KAS and SLDP | Business responsibility towards the environment and human rights in Syria
Report with recommendations examining the role that local authorities and the private sector have in protecting environmental human rights in Syria.
ICRC/NorCross | Making adaptation work: Addressing the compounding impacts of climate change, environmental degradation and conflict in the Near and Middle East
How the humanitarian consequences of environmental degradation and climate change are aggravated by armed conflict in the Near and Middle East, and which adaptation approaches are emerging to face the compounding impact using examples from Iraq, Syria and Yemen.
PAX | Axed and burned: How conflict-caused deforestation impacts environmental, socio-economic and climate resilience in Syria
The destruction of natural resources and damage to ecosystems has potentially severe consequences for the lives, livelihoods and future of Syrian citizens, as well as for the country’s climate resilience.
3RP | Mainstreaming environmental sustainability and clean energy access in the Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan
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.
EUI | Syria’s electricity sector after a decade of war: A comprehensive assessment
This paper provides a comprehensive assessment of Syria’s electricity sector after a decade of war.
ARI | The environmental impact of Syria’s conflict: a preliminary survey of issues
This paper provides a preliminary survey of a set of environmental challenges in Syria that impose significant health, social and economic costs, and suggests green solutions for post-conflict relief and reconstruction.
PAX | A river of death
Rivers of crude oil and oil waste are flowing through northeast Syria, with no solution in sight for the thousands of people affected by the pollution.
PAX | Dying to keep warm: Oil trade and makeshift refining in north-west Syria
Analysis of the growth and increasing level of organisation in informal oil refining in Syria – the practice creates acute and chronic health risks for workers and nearby communities, and dealing with its environmental legacy will be a huge task.