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The US-Israel War on Iran and How War and Conflict Are Destroying the Environment

2026 | GreenPeace
Mehdi Leman

From Ukraine to Sudan, Gaza, Lebanon, Iran and Venezuela, people are living through war, bombardment, occupation, militarisation or political violence, while the damage reaches far…

Preparing for Hot Conflicts: Army Training and Operations in a Warming World

2026 | Military Review
Erik M. Patton, Christopher L. Chapman, and Gabrielle E. W. Giersch

Global climate change, a concept difficult to appreciate in a practical context, will affect the day-to-day training and operations for soldiers in numerous ways. Here,…

No Health without Peace

2026 | The Lancet

What will be the most pressing health challenge of 2026? Climate change? Artificial intelligence? Pandemics? Non-communicable diseases? These issues will continue to shape health and…

Prevalence and Predictors of Food Insecurity in Conflict Zones Among Displaced Families in Lebanon During the War: A Cross-Sectional Study

2025 | Frontiers
Paula Hage Boutros, Samah Hachem, Rola Bou Serhal, Noura Yazbeck, Firas Azzam, and Bachir Atallah

The September–December 2024 conflict in Lebanon resulted in the displacement of over 1.5 million individuals, compounding the country's existing economic and humanitarian crises. This study…

Tackling the Complex Links between Climate Change, Conflict, and Health

2025 | British Medical Journal
Barbora Šedová and Andrew Haines

Climate and conflict seriously threaten human health. From 1995 to 2015, more than 10 million child deaths were attributed to conflict, while women of reproductive…

Understanding Relationships among Climate Change, Conflict, Migration/Displacement and Health in Humanitarian Settings

2025 | Conflict and Health
Molly E. Lasater, Gabrielle Prager, Yuni A. Choi, Tim Groteclaes, Divya Rao, Shona P. Kamps, Chiara Altare, and Paula B. Spiegel

Climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of various extreme weather events across regions, globally. Climate change has also been associated with conflict, migration…

Resurgence of Cholera in Kosti City, Sudan: Impact of Armed Conflict and Water Supply Disruption

2025 | IJID Regions
Ayman Azhary, Nooh Mohamed Hajhamed, Ahmed Noralla Altyip, Elham Elamin, Eman Taha Osman Ali, Ayman Ahmed, and Emmanuel Edwar Siddig

This study assesses the magnitude and epidemiological characteristics of the recent cholera resurgence in Kosti City, Sudan, amid ongoing armed conflict and water supply disruptions.

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Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Resilient Healthcare Systems: Addressing Medicine and Public Health Challenges in Conflict Zones

2025 | Medicine
Chinyere N. Ugwu Meng, Okechukwu Paul-Chima Ugwu, Esther Ugo Alum, Val Hyginus Udoka Eze, Mariam Basajj, Jovita Nnenna Ugwu, Fabian C. Ogenyi Beng, Regina Idu Ejemot-Nwadiaro, Michael Ben Okon MSc, Simeon Ikechukwu Egba, and Daniel Ejim Uti

This review explores the integration of sustainable development goals (SDGs) into healthcare organizations in conflict zones, with a specific focus on emergent models aimed at…

Big Oil Is Fueling a Rise in Cancer in Iraq's Basra

2025 | New Lines Magazine
Margaux Seigneur and Pauline Gauer

In Aradah, a southern Iraqi town of just over 50,000 people, the end of the day arrives quietly, veiled in a haze that seems to…

Climate and Conflict-induced Child Nutrition Crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa

2024 | Conflict and Health
Oche Joseph Otorkpa, Abdirizak Mohamud Yusuf, and Abdullahi Tunde Aborode

This commentary explores the intersection between climate, conflict, and child nutrition, highlighting the severe child nutrition crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa exacerbated by climate change and…

Analyzing the Impact of Macroeconomic Variables on Deforestation in Somalia: Evidence from an ARDL Model

2025 | Cogent Economics & Finance
Mohamud Hussein Mohamud, Fatima Salah Abdirahman, and Atta Gul

Somalia, a country challenged by ongoing conflict and economic instability, faces significant environmental degradation, particularly deforestation. This study investigates the effects of key macroeconomic variables,…

Sustainability amid Conflict: Gaza's Environmental, Social, and Economic Struggles

2025 | Journal of Environmental Management
Abdo Hassoun

The recent war on Gaza (October 2023–January 2025) has led to profound environmental degradation, social instability, and economic collapse, posing substantial obstacles to sustainable development.…

Pioneering Solutions: Climate Finance, Gender Equity, and Sexual and Reproductive Health Services

2024 | Wilson Center
Sarah B. Barnes, Claire Doyle, Deekshita Ramanarayanan, and Lauren Herzer Risi

A warming world is leading to new challenges for communities and countries around the globe. The significant impacts of climate change on global health, and…

The (New) M23 Offensive on Goma: Why This Long-Lasting Conflict Is Not Only about Minerals and What Are Its Implications? – Q&A

2025 | International Peace Information Service

The rapid advance of M23 — supported by the Rwandan military (RDF) — in North Kivu has taken most of us by surprise over the…

The Interplay among Conflict, Water Scarcity, and Cholera in Northern Nigeria

2023 | Public Health Challenges
Bashar Haruna Gulumbe, Zaharadeen Muhammad Yusuf, Abdullahi Adamu Faggo, Tajudeen O. Yahaya, and Sahabi Sule Manga

Cholera is a recurring issue in Nigeria, with outbreaks predominantly affecting the Northern states. In 2021, Nigeria experienced its most significant cholera epidemic in a…

Dead Water from Russia: Fish and Other Life Perish in the Polluted Waters of the Seim River

2024 | Ukraine War Environmental Consequences Work Group

The Seim River flows through Russia’s Belgorod and Kursk regions and from there through Ukraine’s Sumy and Chernihiv regions. In August, a fish die-off was…

Household Level WASH & Protection Assessment in Gaza (October 2024)

2024 | UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

The Gaza Strip, particularly Khan Younis area, faces critical challenges in Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) and Protection Services. Prolonged conflict, limited resources, and infrastructural…

Environmental Impact of the Conflict in Gaza: Preliminary Assessment of Environmental Impacts

2024 | UNEP

This Preliminary Assessment was prepared by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). It is an initial response to an official request from the State of…

Women, Water Resource Management, and Sustainable Development: The Turkey-North Cyprus Water Pipeline Project

2018 | Resources
Emine Eminel Sülün

Women’s role in water resource management is recognized, yet the implementation of methods and strategies to get beyond gender-based obstacles to women’s equal participation in…

Rapid Assessment--UNDP/PAPP's Emergency Response to Solid Waste Management

2024 | UNDP Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian People

This assessment indicates that the solid waste management system in Gaza has collapsed. There is no access to the major landfills, and waste accumulates at…

Conflict-Induced Food Insecurity in Mali: Examining the Links between Conflict and Hunger - August 2024

2024 | Insecurity Insight

This report forms part of a series examining the links between conflict and hunger. It focuses on reported conflict incidents of food-related violence in Mali between 1 January 2019…

Counting the Dead in Gaza: Difficult but Essential

2024 | The Lancet
Rasha Khatib, Martin McKee, and Salim Yusef

By June 19, 2024, 37,396 people had been killed in the Gaza Strip since the attack by Hamas and the Israeli invasion in October, 2023,…

Environmental Violence: A Tool for Planetary Health Research

2023 | The Lancet
Richard Marcantonio and Agustín Fuentes

From climate change to toxic pollution and the interactive effects of multiple pollution streams, human health is under siege. Human-produced environmental risks to health and…

Non-State Armed Groups with Territorial Control as Emergent Actors of Wartime Water Governance

2023 | Environment and Security
Juliane Schillinger

In discussions of water management during conflict, non-state armed groups (NSAGs) primarily feature in relation to the strategic use of water resources to gain military…

Can Peace Operations Mitigate the Effect of Armed Conflict on Malnutrition? Evidence from Côte d’Ivoire

2023 | Environment and Security
Kyle Beardsley and Jessica Beardsley

Armed conflict increases food insecurity leading to malnutrition especially in women, but can peace operations mitigate the increased prevalence of malnutrition in conflict zones? This…

Proactive Resilience and Opportunities for Gender Equity in Security & Sustainability (PROGRESS) in the Asia-Pacific: The Index for Gendered Health Security amid Climate Change

2024 | Pacific Forum International
Caroline Greenwood Wood, and James Caledron

The “Proactive Resilience and Opportunities for Gender Equity in Security & Sustainability (PROGRESS)” report, prepared by Pacific Forum International for U.S. Indo-Pacific Command’s Office of…

Triple-Crises-Induced Food Insecurity: Systematic Understanding and Resilience Building Approaches in Africa

2023 | Science in One Health
Ernest Tambo, Chen-Sheng Zhang, Gildas B. Tazemda, Bertin Fankep, Ngo T. Tappa, Cremona F. Bette Bkamko, Laura M. Tsague, Daniella Tchemembe, Elodie F. Ngazoue, Kennedy K. Korie, Marie Paule N. Djobet, Oluwasogo A. Olalubi, and Omer N. Njajou

The triple crises of the COVID-19 pandemic, conflict and climate change have severely impacted food systems, leading to socio-economic consequences and undermining food and nutrition…