Research on past conflicts suggests that the war in Ukraine could have a profound environmental impact. The Black Sea Biosphere Reserve, on the southern coast of Ukraine, is a haven for migrating birds. More than 120,000 birds spend the winter flitting about its shores, and a multicolored spectrum of rare species — the white-tailed eagle, red-breasted merganser and black-winged stilt, to...

The battles waged along Ukraine’s coastline have done untold environmental damage and have interfered with dolphins’ habitat, scientists say. But the war has made it impossible to gather detailed information, leaving the dolphin deaths a mystery for now. Recent studies from Bulgaria, Turkey and Ukraine found that marine biodiversity was under growing threat because of the war,...

Industrial disasters around the world, many involving multinational corporations, have caused significant health, environmental, and economic damages. Such tragedies have also led to lengthy legal challenges and prompted new global regulations. Japan’s ‘Four Big Pollution Diseases’ Decades of mishandling industrial waste in Japan lead to repeated outbreaks of serious...

The Russian army has burned forests and poisoned water supplies, flouting international law. As the UN draws up new guidelines, is it possible to wage an “eco” war? The purple shoots of spring meadow saffron are usually a welcome sign of spring in Ukraine. This year the rare flowers lie crushed, destroyed by Russian tanks.  It might seem absurd to talk about flowers when men,...

The horrors of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine are increasingly coming to light and sparking international outrage. Millions of people are actively standing in solidarity with the victims of the war, supporting Ukrainian refugees and expressing opposition to the war (whether by donating, protesting, offering housing, etc.). Everything must be done to put an end to the suffering and...

In Ukraine more and more regions become war hotspots. Among them are protected areas. Pollution incidents have already put millions of people and ecosystems into long-term risk. During the war protected areas can be damaged or totally destroyed, and people who protected them, beside these responsibilities, had to join the army or help people who relocated from hotspots. European Wilderness...

Russia is targeting a number of sites in its invasion of Ukraine that could cause short- and long-term environmental disasters if they are destroyed or damaged.     Russian forces that began an invasion of Ukraine on Thursday have targeted an oil refinery near Kyiv, forcing its shutdown and destroying its entire fuel supply. Ukraine also intercepted a missile targeting the...

Russia’s war on Ukraine is one of the worst humanitarian crises facing Europe since World War II. As Russian military forces continue their violent, murderous invasion, environmental organizations worldwide are raising additional concerns of the war’s far-reaching devastation to the environment. Russia’s military activities threaten Ukraine’s environment through air,...

Генеральный директор Международного агентства по атомной энергии (МАГАТЭ) Рафаэль Мариано Гросси приехал в Украину, где он проводит переговоры с высокопоставленными должностными лицами этой страны. Речь идет о срочной технической помощи МАГАТЭ в целях обеспечения ядерной и физической безопасности ядерных объектов и предотвращения риска аварии, которая может угрожать людям и окружающей среде....

На фоне так называемой «спецоперации» в Украине темы экологии и климатических изменений, которые так остро стояли перед человечеством совсем недавно, кажется, отошли на второй план. Однако те процессы, которые заставляли политиков собираться на климатические саммиты и договариваться о переходе на экологичные виды топлива и сокращении выбросов, не только не прекратились, а наоборот...