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Oct72025

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Briefing: Militaries, armed conflicts, nature and the climate crisis – Entry points for the IUCN

Military and the environment, Military emissions publications, Publications, Slider, TopicBy ConEnvObsOctober 7, 2025

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.

Oct72025

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The environment, conflict and peace in Sudan: from response to recovery

Law and policy, Publications, Slider, TopicBy ConEnvObsOctober 7, 2025

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.

Oct22025

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Preview: Nature, peace and security at the World Conservation Congress

Blog, Law and policy, Slider, TopicBy ConEnvObsOctober 2, 2025

This month, representatives from many of the IUCN’s 1,400-strong membership will be in Abu Dhabi for the World Conservation Congress. In this post Doug Weir previews what we can expect on nature, peace and security, and introduces the themes and activities that we and partners have been working on.

Oct12025

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Pills and pollution: Captagon production in Syria

Blog, Country, Slider, SyriaBy ConEnvObsOctober 1, 2025

The Assad regime’s embrace of Captagon production as a source of sanctions-busting revenue saw Syria become the world’s leading exporter of the drug. In this post, Leon Moreland examines whether we ought to be concerned about the industry’s largely undocumented environmental legacy.

Aug262025

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Conference: Environmental citizen science in conflict zones for accountability and empowerment

Project Two, Projects, Publications, SliderBy ConEnvObsAugust 26, 2025

On Friday October 24th the GROMADA project will be holding an afternoon conference in Copenhagen exploring the potential of citizen science for environmental accountability and empowerment in areas affected by armed conflict, informed by its two-year project on Ukraine.

Aug112025

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What the ICJ’s advisory opinion on climate change means for military emissions

Blog, Blog, Law and policy, Military emissions blogs, Projects, SliderBy ConEnvObsAugust 11, 2025

The ICJ’s recent advisory opinion on climate change is the most significant development in climate law in this decade. In this post, Madara Melnika explains what the ICJ decided and how it might influence military and conflict emissions.

Jul312025

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The EU must mandate military emissions reporting

Blog, Blog, Military emissions blogs, Projects, SliderBy Ellie KinneyJuly 31, 2025

Europe’s defence spending is on the rise, its military emissions set to follow. In this guest post, Hannah Huibregtsen examines the 82% gap in EU military emissions reporting and argues that without it, the EU risks undermining both its climate goals and long-term security.

Jul162025

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CEOBS gives evidence on military PFAS use at parliamentary hearing

Blog, Law and policy, Military and the environment, Military and the environment, Slider, TopicBy Simon WatkinsJuly 16, 2025

Attention on the military uses of PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ is largely restricted to firefighting foams, in our evidence to a UK parliamentary hearing on PFAS we argued that more research is urgently needed on releases from applications such as munitions.

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