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Apr42025

In this moody image from Cambodia, six beige uniformed mine action staff walk in single file into a tropical landscape, to their left are lush green grasses, they walk towards a low treeline while in the distance a low wooded hillside is wreathed in mist.

Minimising the environmental impact of landmine clearance while maximising its benefits

Blog, Blog, Project One, Projects, SliderBy ConEnvObsApril 4, 2025

Clearing landmines is critical for safe access to land and local resources but doing so should comply with good environmental practice. Linsey Cottrell explains how our new Green Field Tool can help the mine action sector minimise the environmental footprint of demining and support affected communities.

Mar252025

A photo from ground level looks up at soldiers carrying the EU flag in a parade, the flag is lit up by the blue sky and sunny weather above.

Military climate action has never been more urgent, here’s why

Blog, Blog, Military and the environment, Military emissions blogs, Projects, Slider, TopicBy ConEnvObsMarch 25, 2025

Ellie Kinney explores why ramping up military spending while military decarbonisation is in its infancy risks locking in carbon-intensive military equipment for decades, why spiralling military spending is placing climate action and our collective security at risk, and what needs to happen next.

Mar192025

Photo looking down on a swollen and braided river channel, the water in teh channels is bright red, in contrast to the green grass they have partly inundated.

CEOBS’ citizen science water quality hackathon for Ukraine

Blog, Blog, Project Two, Projects, SliderBy ConEnvObsMarch 19, 2025

As part of the GROMADA project CEOBS developed and hosted an online hackathon to identify citizen science opportunities to track water quality issues linked to the war in Ukraine. In this post, the team report on the event and its results.

Mar192025

Three students sit at a desk looking at blown up satellite images of facilities in Ukraine, they are deep in conversation.

The GROMADA project: citizen science for environmental protection and accountability in Ukraine

Blog, Blog, Project Two, Projects, SliderBy ConEnvObsMarch 19, 2025

CEOBS is part of an Erasmus+ funded consortium exploring the potential for participatory environmental research in Ukraine to contribute to environmental protection, legal accountability and community engagement. In this post, Iryna Babanina introduces the project, its aims and outputs to date.

Mar102025

Launch of the Green Field Tool for mine action field activities

Project One, Publications, SliderBy ConEnvObsMarch 10, 2025

Online launch event for CEOBS and NPA’s new Green Field Tool to help minimise the environmental footprint of the mine action sector.

Jan162025

Two storks fly above burning cropland, thin smoke and a heat haze obscures the sky while flames are visible ust below the two birds as they take off.

Assessing pollution from explosive weapons in southern Ukraine

Country, Project One, Projects, Publications, Publications, Slider, UkraineBy ConEnvObsJanuary 16, 2025

In a new report Norwegian People’s Aid and CEOBS highlight significant pollution, infrastructure damage, and threats to agriculture and ecosystems caused by the use of explosive weapons in Ukraine’s Kherson and Mykolaiv regions.

Jan82025

Two storks fly above burning cropland, thin smoke and a heat haze obscures the sky while flames are visible ust below the two birds as they take off.

Report launch: Environmental impact of explosive weapons in southern Ukraine, 16 Jan

Blog, Project One, Projects, SliderBy ConEnvObsJanuary 8, 2025

Register for our joint webinar and report launch: “Assessing Environmental Degradation from Explosive Weapons in Southern Ukraine”, on January 16th.

Dec182024

In the foreground, three banners promoting COP29, behind them a large modern stadium is lit up in blue and white lights as the sun sets behind it.

Reflections on COP29: what price do we put on peace and security?

Blog, Blog, Military emissions blogs, Projects, SliderBy ConEnvObsDecember 18, 2024

In many ways, peace and security had never enjoyed a higher profile than they did at COP29 in Baku and yet developed countries failed fragile and conflict-affected states. In this post Ellie Kinney takes stock of what happened at COP29 and looks ahead to COP30 next year.

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