Event: Consultation on environmental data needs for Ukraine’s sustainable recovery, 24/03/26
Online stakeholder event exploring Ukraine’s environmental data needs for sustainable recovery, exploring data gaps and opportunities.
Evidencing a recovery plan for Black Sea dolphins and porpoises
There is significant concern over the impact that Russia’s war against Ukraine has had on Black Sea dolphin and porpoise populations. Regional experts have proposed a recovery plan but as Linas Svolkinas explains, effective mitigation efforts require that we first understand conflict-linked threats.
Ukraine Green Recovery Consultation
Are you a stakeholder working on Ukraine’s green recovery? If so we would welcome your views on a project that we are working on.
The ongoing environmental impact of the Kerch Strait oil spill
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.
Wartime geomorphological damage and geodiversity loss in Ukraine
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.
Scoping conflict-linked environmental harm in southern Lebanon
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
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.
Mapping the vulnerability of Ukraine’s groundwater
As part of the continual refinement of our remote assessment methodology for our Ukraine incident database, we often integrate new features and tools. Rob Watson and Jay Lindle introduce our latest project – a map of how vulnerable Ukraine’s groundwater is to pollution caused by the conflict.