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Nov102020

Virtual side event: Sustainable Development Goals and mine action 18/11/20

Project One, Projects, PublicationsBy ConEnvObsNovember 10, 2020

Virtual side event on mine action and the SDGs co-hosted by Norwegian People’s Aid and CEOBS as part of the 18th Meeting of State Parties to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Treaty.

Nov62020

Why we’re calling for a new agenda on the Environment, Peace and Security this #EnvConflictDay

Blog, Law and policy, Slider, TopicBy ConEnvObsNovember 6, 2020

This #EnvConflictDay we argue that a new Environment, Peace and Security agenda is needed to ensure attention for the environment in the global peace and security discourse, to encourage transformative policymaking and to bring meaningful change to people and ecosystems in the world’s most fragile states.

Nov62020

The psychological barriers preventing environmental protection in war

Blog, Law and policy, Slider, TopicBy ConEnvObsNovember 6, 2020

Is environmental damage inevitable in war, or is it possible for it be afforded more protection? Might there be psychological barriers that have prevented governments developing more effective protection? Gabriela Kolpak and Klaudija Visockyte investigate.

Oct202020

Was it oil leaking from the FSO SAFER off Yemen?

Blog, Country, Slider, YemenBy ConEnvObsOctober 20, 2020

In September, oil leaked from the dilapidated FSO SAFER oil tanker moored off Yemen. Further material was seen in the water during October but this revised analysis of satellite imagery confirms that this material is the result of plankton blooms.

Oct142020

UNGA First Committee statement on the Protection of the environment in relation to armed conflicts

Law and policy, Publications, Slider, TopicBy ConEnvObsOctober 14, 2020

Statement on behalf of CEOBS, PAX and Zoï Environment Network arguing that states at the 2020 UNGA First Committee need to do more to articulate the environmental dimensions of the weapons and security issues on its agenda.

Oct122020

Landmines and the environment – can we do better?

Blog, Project One, Projects, SliderBy ConEnvObsOctober 12, 2020

In this piece, Linsey Cottrell and Kendra Dupuy provide an overview of the relationship between humanitarian mine action and the environment, examining both how mines and mine action can impact the environment, and how environmental change can influence mine action.

Oct82020

Workshop report – #CitSci2020 Citizen science in areas affected by armed conflict

Blog, Project Two, Projects, SliderBy ConEnvObsOctober 8, 2020

Workshop report from our session on citizen science in areas affected by armed conflict at 2020’s European Citizen Science Association conference. This report summarises the presentations, follow-on discussions and plans for the way forward.

Oct82020

Conflicts and conservation – the promise and perils of protected zones

Blog, Law and policy, Slider, TopicBy ConEnvObsOctober 8, 2020

Armed conflicts can have a devastating impact on habitats and wildlife, and historically biodiversity hotspots have been disproportionately affected by warfare. Stavros Pantazopoulos examines whether it is possible to designate such areas as off limits, using protected zones enshrined in law?

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