CEOBS is a UK charity that provides a voice for our environment - and those who depend upon it - when it faces harm from armed conflicts and military activities. Our military and conflict greenhouse gas emissions project is @militaryemissions.org
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We worked with Harvard @humanrightshls.bsky.social to help define what principles for victim assistance and environmental remediation should encompass and it's exciting to see how these ideas are informing implementation of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. #TPNW
2/ WISEN WATCH provides the data we need for Level 0 of our damage assessment methodology, called WISEN.
It uses radar damage maps from @jamonvdh.bsky.social Conflict Ecology lab and optical imagery from @esaearth.esa.int.
1/ Can you help us identify environmental damage in #Iran and #Lebanon?
We've launched a participatory damage mapping project on @zooniverse.bsky.social. WISEN WATCH allows anyone with an internet connection to help us track environmental damage: ceobs.org/wisen-watch-...
1/ Can you help us identify environmental damage in #Iran and #Lebanon?
We've launched a participatory damage mapping project on @zooniverse.bsky.social. WISEN WATCH allows anyone with an internet connection to help us track environmental damage: ceobs.org/wisen-watch-...
Military #PFAS use is widespread but there's been little research into pollution from its use in weapons: it can comprise 1-3% of the explosive weight of munitions.
Now a new study on contamination in #Israel from #Gaza suggests plant uptake from the air: cris.huji.ac.il/en/publicati...
3/ It's novel, it's experimental and you can help us identify damaged facilities that may pose a threat to the environment and to people
Want to try it out? Every identification helps: www.zooniverse.org/projects/ceo...
No environmental impact assessment has ever been conducted for any rare earth operation in #Myanmar.
"Rare earth revenues now constitute a major financing source for armed groups on all sides of the conflict, creating incentives against regulation"
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
"There's a general perception that investment in #DRR programmes isn't feasible in fragile or conflict-affected areas because state-led action requires functioning institutions and technical capacity."
The data say something else, something important: ceobs.org/disaster-ris...
We're frequently asked what can be done to minimise harm to the environment during war, so it's great to see this new @icrc.org guidance for militaries based on the existing #IHL practice of their peers shop.icrc.org/protection-o... #IntLaw #WorldEnvironmentDay
Very helpful dossier of research on environmental issues in #Afghanistan from @aanafgh.bsky.social covering themes such as climate, water and pollution: www.afghanistan-analysts.org/en/dossiers/...
Conflict and Environment Observatory
Conflict and Environment Observatory
Conflict and Environment Observatory
Conflict and Environment Observatory
Conflict and Environment Observatory
Conflict and Environment Observatory
Conflict and Environment Observatory
Conflict and Environment Observatory
Conflict and Environment Observatory
Conflict and Environment Observatory
Join a global effort to track environmental damage caused by armed conflict using satellite imagery
Rare earth elements (REEs), a group of 17 metals including neodymium, dysprosium,
and terbium, are indispensable to modern industry. They are critical components in
permanent magnets for electric vehi...
The pressures on Afghanistan’s environment are increasingly urgent as the climate crisis bites. Our last dossier of reports on this subject was published in November 2022 when Afghanistan – one of the...
www.afghanistan-analysts.org
The present implementation guidance document sets out measures to assist national entities implementing IHL rules protecting the natural environment, with a focus on certain key obligations. It includ...
☢️ As States Parties prepare for the First #TPNW Review Conference, the latest UNIDIR report explores options for a voluntary trust fund to address the humanitarian and environmental consequences of nuclear weapon testing and use.
👉 Read it here: unidir.org/TPNWTrustFund
