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Category Archives: Blog

Feb82022

Why militaries shouldn’t be exempt from EU battery laws

Blog, Military and the environment, Military emissions blogs, Slider, TopicBy ConEnvObsFebruary 8, 2022

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.

Jan142022

States should back a new intergovernmental panel on pollution

Blog, Law and policy, Slider, TopicBy ConEnvObsJanuary 14, 2022

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.

Dec152021

Environmental governance in frozen conflicts

Blog, Law and policy, Slider, TopicBy ConEnvObsDecember 15, 2021

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.

Dec22021

A darker shade of “Code Red”: Arms and climate change

Blog, Blog, Law and policy, Project One, Projects, Slider, TopicBy ConEnvObsDecember 2, 2021

This guest commentary from UNIDIR argues that we need to explore how climate change is influencing the trade, use and legacy of conventional weapons – and how arms flows will exacerbate climate insecurity.

Nov62021

#EnvConflictDay 2021: It takes a community to protect the environment from war

Blog, Law and policy, Slider, TopicBy ConEnvObsNovember 6, 2021

Thousands of people have helped raise the profile of the environment causes and consequences of war over the last 20 years, this #EnvConflictDay post explores how they have done that, and encourages us to take a day to reflect on our collective achievements.

Nov62021

Wetland dynamics and conflict in the Sudd

Blog, Slider, South SudanBy Eoghan DarbyshireNovember 6, 2021

Climate change can drive variation in the availability of natural resources, so Charlotta Ruuskanen looked at whether annual changes in the area of the Sudd wetland in South Sudan influenced the intensity of conflict between pastoralist communities.

Oct132021

Libyan offshore oil spill worse than claimed

Blog, Country, Libya, SliderBy Eoghan DarbyshireOctober 13, 2021

In this post Dr Eoghan Darbyshire uses satellite imagery to examine claims made by the Libyan National Oil Corporation than an offshore oil spill has been controlled. What he finds underscores the importance of independent scrutiny of the oil industry in insecure and conflict settings.

Sep202021

Antimicrobial resistance in Gaza, and the ecology of war

Blog, Country, Occupied Palestinian Territories, SliderBy ConEnvObsSeptember 20, 2021

This post explores how a new study from Gaza has added weight to the hypothesis that prolonged conflicts in urban areas may be creating the perfect environmental conditions for antibiotic resistant bacteria to emerge.

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