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Category Archives: Occupied Palestinian Territories

Dec102017

B’Tselem | Made in Israel: Exploiting Palestinian Land for Treatment of Israeli Waste

Country, External Content, Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesBy ConEnvObsDecember 10, 2017

Israel has set out less stringent regulations in industrial zones in settlements and even offers financial incentives such as tax breaks and government subsidies. This policy has made it more profitable to build and operate waste treatment facilities in the West Bank than inside Israel.

Sep282017

Al-Monitor | Israeli, Palestinian environmentalists aren’t waiting on Trump peace plan

Country, External Content, Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesBy ConEnvObsSeptember 28, 2017

Even without a peace plan, environmentalists have recognised that the pollution and water problems need common solutions.

Aug222017

Brookings Institution | Still in ruins: Reviving the stalled reconstruction of Gaza

Country, External Content, Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesBy ConEnvObsAugust 22, 2017

The humanitarian problems posed by the substandard living conditions in Gaza require the attention of international actors associated with the peace process. If the living conditions in Gaza do not improve in the near future, the region will inevitably experience another round of conflict, more violent than the last.

Oct152015

PENGO | 2014 War on Gaza Strip: Participatory Environmental Impact Assessment

Country, External Content, Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesBy ConEnvObsOctober 15, 2015

This assessment seeks to identify all the potential environmental impacts of 2014’s Operation Protective Edge almost a year after it came to an end. Its findings are based on participatory research in which more than ten experts and almost a thousand Palestinians from the Gaza Strip participated.

Aug42015

Al-Haq | Environmental Injustice In Occupied Palestinian Territory – Problems and Prospects

Country, External Content, Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesBy ConEnvObsAugust 4, 2015

This report found that insurmountable domestic legal barriers were creating environmental injustice.

Aug282012

UNWRA | Gaza in 2020: A liveable place?

Country, External Content, Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesBy ConEnvObsAugust 28, 2012

The broad objectives of this study were to: highlight the longer-term effects and implications of current developmental and social trends and challenges affecting the Gaza Strip; raise awareness of these both locally and internationally; and, inform the strategic programming of the UN.

Apr232012

Zoï Environment Network | Environment and security on the Occupied Palestinian Territory

Country, External Content, Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesBy ConEnvObsApril 23, 2012

The report reveals in a striking manner the linkages between environment and security in the occupied Palestinian territory.

Jan232003

UNEP | Desk study on the environment in the Occupied Palestinian Territories

Country, External Content, Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesBy ConEnvObsJanuary 23, 2003

The aim of this desk study was to outline the state of the environment and identify major areas of environmental damage requiring urgent attention.

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ICYMI this week saw the first ever report estimating the carbon footprint of militaries and the defence sector in the EU published, which we developed for @Left_EU with @ResponsibleSci. This blog reviews its findings, & what the sector must do next #COP26

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“The more we wait, the chances of a major leak are increasing." Still no sign of the security guarantees the UN needs from the Houthis to procure vessels and deploy contractors for a technical assessment of the SAFER oil tanker off #Yemen.

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“The reason why these issues matter to us is because we see how dramatic the impacts of climate risks and environmental degradation are on communities enduring conflict.” @PMaurerICRC on why @ICRC is accelerating environmental protection https://buff.ly/3dQxLkK #PERAC #IHL

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Check out ICRC’s updated Guidelines on the Protection of the Natural Environment in Armed Conflict to read more about IHL rules protecting the natural environment. https://bit.ly/3kfdqH8 https://twitter.com/icrc_nyc/status/1364217582904082433

Check out ICRC’s updated Guidelines on the Protection of the Natural Environment in Armed Conflict to read more about IHL rules protecting the natural environment. https://t.co/sAqwe64m5v https://t.co/rA21hyQgbM
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3⃣Armed conflict often harms the natural environment, which limits or hampers resilience & adaptation to #climatechange. Greater respect for #IHL can limit environmental degradation & reduce the harm & the risks that conflict-affected communities are exposed to

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.@FaunaFloraInt on work with the community to protect a newly declared nature reserve in #SouthSudan, under pressure from illegal resource extraction and other unsustainable subsistence activities driven by extreme poverty and food insecurity. https://phys.org/news/2021-02-area-relieves-pressure-primates-pangolins.html

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Conflict and Environment Observatory (CEOBS)@detoxconflict·
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Spot of climate dissonance today. This morning @ResponsibleSci told our report launch that France, the largest military CO2 emitter in the EU doesn't report its emissions. This afternoon, Macron in the #UNSC loudly promoting #ClimateSecurity.

Time to move beyond rhetoric.

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