Environmental Impacts of Armed Conflict (Chapter 3.3 in Massive Open Online Course on Environmental Security & Sustaining Peace) [Video]
Publisher: UNEP, ELI, Columbia University, Duke University, University of California Irvine, UNDP, EnPAx, and SDG Academy
Author(s): David Jensen
Date: 2019
What are the range of environmental impacts and damages caused by armed conflict? This chapter outlines three main pathways to environmental damage and degradation – direct impacts, secondary impacts, and governance impacts – and examines the risks they present to human health, livelihoods, and security.