From crisis to recovery: managing the environmental impacts of armed conflict

December 2, 2025 13 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action / Special Themes / War, law and the environment United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Disasters and Conflicts Branch

The environmental toll of armed conflict is neither insignificant nor fleeting: it contaminates water, soil, ...

Overcoming the disconnect: environmental protection and armed conflicts

May 27, 2021 10 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / War, law and the environment Ambassador Marja Lehto

Environmental effects of armed conflicts do not only result from the conduct of hostilities but ...

Fighting without a Planet B: how IHL protects the natural environment in armed conflict

May 25, 2021 17 mins read Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / War, law and the environment Vanessa Murphy & Helen Obregón Gieseken

Armed conflicts from Kuwait to Vietnam continue to remind us that the environment can be ...

Climate, conflict and crises: first and foremost, do no harm

February 27, 2020 9 mins read Analysis / Climate change, conflict and humanitarian action / Humanitarian Action Janani Vivekananda

The combined effects of climate change and conflict increase the number and intensity of crises ...