Iran War: Environmental risk overview as of 27th March
A month into the Israeli-US war against Iran we summarise current and emerging conflict trends and their potential implications for people and the environment.
Don’t lock in future fossil fuel insecurity in response to the Iran war
The war against Iran is disrupting global fossil fuel supply chains and, while states increasingly recognise that renewables reduce exposure to geopolitical shocks, Grace Alexander finds that there are dangers that emergency energy policies are chosen that lock-in emissions and energy insecurity.
How the EU’s new carbon border undermines military decarbonisation
Grace Alexander explains why exempting military products from the EU’s new Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) undermines the bloc’s industrial decarbonisation goals and demonstrates a disconnect between its climate and defence policies.
Strengthening field environmental management: Assessing the Green Field Tool roll-out in NPA
NPA and CEOBS study examining the roll-out of the Green Field Tool across NPA mine action programmes in Angola, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Ukraine, Vietnam, Yemen, and Zimbabwe. The findings highlight both progress and challenges in integrating environmental and climate risk assessments into operations.
Remind us. Who was the Amazon COP for?
In this post Ellie Kinney reflects on COP30, what it achieved, where it failed, what comes next and on the ever growing profile of military and conflict GHG emissions.
Side event | From policy to practice: Embedding environmental responsibility in mine action programmes
Side event on embedding new environmental standards in mine action programmes, our Green Field Tool and on how to respond to growing environmental and climate needs. Run in collaboration with NPA at the 22 Meeting of State Parties to the Mine Ban Treaty.
Joint briefing: Mitigating environmental harm by implementing the EWIPA declaration
Joint briefing outlining the pathways through which explosive weapons cause environmental harm, with recommendations for governments on how environmental considerations can be integrated into the implementation of the 2022 EWIPA Declaration.
Briefing: Accounting for the uncounted – The global climate impact of militaries
Policy briefing exploring the UNFCCC’s military emissions reporting blind spot, how rising military spending is exacerbating the problem and what needs to be done to address it.