COP31 aspires to be a ‘COP of implementation’ but with world leaders distracted by wars, protests and elections, opportunities for progress may be limited. As governments, campaigners and fossil fuel lobbyists head to a seaside COP31, Ellie Kinney examines how conflict, climate and militarism will intersect in Antalya.
The third review conference of the Convention on Cluster Munitions saw governments agree on a new five year action plan that includes deeper integration of climate and environmental considerations. In this post Jonathan Walsh and Anna McKean explore what was achieved and what’s needed now.
Data centres are increasingly being targeted during conflicts, posing new and poorly understood pollution risks to the communities they are frequently located in. In this post Eoghan Darbyshire examines the trend, and what we know of the risks to people and the environment.
As COP17 of the Convention on Biological Diversity begins in the Armenian capital Yerevan, Doug Weir considers the rising profile of nature, peace and security, and its relevance to the successful implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.
Our new Military Emissions Gap dataset reveals that, in the face of the accelerating climate crisis and rising military spending, military emissions reporting to the UNFCCC is getting worse. Many countries reporting is becoming less transparent and we show how countries like COP host Türkiye are making their military emissions disappear in the paperwork.
What needs to be in place for the idea of environmentally sustainable conflict recovery to take hold? Anna Ackerman and Doug Weir examine why sustainable recovery processes are needed and whether lessons from Ukraine could be applied to other conflict areas.
Is there a pattern to fires on military sites across Europe? And is it changing in response to the climate crisis and increasing military spending? Students Sara Niknam, Adam Krid and Ritchie Davelaar from Utrecht University’s Open-Source Global Justice Investigations Lab consider the evidence.
The process of environmental mainstreaming in mine action has been underway for several years. Anna McKean and Jonathan Walsh explain how a new action plan for the Convention on Cluster Munitions would both reflect and encourage this process.
