Al-Monitor | Israeli, Palestinian environmentalists aren’t waiting on Trump peace plan
Even without a peace plan, environmentalists have recognised that the pollution and water problems need common solutions.
UN Environment | Environmental issues in areas retaken from ISIL Mosul, Iraq
This rapid scoping assessment was primarily based on observational walkover surveys, and focus group discussions and interviews with government experts, academics and UN agencies.
A Matter of Survival: Report of the Global High-Level Panel on Water and Peace
Report and recommendations from the High-Level Panel on Water and Peace on the ways to address water security throughout the cycle of conflicts.
World Bank | Syria damage assessment of selected cities Aleppo, Hama, Idlib
The objective of the Damage Assessment (DA) of selected cities is to provide information on the effects of the current crisis on population, physical infrastructure, and quality of service delivery in those cities.
Politico | Preventing disaster in Donbas
The then Austrian Foreign Minister and Chair of the OSCE Sebastian Kurz on the environmental risks being created by the conflict in Ukraine.
The Guardian | How climate change is a ‘death sentence’ in Afghanistan’s highlands
Climate change and water stress are posing a serious challenge to Afghanistan’s farmers.
Brookings Institution | Still in ruins: Reviving the stalled reconstruction of Gaza
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.
Syria Deeply | Environmental Initiatives Bring Relief and Hope to Besieged Areas
Like all wars, Syria’s conflict has taken not just a massive human toll, it has also had a significant environmental impact. But green initiatives in rebel and Kurdish areas – even failed ones – have brought a small measure of hope to local people.