The scale of environmental devastation caused by armed conflicts and military activities is accelerating humanitarian crises and ecological collapse in ways we can no longer afford to ignore.
Policy briefing examining the intersection between militaries, armed conflicts, nature and the climate crisis, including military land management, the conduct of hostilities, and post-war recovery policies, with entry points for the IUCN and its members.
This CSF and CEOBS report aims to foster a greater understanding of how the environment interacts with conflict and peace in Sudan. Its findings illustrate that environmental issues remain urgent and critical, with both short- and long-term implications for aid, political engagement and recovery.
In December 2024 two Russian oil tankers spilled 4,000 tonnes of heavy fuel oil in the Kerch Strait, Crimea. Persistent and difficult to clean up, the oil threatens northern Black Sea ecosystems. Iryna Babanina examines how the situation is developing six months on and how the war influenced the disaster.
A week into the conflict between Israel and Iran we review some of the key environmental issues and trends, moving beyond risks from attacks on nuclear facilities to the wider consequences of both parties’ military conduct.
Paper outlining the impact of rising military expenditure on the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 13: Climate action, looking at the following targets: strengthening resilience; national policies and planning; climate finance; and capacity building for effective climate change management.
Huge swathes of Ukraine’s geological heritage have been affected by fighting or militarily occupied, in many places causing irreversible damage. CEOBS’ Rob Watson and Stella Shekhunova of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine examine the nature and extent of this loss of geodiversity.
Alongside its civilian impact, the intensification of the Israeli-Hezbollah conflict after October 2023 had grave consequences for the environment. This report details preliminary CEOBS research into conflict-linked environmental harm in southern Lebanon
