How does war damage the environment?
Ever wondered what the environmental impacts of war are? Read our guide to the many different ways through which armed conflicts and militarism can damage the environment.
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.
A new political and funding reality for environmental peacebuilding
We are in the middle of an unprecedented reconfiguration of global political attitudes towards the humanitarian-environmental sector. In this blog, we document the ramifications of these changes as recorded in a community survey and online meeting in collaboration with the Environmental Peacebuilding Association.
Conflict-monitoring collective wins European Space Agency Earth Observation Excellence Award
The Decentralized Damage Mapping Group, of which CEOBS is a member, has been awarded the European Space Agency’s 2025 Earth Observation Excellence Award.
Minimising the environmental impact of landmine clearance while maximising its benefits
Clearing landmines is critical for safe access to land and local resources but doing so should comply with good environmental practice. Linsey Cottrell explains how our new Green Field Tool can help the mine action sector minimise the environmental footprint of demining and support affected communities.
Military climate action has never been more urgent, here’s why
Ellie Kinney explores why ramping up military spending while military decarbonisation is in its infancy risks locking in carbon-intensive military equipment for decades, why spiralling military spending is placing climate action and our collective security at risk, and what needs to happen next.
CEOBS’ citizen science water quality hackathon for Ukraine
As part of the GROMADA project CEOBS developed and hosted an online hackathon to identify citizen science opportunities to track water quality issues linked to the war in Ukraine. In this post, the team report on the event and its results.
The GROMADA project: citizen science for environmental protection and accountability in Ukraine
CEOBS is part of an Erasmus+ funded consortium exploring the potential for participatory environmental research in Ukraine to contribute to environmental protection, legal accountability and community engagement. In this post, Iryna Babanina introduces the project, its aims and outputs to date.