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.
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.
Side event | Climate and environmental risks and outcomes in mine action – practical tools and way forward
NDM-28 side event on the new Green Field Tool, and new research findings on the long-term environmental impact of mine action.
Green Field Tool for environmental assessment and management in mine action
The Green Field Tool (GFT) is an environmental screening and assessment tool that has been developed by Norwegian People’s Aid and CEOBS, and designed to support the planning and implementation of mine action field operations.
Launch of the Green Field Tool for mine action field activities
Online launch event for CEOBS and NPA’s new Green Field Tool to help minimise the environmental footprint of the mine action sector.
Assessing pollution from explosive weapons in southern Ukraine
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.