Four years of data from our WISEN-Ukraine database documents environmental harm from Russia’s full-scale invasion that is widespread, severe, diverse and cumulative. Here we examine what’s been damaged, and when, how harm has built up in particular locations, and release the dataset to support recovery, research and accountability.
COP31 aspires to be a ‘COP of implementation’ but with world leaders distracted by wars, protests and elections, opportunities for progress may be limited. As governments, campaigners and fossil fuel lobbyists head to a seaside COP31, Ellie Kinney examines how conflict, climate and militarism will intersect in Antalya.
Join us in Antalya or online for this COP31 official side event exploring the climate impacts of increasing military spending.
The third review conference of the Convention on Cluster Munitions saw governments agree on a new five year action plan that includes deeper integration of climate and environmental considerations. In this post Jonathan Walsh and Anna McKean explore what was achieved and what’s needed now.
Data centres are increasingly being targeted during conflicts, posing new and poorly understood pollution risks to the communities they are frequently located in. In this post Eoghan Darbyshire examines the trend, and what we know of the risks to people and the environment.
As COP17 of the Convention on Biological Diversity begins in the Armenian capital Yerevan, Doug Weir considers the rising profile of nature, peace and security, and its relevance to the successful implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.
Joint civil society statement on the environment, peace and security delivered to the UN General Assembly’s First Committee that challenges the forum to fully engage on the environmental dimensions of the peace, security and disarmament topics on its agenda.
This report analyses how governments address military emissions and armed conflict impacts in UNFCCC Nationally Determined Contributions, the national climate plans that all countries have to submit to the UNFCCC. Military emissions are missing from mitigation plans, while conflict affected countries are increasingly highlighting the obstacle they pose.
