Russia’s war in Ukraine has shown that the impact of armed conflicts on the climate can be significant. Ecoaction, in cooperation with the Initiative on GHG accounting of war (IGGAW), has developed four assessments of the climate damage caused as a result of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Read the latest assessment here.
The world has never been free of armed conflicts, but there is very limited understanding on the impact on the climate. Therefore, based on the experience in Ukraine, experts have developed methodological guidance that can be used to estimate greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) as a result of armed conflicts.
The methodological guidance will be presented at two events during COP29 in Baku:
On Monday 18 November 15:00 – 16:30 (11:00 – 12:30 GMT), side event 7. Webstream here.
On Wednesday 20 November 11:30 – 13:00 (07:30 – 09:00 GMT), Ukraine Pavilion.
Download PDF: 20241107_Guidance_Conflict_Emissions
Assessments of the climate damage you can find here:
- Climate damage report: 2 years since the full-scale invasion
- Climate damage report: 1,5 years since the full-scale invasion
- Climate damage report: 1 year since the full-scale invasion
- Climate damage report: 7 months since the full-scale invasion
Contacts:
IGGAW lead author Lennard de Klerk, +36 303 662 983
This report was made possible with support by the Conflict and Environment Observatory (CEOBS), Ecoaction, the European Climate Foundation (ECF) and the International Climate Initiative (IKI).