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Oct32024

The environmental costs of the escalating Middle East crisis

Blog, Country, Iraq, Occupied Palestinian Territories, Slider, Syria, YemenBy ConEnvObsOctober 3, 2024

A year of escalating conflict across the Middle East has had a range of direct and reverberating consequences for the region’s environment. In this post we identify the current and emerging trends that are threatening human health and often fragile and degraded ecosystems.

Oct12024

The satellite image shows a circular mounded dump spreading over a wetland habitat and creeks.

Detecting Yemen’s informal dumpsites from space

Blog, Country, Slider, YemenBy ConEnvObsOctober 1, 2024

The war in Yemen has profoundly affected solid waste management, increasing open dumping and with it risks to the environment and public health. In this post, Hanna Schulten explores how satellites can identify dumpsites and so help inform remedial measures and waste management policies.

Jun122024

Explore cases of environmental harm in Ukraine

Blog, Country, Slider, UkraineBy ConEnvObsJune 12, 2024

CEOBS has been remotely tracking and assessing environmentally-relevant incidents in Ukraine since February 2022. We share our data with relevant stakeholders, it informs our research and advocacy activities, and it is our hope that the dataset will also contribute to Ukraine’s green recovery. We’ve now used it to create an interactive map.

Jun122023

ELN ceasefire could ease environmental degradation in Colombia

Blog, Colombia, Country, SliderBy ConEnvObsJune 12, 2023

Colombia’s president Petro has signed a six-month ceasefire with the ELN armed group, in this post, James Osbourne examines the environmental benefits that could follow in the event of a lasting settlement.

Jul282022

Sustainable recovery? First sustain interest in Ukraine’s environment

Blog, Country, Slider, UkraineBy ConEnvObsJuly 28, 2022

An unprecedented volume of environmental data is being gathered on the invasion of Ukraine. Doug Weir explores what kind of data is being gathered, and by whom, as well as the environmental narratives that are developing and the implications of this level of documentation.

Mar72022

An estimated eight Russian cruise missiles hit Vinnytsia airport in Ukraine on 6th March, destroying the site and triggering huge fires from its fuel storage depot.

Legal accountability for environmental destruction in Ukraine

Blog, Country, Law and policy, Slider, Topic, UkraineBy ConEnvObsMarch 7, 2022

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a stark reminder of the human and environmental costs of armed conflict. In this post, Rachel Killean examines the legal avenues that could be open for Ukraine in seeking accountability and redress for environmental damage.

Mar52022

Environmental trends in the Ukraine conflict, 10 days in

Blog, Country, Slider, UkraineBy ConEnvObsMarch 5, 2022

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.

Feb252022

Ukraine invasion: rapid overview of environmental issues

Blog, Slider, UkraineBy ConEnvObsFebruary 25, 2022

Rapid overview of emerging environmental issues and perspectives arising from the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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