#PERAC hashtag - Bluesky

4 weeks ago

Nature, peace and security: too important to leave to governments - CEOBS As governments focus on nature, peace and security, we need to speak up if we’re to avoid the dead-end securitisation of the climate crisis.

Unless we're better able to articulate the relationships between nature, peace and security we leave the door open to securitised responses that do nothing to address global #biodiversity loss. ceobs.org/nature-peace... #PERAC

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Conflict and Environment Observatory

@ceobs.org

2 months ago

Power vacuum in Yemen threatens biodiversity of the one-of-a-kind Socotra archipelago The small paradise in the Indian Ocean, known for being home to numerous endemic species, has suffered significant environmental damage since civil war broke out in 2014

The World Heritage Convention is often touted as a vehicle for environmental protection during conflict but for years its shown limited success in protecting the unique #biodiversity of #Yemen's #Socotra archipelago from pressures linked to the war english.elpais.com/climate/2026... #PERAC

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Conflict and Environment Observatory

@ceobs.org

3 months ago

Has the ICC just advanced accountability for wartime environmental damage? - CEOBS A new ICC policy could bring the environment into humanity’s most serious crimes; we unpack what the policy says and can and can't do.

Last week the International Criminal Court issued a new policy on pursuing environmental war crimes.

Here we examine what the policy says, what it could and won't do, and revisit the case of Ukraine's Khakovka Dam in light of its proposals: ceobs.org/has-the-icc-... 1/3 #PERAC #IntLaw

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Conflict and Environment Observatory

@ceobs.org

4 months ago

Highlighting Rapidly Growing Links between Climate and Conflict, Security Council Emphasizes Need to Boost International Support, Increase Financing | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases While climate change exacerbates conflict-causing tension, conflict, in turn, leads to pollution and ecosystem damage, the Security Council heard today, in a wide-ranging discussion on climate and sec...

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

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Conflict and Environment Observatory

@ceobs.org

4 months ago

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

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Reaching Critical Will

@rcw4disarmament.bsky.social

6 months ago

In the #PERAC chapter of our #FirstCommittee briefing book, @ceobs.org and PAX
comment on the environmental harm being wrought in multiple armed conflicts and the initiatives undertaken to tackle them: reachingcriticalwill.org/images/docum...

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Conflict and Environment Observatory

@ceobs.org

7 months ago

#Russia is withdrawing from @RamsarConv on wetlands, in protest of a 2022 resolution condemning its aggression against #Ukraine that was extended at its latest COP. @evabaudichau.bsky.social and Meng Wang explain more here: www.ejiltalk.org/conflict-at-... #PERAC 1/6

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Wim Zwijnenburg

@wammezz.bsky.social

7 months ago

Despite the global setback to upholding international legal principles and norms, there remains a necessity to highlight state obligations on protection of the #environment in relation to armed conflicts. Here's a great addition from @hls.harvard.edu #PERAC
pilac.law.harvard.edu/environment

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