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Feb82023

Stimson Center | Renewable Energy and the United Nations: A Green Spark for Peace in South Sudan

Country, External Content, South SudanBy ConEnvObsFebruary 8, 2023

This report looks at the question of electricity access in relationship to South Sudan’s conflict and the unique options to help harness renewable energy as a tool for peace and development across the country.

Dec142022

Colombia SIPA | Energy and Water for Sovereignty: South Sudan’s Regional Diplomacy and the Geopolitics of the Nile Basin

Country, External Content, South SudanBy ConEnvObsDecember 14, 2022

Grievances over how to manage water, land, and oil played an indispensable role in three long civil wars that have left the citizens of South Sudan highly vulnerable to economic and environmental shocks.

Sep192022

3RP | Mainstreaming environmental sustainability and clean energy access in the Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan

Country, External Content, SyriaBy ConEnvObsSeptember 19, 2022

The Syria crisis continues to fuel the largest displacement crisis in the world. Ecological degradation and climate disruption are impacting and shaping the humanitarian and development operations that have been mounted in response.

Jun282022

Yale 360 | Will a Nile canal project dry up Africa’s largest wetland?

Country, External Content, South SudanBy ConEnvObsJune 28, 2022

A 240-mile canal to divert water from the White Nile and send it to Egypt would desiccate the world’s second largest wetland, impacting its rich wildlife and the rains on which the region depends.

Apr262022

Sudd Institute | The Tragedy of the Unregulated: Why the government should reform the charcoal sector

Country, External Content, South SudanBy ConEnvObsApril 26, 2022

A brief arguing that the lack of effective regulation throughout the charcoal value chain in South Sudan is leading to tragic consequences.

Apr42022

NUPI | Climate, peace and security fact sheet

Country, External Content, IraqBy ConEnvObsApril 4, 2022

NUPI briefing paper on Iraq’s exposure to the effects of climate change.

Mar92022

CARPO | The Role of the Environment in Peacebuilding in Yemen

Country, External Content, YemenBy ConEnvObsMarch 9, 2022

This CARPO Report addresses the relationship between violent conflict and environmental governance in Yemen.

Feb162022

NUPI | Climate, peace and security fact sheet, Afghanistan

Afghanistan, Country, External ContentBy ConEnvObsFebruary 16, 2022

Afghanistan is highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change: rising temperatures, changing precipitation patterns and increasingly frequent extreme weather events.

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Been a while since depleted uranium has made the @BBCPM news. We encourage journalists to look into this issue with the ageing weapons' use by date.

Been a while since depleted uranium has made the @BBCPM news. We encourage journalists to look into this issue with the ageing weapons' use by date.
Conflict and Environment Observatory (CEOBS) @detoxconflict

The UK will send its 120mm CHARM3 depleted uranium tank ammunition to #Ukraine, alongside its Challenger II tanks.

H/t to @declassifiedUK for spotting yesterday's PQ https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-03-06/hl6144 CHARM3 is not a silver bullet, or great news for #Ukraine... 1/9

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@sentdefender Ukraine might want to check the use by date on the propellant charges

@sentdefender Ukraine might want to check the use by date on the propellant charges
Conflict and Environment Observatory (CEOBS) @detoxconflict

The UK will send its 120mm CHARM3 depleted uranium tank ammunition to #Ukraine, alongside its Challenger II tanks.

H/t to @declassifiedUK for spotting yesterday's PQ https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-03-06/hl6144 CHARM3 is not a silver bullet, or great news for #Ukraine... 1/9

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Conflict and Environment Observatory (CEOBS) @detoxconflict ·
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The problem for @DefenceU is that @DefenceHQ's offer is for dated tanks that don't fire NATO standard ammunition, and whose bespoke APFSDS anti-armour ammo is past its sell by date. This in addition to the contamination issues that its use will create on Ukrainian territory. 9/9

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Conflict and Environment Observatory (CEOBS) @detoxconflict ·
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There is a tungsten export version of the ammo that is used by Oman, this was due to be removed from the UK fleet in 2006. 8/9

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Conflict and Environment Observatory (CEOBS) @detoxconflict ·
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Not only are these rounds past their sell by date, the DU is also contaminated with unknown levels of post-reactor products due to mixing of RepU with DU in the US, where the DU metal came from. DSTL found Tc99, Pu238, Pu239/240 and Np237. 7/9

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It's worth noting here that the UK's Challenger programme has sought a new gun that wasn't tied to CHARM3, which is non-NATO standard ammo, for years. This is out of date stock in a world that takes a dim view of DU, as numerous UN resolutions attest. 6/9

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