Summary of last week's #UNSC debate on the environment, peace and security to mark #EnvConflictDay. The session was organised by Sierra Leone with briefers from UNEP, Miami University and World Relief Haiti press.un.org/en/2025/sc16.... #PERAC
Today, Int'l Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War & Armed Conflicts, is meant to spotlight one long lasting yet little acknowledged of scars left by wars.
Also, a good chance to recall the enviro movement must not look away when atrocities are committed.
#EnvConflictDay 👇
At 15:00 New York time today the #UNSC will be briefed by experts on the environmental impact of conflicts and on climate-driven security risks webtv.un.org/en/asset/k14... #EnvConflictDay
Text reads: Nov 6 is the UN day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict. Today there are more wars than at any point since World War II, and our shared environment faces unprecedented pressure from climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution and desertification. Wars devastate the environment, damaging ecosystems on land and at sea, and undermining the life support systems people depend on. Protecting the environment from war is not optional, it’s a necessity.
It's #EnvConflictDay; we're making progress but the challenges are huge.
More people are aware and care than ever before but the rules that are supposed to protect the environment in war are broken daily, and it's people and ecosystems paying the cost.
Today #EnvConflictDAy we are sharing key achievements, lessons learned, and prospects ensure protection of the environment and civilians depending on it remain essential. With thanks to NASA Lifelines for an amazing short documentary on our work
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6 November is the Int'l Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the #Environment in War & Armed Conflicts, reiterating that peace & the health of our planet are intertwined. #EnvConflictDay
Learn how #GENeva helps ensure action on environment is part of ensuring peace ➡️ tiny.cc/GENEnvConflict
To mark #EnvConflictDay on 6/11, the #UNSC will be briefed by @ingerandersen.bsky.social of @unep.org, the ILC's Charles Jalloh, and a civil society rep, during a session entitled: “Climate and security – environmental impact of armed conflict and climate driven security risks”. #PERAC
Cool to get an honourable mention of our research in the United Nations' #EnvConflictDay statement this year. It's also a nice summary of some of the pathways through which armed conflicts and military activities harm the environment www.un.org/en/peace-and...
Large scale deforestation and damages industrial sites in #Sudan, millions of tons of debris in #Gaza and #Ukraine, the environmental impacts of war can be acute and devastating. Learn more here from various scientific experts for #EnvConflictDay
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The Orontes river in #Syria has been a lifeline for millions of people, yet it's facing significant problems from conflict-linked pollution, destruction of water infrastructure and #climatechange. Linked with #EnvConflictDay, PAX is launching a new analysis: paxforpeace.nl/news/war-and...
Amazing #EnvConflictDAy UN event with solid contributions from UN Environment, IAEA, various missions to the UN, including Ukraine's and our own PAX colleague Brittany Roser Great to the commitment on improving protection of the environment in times of war.
Rewatch via webtv.un.org/en/asset/k17...
A graphic showing the disparity between fragile and conflict-affected countries' climate adaptation funding received vs costed needs in 2022.
The world’s most fragile, conflict-affected countries receive a quarter of the climate finance they need. ⚠️
At #COP29 and beyond, we must see concrete steps taken to close the conflict blind spot.
Read more on #EnvConflictDay: https://buff.ly/3YEyFH5
First Post!
How does war lead to an increase of methane emissions? For #EnvConflictDay reposting this article I wrote for GIJN
that visualizes the release of methane from damaged fossil fuel industry and solid waste dumps in conflict-affected countries
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CEOBS’ Environment and Conflict Day to do list: 1. Mainstream the environment, peace and security. 2. Change behaviours to minimise the environmental impact of armed conflicts and military activities. 3. Ensure that environmental harm is monitored and addressed. 4. Ensure assistance for affected people and ecosystems. 5. Increase accountability for environmental harm in relation to armed conflicts.
Nov 6 is the UN day on conflict and the environment: #EnvConflictDay. Here are 5 priorities for the international community that would help to reduce the humanitarian and environmental consequences of armed conflict.
We're running a free webinar on war and #water quality in #Ukraine to mark #EnvConflictDay, it's also to help prepare participants in our DigiEduHack #CitSci challenge.
Click below for info and registration. Both events are part of @gromadaukraine.bsky.social ceobs.org/webinar-addr...
The last word goes to Mohammed, our friend, atmospheric scientist, and former colleague at CEOBS' predecessor organisation. He's is based in the UK but currently in Gaza. This is his #EnvConflictDay message:
Satellite data is incredibly powerful but you often need groundtruthing to give you comprehensive insights. When we looked at deforestation in Tigray with Tekle and colleagues at Ghent Uni, this was vital for training our algorithm. Here's Tekle's #EnvConflictDay message:
We've benefitted from Ayub's ecological knowledge in discussions around environmental mainstreaming in mine action in Afghanistan. Here's his #EnvConflictDay message:
We worked with Zeyad on a major historical study on the decline of the Mesopotamian Marshes in Iraq. The country faces a growing water crisis, as his #EnvConflictDay messages explains:
#EnvConflictDay: On our own site, please check out "Why so Scared of the Olive Tree? A Collection of Poetic Research on Palestine" by Elsa Barron : niche-canada.org/2023/07/10/w...
#envhist #envhum #palestine
Today is #EnvConflictDay and we'd like to take this time to point to this Environmental Justice In Palestine toolkit created by Intersectional Environmentalist: www.intersectionalenvironmentalist.com/toolkits/a-d...
Kor helped us when we were studying the condition and future prospects of the Sudd wetland in South Sudan, a hugely valuable ecosystem in an ecologically rich country - albeit one in desperate need of government leadership on the environment. Here's Kor's #EnvConflictDay message:
Iryna is one of our Ukraine research team and based in Kyiv. She and our other Ukrainian colleague Anna bring valuable local knowledge important for understanding the environmental consequences of conflicts, both direct and indirect. #EnvConflictDay 7/x
Dr Jama Musse Jama is the Director of the Hargeysa Cultural Centre in Somaliland, and a friend of our trustee
Dr Sarah Njeri. This is his #EnvConflictDay message.
We were lucky enough to collaborate with Libyan researcher Malak Altaeb in our investigation into the horrific floods in Derna, Libya. This is her message for #EnvConflictDay. 5/x
We work with our partners Norwegian People's Aid on environmental mainstreaming in humanitarian mine action. Bui Doan Bach works to translate these policies into locally-relevant activities on the ground in Vietnam. This is his message for #EnvConflictDay. 4/x
Our friend Tasneem Elfatih is one of many people currently displaced from her home city of Khartoum Sudan due to the war. This is her message for #EnvConflictDay. 3/x
Before we start sharing, here's the UN page with some background on #EnvConflictday. The UN General Assembly resolution that created it was sponsored by Kuwait in response to its experiences of the devastating oil well fires in the 1991 Gulf War www.un.org/en/observanc...
On 5 November 2001, the UN General Assembly declared 6 November of each year as the International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict. Now we call it #EnvConflictDay
It's #EnvConflictday! The United Nation's international day on conflict and the environment.
We'll be posting environmental perspectives from friends and colleagues from conflict-affected areas across the world all day. Help us amplify their voices by sharing them. 📢💚
