Doug Weir
Research and Policy Director, The Conflict and Environment Observatory
Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Geography, King’s College London
twitter: @detoxconflict   web: ceobs.org
email: doug [at] ceobs [dot] org
phone: +44 (0) 300 302 1130

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Doug Weir has undertaken research and advocacy on the polluting legacy of armed conflicts and military activities since 2005. A former coordinator of the International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons, he later expanded his work to encompass conflict pollution and the toxic remnants of war, before establishing The Conflict and Environment Observatory to monitor and raise awareness of the environmental and derived humanitarian consequences of conflicts. Doug has contributed to a wide range of domestic, regional and international initiatives on conflict and the environment, with a current focus on implementation of the legal framework protecting the environment in relation to armed conflicts, the environmental consequences of the invasion of Ukraine, and the carbon footprint of the military. He holds degrees in Geology and Print Journalism from Manchester and Sheffield universities. 

Recent Publications:

• "Ukraine Conflict Environmental Briefing: The Coastal and Marine Environment," Conflict and Environment Observatory, February 2023.
  
• "EU Military Greening Politics: A Review of Transparency and Implementation," Conflict and Environment Observatory, commissioned by Greens/EFA in the European Parliament, January 24, 2023.*
• "First Committee briefing book 2022" Reaching Critical Will, September 16, 2022.*
• "Will the visibility of environmental damage in Ukraine translate into action to address the risks it poses to human health and ecosystems?," Conflict and Environment Observatory, July 28, 2022.
• ​"How to prosecute Russia for environmental crimes in Ukraine," euobserver, July 20, 2022.*
• "Do mention the war: Why conservation NGOs must speak out on biodiversity and conflicts," Conflict and Environment Observatory, April 11, 2022.*
• "States reluctant to strengthen laws protecting the environment from war," Conflict and Environment Observatory, March 8, 2022.
• "Environmental governance in frozen conflicts," Conflict and Environment Observatory, December 15, 2021.
• "Military emissions cuts -- where do we go from here?" Conflict and Environment Observatory, December 2, 2021.
• "First Committee Briefing Book 2021," Reaching Critical Will, September 2021.
• "Report: Protected area conservation in Yemen’s conflict," Conflict and Environment Observatory, July 2021.
• "If not us, who? How States – with the help of civil society – can implement the legal framework protecting the environment from armed conflict," Humanitarian Law and Policy, June, 2021.
• "Did NATO members just pledge to reduce their military GHG emissions?," Conflict and Environment Observatory, June 15, 2021.
• "How does war contribute to climate change?," Conflict and Environment Observatory, June 14, 2021.*
• "Six ways to mainstream the environment in peace and security," Conflict and Environment Observatory,  May 26, 2021.
• "Report finds that Russia securitises the environment - but on its terms," Conflict and Environment Observatory, January 20, 2021.
• "Report: Canada's practice on the protection of the environment in relation to armed conflicts," Conflict and Environment Observatory, January 14, 2021.*
• "Closing the environmental monitoring gap in conflicts," Institution of Environmental Sciences, July 2020.
• "UN report details environmental degradation in West Bank and Gaza," Conflict and Environment Observatory, June 8, 2020.
• "How does war damage the environment?" Conflict and Environment Observatory, June 4, 2020.
• "Time to move beyond Yemen’s SAFER oil tanker blame game," Conflict and Environment Observatory, June 1, 2020.​​

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