COP31 side event | The Climate Costs of Military Spending: Emissions, Minerals and Diverted Finance
Join us in Antalya or online for this COP31 official side event exploring the climate impacts of increasing military spending.
Militaries and conflict: critical gaps in climate action
This report analyses how governments address military emissions and armed conflict impacts in UNFCCC Nationally Determined Contributions, the national climate plans that all countries have to submit to the UNFCCC. Military emissions are missing from mitigation plans, while conflict affected countries are increasingly highlighting the obstacle they pose.
Training and tools for IMAS 07.13 environmental and climate compliance
CEOBS offers specialist training and consultancy to help mine action organisations meet the requirements of the updated IMAS 07.13 on Environmental Management and Climate Change.
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.
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.
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.