Conflict and Environment Observatory (CEOBS)

1/ We've just launched WISEN, our remote environmental assessment methodology for conflict areas. We've used it for #Ukraine, #Sudan and #Iran and the region but our dream is to work towards a comprehensive global system for all conflict areas. 🧵

1/ We've just launched WISEN, our remote environmental assessment methodology for conflict areas. We've used it for #Ukraine, #Sudan and #Iran and the region but our dream is to work towards a comprehensive global system for all conflict areas. 🧵

5/ To learn more about WISEN, how it works and why we need more systematic and geographically representative environmental data collection in areas affected by conflicts, read our introduction: ceobs.org/introducing-wi…

4/ And that vision? If WISEN or something like it covered all conflicts, populated and maintained by a distributed network of researchers, NGOs and communities, it could radically change how we prioritise and respond to environmental damage, protecting people and ecosystems.

May 21 - join us as we launch a remote environmental monitoring methodology for conflict areas, and explore the role of remote data for assessment, advocacy and accountability. How we can build more comprehensive environmental monitoring? bit.ly/Wisen

1/ A new oil spill is visible from #Iran's #KhargIsland, this time from a shoreline discharge point on its east coast creating a ~5km slick stretching 700m offshore; no similar spills visible during last 6 months. Coincidence, indicative of stress on the critical oil terminal?

2/ After last week's spill #Iran claimed it had not identified “even ​the smallest trace” of leakage; @CopernicusData imagery suggests otherwise. Is the denial a sign of sensitivity over the facility, or just a kneejerk response to criticism? reuters.com/business/energ…

It's vital we we also examine the indirect environmental effects of conflicts, whether it's weakened governance, increased emissions or in this case harm to nature thousands of km from a war zone france24.com/en/live-news/2…

We assisted @Reuters with this piece on one of the larger Persian Gulf oil spills seen yet during the US-Israeli war against Iran - original source remains unclear, meanwhile it's drifting south and seems unlikely to be addressed appropriately. reuters.com/world/middle-e…

1/ Hours into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine it was clear that we needed a better way to systematically capture and assess environmentally-relevant wartime incidents. On May 21 we will share what we came up with. #OSINT #RemoteSensing #EarthObservation

3/ We’ll hear from international experts on the role of remote data for assessment, advocacy and accountability, and try and imagine how more consistent coverage could change how we protect the environment from war. We hope you can join us, register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

2/ Four years later and having tested the system on Sudan and Iran we’re now ready to share WISEN with you. We hope that our webinar will encourage exchange on how we go from today’s ad hoc and partial remote environmental monitoring to something more comprehensive.

#Ukraine's sustainable recovery discourse is worth studying. Lessons from Ukraine have relevance for other areas affected by or recovering from conflict, where recovery could allow a transition to a more sustainable future. x.com/i/status/20494…

1/ Academic research has a key role to play in #Ukraine's sustainable recovery. Our new report explores the war's impact on higher education and reviews over 5,000 publications to analyse recovery-relevant research trends. ceobs.org/report-academi…

5/ You can find the full report here, part one examines research under fire, while part two explores the results of our literature review ceobs.org/report-academi…

4/ Ukrainian civil society is defining what Ukraine's concept of sustainable recovery should look like, and these are the themes where academic research is currently being undertaken, both within and outside Ukraine.