Podcasts: Greening Defence
RUSI invited CEOBS to collaborate on a series of podcasts looking at the steps that the UK Ministry of Defence and the industries that support it are taking to address and reduce their environmental footprint.
Joint call | NATO: commit to credible climate action
NATO has pledged to cut its carbon emissions but is refusing to share how it will count them. Will your organisation join us in calling for NATO to make its methodology public, and for NATO member states to commit to military emissions reductions that are consistent with the Paris Agreement?
NATO emissions: Count them, cut them
Ellie Kinney explains why we have launched a new campaign ahead of COP27 urging NATO to come clean on its military emissions reporting.
Ukraine conflict environmental briefing: Water
This second in our series of joint CEOBS-Zoï Environment Network briefings on Ukraine explores how the conflict has impacted Ukraine’s water infrastructure and resources, harming people and ecosystems.
Climate trackers: join us in shining the spotlight on militaries
Climate action tracking websites and reports play a vital role in driving the climate action of states and corporations but as Ellie Kinney writes, the leading climate tracking sites remain silent on military emissions.
Event | Embedding environmental protection and alignment with the Lausanne Action Plan 31.08.22
Online side event as part of the 10th Meeting of State Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions that examines how mine action operators can meet and exceed the environmental requirements of the Lausanne Action Plan.
Sustainable recovery? First sustain interest in Ukraine’s environment
An unprecedented volume of environmental data is being gathered on the invasion of Ukraine. Doug Weir explores what kind of data is being gathered, and by whom, as well as the environmental narratives that are developing and the implications of this level of documentation.
Integrating conflict pollution data collection into mine action
Mine action organisations could help protect communities from conflict pollution by integrating more environmental data collection into their activities. In this post Linsey Cottrell explores this idea, which was the focus of a recent panel event in Geneva.