Ukraine Environmental Conflict Briefing: Industry
Publisher: Conflict and Environment Observatory and Zoï Environment Network
Date: 2022
Topics: Weapons, Waste, and Pollution
Countries: Russian Federation, Ukraine
High intensity armed conflicts in heavily industrialised contexts like Ukraine present serious risks to the environment and public health. Since February, the conflict has led to hundreds of potentially harmful incidents at more than 200 industrial facilities. This is creating a significant legacy of contamination, as well as economic and social consequences. The conduct of the fighting is also forcing renewed consideration of the complex relationships between conflict and industrial facilities.