let militaries keep using them.

Jan202025

A deep crater in the foreground is half full of water, half of the crater sides are covered in the debris from a demolished building, behind this a row or three story buildings are painted orange and pink, behind them two 10 storey apartment blocks.

Scoping conflict-linked environmental harm in southern Lebanon

Country, Publications, SliderBy ConEnvObsJanuary 20, 2025

Alongside its civilian impact, the intensification of the Israeli-Hezbollah conflict after October 2023 had grave consequences for the environment. This report details preliminary CEOBS research into conflict-linked environmental harm in southern Lebanon

Jan162025

Two storks fly above burning cropland, thin smoke and a heat haze obscures the sky while flames are visible ust below the two birds as they take off.

Assessing pollution from explosive weapons in southern Ukraine

Country, Project One, Projects, Publications, Publications, Slider, UkraineBy ConEnvObsJanuary 16, 2025

In a new report Norwegian People’s Aid and CEOBS highlight significant pollution, infrastructure damage, and threats to agriculture and ecosystems caused by the use of explosive weapons in Ukraine’s Kherson and Mykolaiv regions.

Jan82025

Two storks fly above burning cropland, thin smoke and a heat haze obscures the sky while flames are visible ust below the two birds as they take off.

Report launch: Environmental impact of explosive weapons in southern Ukraine, 16 Jan

Blog, Project One, Projects, SliderBy ConEnvObsJanuary 8, 2025

Register for our joint webinar and report launch: “Assessing Environmental Degradation from Explosive Weapons in Southern Ukraine”, on January 16th.

Dec182024

In the foreground, three banners promoting COP29, behind them a large modern stadium is lit up in blue and white lights as the sun sets behind it.

Reflections on COP29: what price do we put on peace and security?

Blog, Blog, Military emissions blogs, Projects, SliderBy ConEnvObsDecember 18, 2024

In many ways, peace and security had never enjoyed a higher profile than they did at COP29 in Baku and yet developed countries failed fragile and conflict-affected states. In this post Ellie Kinney takes stock of what happened at COP29 and looks ahead to COP30 next year.

Dec112024

Word cloud based on the papers collated by CEOBS for its 2024 research bibliography, after armed conflict, the largest words are: conflict, remote sensing, war, colombia, climate change, environment and drought.

The Conflict and Environment Academic Network, one year in

Blog, Blog, CEAN events, Projects, SliderBy ConEnvObsDecember 11, 2024

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.

Nov202024

An NPA deminer crouches down amidst tall vegetation and explores are marked off area of soil with a tool.

New mine ban treaty action plan would be another step forward for environmental mainstreaming

Blog, Blog, Project One, Projects, SliderBy ConEnvObsNovember 20, 2024

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.

Nov182024

the side event flyer, with the text of the line up over an image of mine action warning tape.

Side event: Do no harm? Addressing environmental issues in mine action

Project One, Projects, SliderBy ConEnvObsNovember 18, 2024

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.

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