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Category Archives: Iraq

Aug252014

Yales Environment 360 | Mideast Water Wars: In Iraq, A Battle for Control of Water

Country, External Content, IraqBy ConEnvObsAugust 25, 2014

Conflicts over water have long haunted the Middle East. Yet in the current fighting in Iraq, the major dams on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers are seen not just as strategic targets but as powerful weapons of war.

Jun202014

PAX | Laid to Waste: depleted uranium contaminated military scrap in Iraq

Country, External Content, IraqBy ConEnvObsJune 20, 2014

The lack of a clear strategy to deal with the legacy of the use of depleted uranium (DU) munitions in Iraq, from either the Coalition Forces, the Coalition Provisional Authority or the Iraqi government, has resulted in the continued exposure of civilians to DU.

Mar72013

IKV Pax Christi | In a State of Uncertainty: impact and implications of the use of depleted uranium in Iraq

Country, External Content, IraqBy ConEnvObsMarch 7, 2013

The aim of this report is to provide greater clarity on the impact that the use of DU has had on Iraqi society; in doing so it will document the persistent uncertainty that continues to affect the daily lives of Iraqi civilians.

Jun12006

UNEP | Iraq Institutional Capacity Assessment Report

Country, External Content, IraqBy ConEnvObsJune 1, 2006

An assessment of the capacity of Iraq’s environment ministry in 2006 found it to be in good shape but made recommendations to improve its work.

Nov102005

UNEP | Assessment of environmental hot spots in Iraq

Country, External Content, IraqBy ConEnvObsNovember 10, 2005

This assessment identified the need for a priority programme of site assessment and emergency intervention at contaminated sites, and follow up work by UNEP and the Ministry of Environment to address the identified toxic waste on the worst of the first five sites has commenced.

Mar271994

IUCN | The 1991 Gulf War: Environmental Assessments of IUCN and Collaborators

Country, External Content, IraqBy ConEnvObsMarch 27, 1994

This document summarises the results of environmental assessments of the 1991 Gulf War undertaken by IUCN-the World Conservation Union and collaborators during the period 1991 to 1993.

Jun11991

Greenpeace | On Impact: Modern Warfare and the Environment

Country, External Content, IraqBy ConEnvObsJune 1, 1991

A Greenpeace study prepared for the a meeting on a “Fith Geneva Convention” in London, May 1991.

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How to engage Russia on climate security: Very interesting report by @detoxconflict's @NinaLesikhina on Russian environmental policy and Moscow's reluctance to engage on climate security issues in the UNSC: https://ceobs.org/report-finds-that-russia-securitises-the-environment-but-on-its-terms/ #climatediplo #climatesecurity @GermanyUN

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Conflict and Environment Observatory (CEOBS)@detoxconflict·
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Huge congratulations to @nuclearban and the entire ICAN coalition as the #TPNW enters into force. Another inspiring example of #HumanitarianDisarmament achieving goals that initially seem impossible.

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Conflict and Environment Observatory (CEOBS)@detoxconflict·
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A case of #military exceptionalism in #Montenegro where @NATO is riding roughshod over the views of local people and ignoring ecological and cultural protection provisions.

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NATO is seeking to take over high grasslands in Montenegro against the wishes of the local people, who have used them for decades. The rights of the local herders in this beautiful landscape should prevail!
https://news.mongabay.com/2021/01/protesters-hold-back-military-takeover-of-balkans-largest-mountain-pasture/ via @Mongabay

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Vincent Ochilet@VOchiletICRC·
21 Jan 1352330597486751744

(1/11) Today, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons enters into force

Pacific Island Nations have been at the forefront of the fight against nuclear weapons; & they have experienced firsthand the disastrous consequences of these weapons for humanity & our environment

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D'Hawk🏳️‍🌈 Dimity Hawkins AM@DimityHawkins·
21 Jan 1352324538751614976

I am very pleased to share a new collaborative article on the humanitarian & environmental consequences of atmospheric nuclear weapon tests on Kiribati.

Free to download for a short time in celebration of the #TPNW

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1758-5899.12913
#nuclearban

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Observatoire Défense et Climat@ObsDefClim1·
21 Jan 1352281329732345857

Pourquoi la #Russie s'oppose aux mesures visant à intégrer plus efficacement l'#environnement dans l'élaboration des politiques internationales en matière de #paix et de #sécurité ? 🌍
Ci-dessous un thread résumant le récent rapport du CEOBS (@detoxconflict).⬇️

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