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Dec82022

States agree new legal framework on the environmental impact of war

Blog, Law and policy, Slider, TopicBy ConEnvObsDecember 8, 2022

States have formally adopted a set of 27 legal principles intended to enhance the protection of the environment throughout the cycle of armed conflicts, marking the end of a 10-year process and with it the most significant advance in the legal framework since the 1970s.

Sep142022

States to adopt new legal framework on war and the environment

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

Lawyers and states have been working on the PERAC framework for more than a decade, this October it will be adopted at the UN General Assembly.

Jun292022

NATO won’t say how it will count its carbon emissions

Blog, Blog, Military and the environment, Military emissions blogs, Projects, Slider, TopicBy ConEnvObsJune 29, 2022

It looks like NATO has pledged to reduce its institutional emissions but won’t publish the methodology it will use to count them. Doug Weir argues that this lack of transparency underscores the importance of military emissions instead being addressed by the UNFCCC.

Jun272022

UK sea-dumped munition policy falling behind that of the EU

Blog, Blog, Military and the environment, Project One, Projects, Slider, TopicBy ConEnvObsJune 27, 2022

In this post, Rowan Smith and Linsey Cottrell explore the risks that sea-dumped munitions pose in British waters, and find that UK management policy is falling behind that of Europe.

Jun222022

Tracking military greenhouse gas emissions in war and peace

Blog, Blog, Military and the environment, Military emissions blogs, Projects, Slider, TopicBy ConEnvObsJune 22, 2022

What sources of greenhouse gas emissions should militaries be tracking and reporting on? Ellie Kinney introduces our new report, which examines military emissions in both peacetime and during conflicts.

Jun152022

Addressing nuclear weapons contamination: New principles for environmental remediation

Blog, Blog, Law and policy, Project One, Projects, Slider, TopicBy ConEnvObsJune 15, 2022

Bonnie Docherty of Harvard Law School introduces a new joint report with CEOBS on the principles that should guide environmental remediation as part of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

Apr112022

Do mention the war: Why conservation NGOs must speak out on biodiversity and conflicts

Blog, Law and policy, Slider, TopicBy ConEnvObsApril 11, 2022

Commentary arguing that conservation organisations urgently need to speak up about the impacts of armed conflicts on biodiversity in order to mainstream conflict-sensitive conservation in international policy making.

Mar82022

States reluctant to strengthen laws protecting the environment from war

Blog, Law and policy, Slider, TopicBy ConEnvObsMarch 8, 2022

Our new analysis of government views on a UN project to enhance the legal protection of the environment in relation to armed conflicts has found considerable reluctance to strengthen rules that would help protect people and ecosystems.

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