Alex de Waal | When kleptocracy becomes insolvent: brute causes of the civil war in South Sudan
An explanation of how South Sudan’s system of government led to its civil war.
PAX | Laid to Waste: depleted uranium contaminated military scrap in Iraq
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.
ILC | Preliminary report on the protection of the environment in relation to armed conflicts
Report covers the initial phase of the work of the International Law Commission on the Protection of the environment in relation to armed conflicts, between 2011-2014.
Meron Tesfamichael | South Sudan and the complications of state building through peacebuilding
An analysis of the internal struggle to build the state of the new South Sudan and the international community’s assistance, which became a violent civil war of state formation.
UNEP | Natural Resource Management and Peacebuilding in Afghanistan
This report looked at the ways in which natural resource management—the institutions, policies and practices that govern land, water, forests, minerals, hydrocarbons—interact with violent conflict in Afghanistan.
Environment General Authority | Libya: The urgent transition to environmental sustainability
This book offered signposts towards achieving Libyan environmental sustainability, finding that Libya was poised to become a world leader in sustainability should it have chosen to.
US, Finland, Sweden | Environmental Toolbox for Deploying Forces
Part of a long-term project between the US, Sweden and Finland to develop and promote common environmental standards for deployed militaries.
European Conference of Defence and the Environment | Presentations
The proceedings from European Conference of Defence and the Environment cover a range of environmental issues associated with military preparedness and training, as well as the management of legacy issues on defence estates.