Topic brief: Military and the environment
A brief introduction to the relationship between military activities and environmental harm, with suggested further reading.
Pollution Politics: power, accountability and toxic remnants of war
Pollution Politics examines how the weakness of current international humanitarian law allows the generation of conflict pollution that can impact both civilian health and the environment for long after the cessation of hostilities. The report defines toxic remnants of war, explores how they are created and argues that a new mechanism is needed to prevent and remedy environmental damage, to increase accountability and improve post-conflict response and assistance.