COP28 agreed that countries must submit new NDCs by February 2025. These national plans for climate action are important but at present military emissions are largely absent from them. As Linsey Cottrell finds, failing to include them this year could delay their inclusion until 2030.
Since February 2022, Ukraine has sought to attract international investment and political partnerships by licensing deposits of critical minerals. In this analysis, Iryna Babanina and Rob Watson examine how the demands of the conflict, economy and recovery are exacerbating the threats that their exploitation could pose for Ukraine’s environment.
Joint statement on behalf of 13 organisations on food security and mine action, delivered at the 27th International Meeting of Mine Action National Directors and United Nations Advisers, Geneva.
Joint statement on the need to address the environmental dimensions of the use of EWIPA delivered at the 2024 Oslo Conference on Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas.
Summary of a joint project with NPA to assess the presence and likely extent of soil pollution and wider environmental and socio-economic harm from explosive weapons use in two areas of Ukraine.
Workshop examining the potential role of citizen science and civic monitoring as part of Ukraine’s environmental recovery.
Illustrated overview of the environmental damage caused by the war against Ukraine during its first 12 months, plus recommendations for how it should be addressed.
UNEA-6’s adoption of a Ukrainian resolution could help reinvigorate UNEP’s work on conflicts and create much-needed guidance for states and others stakeholders on assessing conflict-linked environmental damage.
