1/ Years of war and insecurity have undermined environmental governance in #Yemen, including its waste management systems. The impacts are felt in both urban and rural areas: www.aljazeera.com/features/202...

Yemen’s valleys and farms are full of dangerous plastic waste

Yemen's eastern Wadi Dawan valley is picturesque, but on closer inspection the scourge of plastic waste is clear to see.

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This is an incredibly troubling development for all independent researchers following this war, particularly at a time where US media and political scrutiny has been weakened. EU satellite data policy must be independent from US pressure.

Michael Cruickshank@cruickshank.bsky.social · 2w ago

This is absolutely ridiculous - the ESA is now delaying the release of Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 data by 24h over the Gulf of Oman following US pressure. This represents a dangerous precedent where ESA's 'free and open' data policy is compromised by foreign pressure. spacenews.com/eu-delays-re...

Military #ClimateAction? Blown apart by rising military spending via @responsiblesci.bsky.social Some militaries have strategies to reduce their carbon emissions – but the latest data shows these are being dwarfed by the effects of spiralling arms spending. rethinkingsecurity.org.uk/2026/07/17/m...

Military Climate Action Swamped by Spending Rises

Some militaries have strategies to reduce their carbon emissions – but the latest data shows these are being dwarfed by the effects of spiralling arms spending. Stuart Parkinson investigates.

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We helped @reuters.com analyse this #ShadowFleet incident, where the Caroline Bezengi, a vessel under sanctions for transporting Russian fuel, is leaking oil into a protected marine area off the coast of #Oman. www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Sanctioned tanker is leaking oil near Oman, according to satellite images and experts

A vessel under sanctions for moving Russian fuel is likely leaking oil in a protected marine area off the ​coast of Oman, according to analysis of satellite imagery and ‌experts.

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From protected areas to iconic endemic species, Russia's war against #Ukraine is having a disastrous impact on nature. We spoke with CBC on its impacts on Black Sea marine mammals www.cbc.ca/news/world/u...

Ukraine's wild horses and other wildlife put at risk by years of war | CBC News

From Chornobyl's endangered wild horses to bird nests made of drone cables, modern warfare is reshaping fragile ecosystems along Ukraine’s front lines.

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Isolation, governance & war threaten #Iran's #biodiversity. “War makes damage visible. Sanctions and isolation make [it] normal. They weaken science, conservation institutions, NGOs, field monitoring and international collaboration long before bombs fall.” news.mongabay.com/2026/07/war-...

War reveals the isolation of Iran’s scientists

The smiles on the faces of Iman Ebrahimi and his colleagues in the photograph are revealing: After more than a month of war in Iran, a tenuous ceasefire in mid-April offered a brief window for the tea...

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We'll be presenting research on the impact of Russia's war against #Ukraine on Black Sea dolphins and porpoises at this conference on war's impact on nature and animals at TU Dortmund in September zms.bundeswehr.de/de/aktuelles...

Natur – Tiere – Krieg

Eine Tagung, die Kriege weit über den Menschen hinaus denkt und Ökosysteme und Tierwelt in das Bild mit einbezieht

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There's a huge accountability gap when it comes to wartime environmental damage. Lydia Millar @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social explores how data gathered using our WISEN methodology could improve accountability at local, national and international levels ceobs.org/wisen-a-tool... #IntLaw

WISEN: A tool for post-war environmental accountability? - CEOBS

Lydia Millar on how CEOBS's WISEN tool can be used for wartime environmental accountability at local, national and international levels.

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There's a huge accountability gap when it comes to wartime environmental damage. Lydia Millar @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social explores how data gathered using our WISEN methodology could improve accountability at local, national and international levels ceobs.org/wisen-a-tool... #IntLaw

WISEN: A tool for post-war environmental accountability? - CEOBS

Lydia Millar on how CEOBS's WISEN tool can be used for wartime environmental accountability at local, national and international levels.

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We're really excited for our workshop @warwickpais.bsky.social, featuring speakers from @ids.ac.uk @ceobs.org @polisatleeds.bsky.social and more! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-enviro...

The Environmental Politics of War

This workshop will foster critical discussions around the environmental politics of war and conflict.

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1/ In the last 96 hours Ukrainian drones have reportedly attacked 33 Russian #ShadowFleet tankers on the northern side of the Kerch Strait, in the Sea of Azov. Part of #Ukraine's "long-range sanctions" against Russia's fuel infrastructure, the attacks carry environmental risks.

1/ In the last 96 hours Ukrainian drones have reportedly attacked 33 Russian #ShadowFleet tankers on the northern side of the Kerch Strait, in the Sea of Azov. Part of #Ukraine's "long-range sanctions" against Russia's fuel infrastructure, the attacks carry environmental risks.

More and more governments are publishing military climate strategies, but are they actually helping to reduce the climate impact of militaries or are they simply greenwashing? Thanks to @responsiblesci.bsky.social for this great new resource!

Scientists for Global Responsibility@responsiblesci.bsky.social · last mo.

Militaries are failing on climate action. Our latest report takes an in-depth look at the climate strategies of 26 nations' militaries 🧵👇🧪 www.sgr.org.uk/publications...

The UK government claims to be concerned about climate security, and climate action, just not when it comes to rearmament. @militaryemissions.org on the government's new Defence Investment Plan:

The Military Emissions Gap@militaryemissions.org · last mo.

Closing off the hottest June on record, the UK’s Defence Investment Plan (DIP) has landed. With barely any mention of climate in the document itself, what impact will the DIP have on the UK's climate action? 🧵 assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a44e9...

An interesting deep dive into the relationship between tungsten and conflict www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

This Mine Predicts Major Wars. It’s Opening Again

The fortunes of a remote tungsten pit have risen and fallen through more than a century of conflicts. The critical mineral could now be a deterrent.

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Militaries are increasingly being called upon to tackle environmental problems, particularly crimes that affect the environment. This film explores some of the tensions #military deployments can create, especially when they take the symptoms rather than cause.

Mongabay@mongabay.com · last mo.

Honduras deployed an 8,000-troop environmental battalion under its "Zero Deforestation by 2029" plan to reclaim protected forests from timber and agricultural cartels. However, experts warn that militarized creates severe risks public policy reforms. Fritz Pinnow reports for #Mongabay.

The @icrc.org recently issued guidance to states and their militaries on the implementation of #IHL rules to protect the environment during armed conflicts, the report features numerous examples of existing national guidelines: shop.icrc.org/protection-o... #PERAC #IntLaw

Protection of the Natural Environment in Armed Conflict Under International Humanitarian Law: Implementation Guidance

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...

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1/2 Land mines and their clearance can pollute soils. In one of the most detailed studies yet, researchers have looked at a range of pollutants in mined and cleared areas of southern #Ukraine; huge areas of the country's most important soils are mined. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Environmental risks of humanitarian demining: evidence from a war-affected region (Ukraine)

Ukraine is currently the most heavily mined country in the world, with nearly 30% of its territory affected by landmines and unexploded ordnance, whic…

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By chance, camera traps left in #Ukraine's Chernobyl exclusion zone have shed light on how armed conflict disturbance influences wildlife, and the landscape of fear www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Changes in wildlife activity patterns in response to war in Ukraine

Conflict zones are inherently hazardous and inaccessible for researchers, which results in a knowledge gap about the immediate effects of armed conflicts on the environment, particularly wildlife. We ...

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Do you have a little time free this weekend? We need your help identifying conflict damage in #Iran and #Lebanon. Do a little, or a lot, every identification on Wisen WATCH via @zooniverse.bsky.social helps. www.zooniverse.org/projects/ceo... #CitSci #OSINT #RemoteSensing

WISEN WATCH | Zooniverse - People-powered research

Join a global effort to track environmental damage caused by armed conflict using satellite imagery

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Marine ecosystems off #Lebanon, #Libya and #Syria are being devastated by blast fishing: conflict makes explosives available, and constrains the local governance that would normally restrain the practice. Great new AMWAJ report on the trend: amwaj-alliance.com/tayyarat/exp...

1/2 Like many countries, the UK's #military has considerable land holdings. With increasing scrutiny of the estate's potential contribution to climate and nature goals, like 30x30, it's really important that we also see far greater scrutiny of management plans and actions.

Guy Shrubsole@guyshrubsole.bsky.social · last mo.

The Government Estate Nature Plan has been published – revealing the first official map of all central government land, and that 37% of the public estate is being protected & managed for nature (thereby counting towards the 30by30 goal). Thread 1/ assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a3ce5...

Insecurity can contribute to biodiversity loss, for example: "Ecological hotspots in #Libya’s south-west have no protected areas, no camera trap infrastructure, no trained field teams and no functioning central authority to coordinate research." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘No one believed it’: how a YouTube video accidentally proved Libya’s sand cat really does exist

Wildlife photographer Mohammed Almuntasir had no idea what he had found until scientists started to get in touch

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Congratulations to our long-term partners @npaid.bsky.social for reaching this exciting institutional milestone www.npaid.org/news/norwegi...

Norwegian People's Aid Adopts Climate Targets and Strengthens Climate…

Norwegian People's Aid (NPA) has adopted new long-term climate targets and endorsed the direction for the further development of the organisation's…

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Spain's military has been more progressive than many on #ClimateAction but transparency in emissions reporting remains vital for driving decarbonisation.

The Military Emissions Gap@militaryemissions.org · last mo.

Progressive left parties in Spain have tabled a Congress proposal demanding the Government detail "rigorously and completely" the GHG emissions of the Spanish Armed Forces, and promote regulation of Spanish defence industry emissions: www.democrata.es/en/politics/...

"The seawater is not clean. There's sewage in it, filled with dirt." People rendered homeless by Israel's destruction in #Gaza face sweltering summer temperatures, dire conditions and coastal pollution. www.reuters.com/business/env...

Gazans flee scorching tents for a polluted sea

Residents of the Gaza Strip have been flocking ​from suffocating tents to the territory's polluted Mediterranean shore to bathe and wash their clothes, as ‌summer temperatures rise and fresh water rem...

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Russia's war against Ukraine is funded by fossil fuels, even as its military's reliance on them is exposing the inherent vulnerabilities associated with moving carbon in conflict. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Fuel sales halted in occupied Crimea as Ukraine targets oil facilities

Fuel had already been rationed due to shortages caused by Kyiv's attacks against supply routes in Russian-occupied territories.

bbc.co.uk

Mona Khalil, one of Lebanon's leading conservationists has died following an Israeli attack on her home, she had dedicated her life to protecting the country's turtles www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Israeli attack kills famed turtle sanctuary ecologist in Lebanon

Mona Khalil led decades-long effort to protect nesting site for turtles near her home in south of the country

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The Lebanese government rightly decries the environmental impact of Israeli attacks in the country but conditions for Lebanese environmental journalists working to gather stories are growing increasingly difficult finds @rsf.org rsf.org/en/threats-i...

Threats, intimidation and air strikes: the perilous work of environmental reporters in Lebanon

Investigative reporting is unwelcome in a country where environmental issues often clash with the interests of those in positions of power. Journalists who take this risk are subjected to threats and ...

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Doug was in @newsweek.com for this piece on war's environmental impact: “Every conflict has a different environmental footprint, for #Gaza it was the severity of damage, which was akin to a scorched earth policy. In #Ukraine, it’s the geographic scale of damage.” www.newsweek.com/ecological-t...

The Silent Casualty of War: Conflict's Hidden Environmental Toll

Ecological damage from war can be vast and enduring, experts say, yet it continues—despite international legal protections.

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