Wim Zwijnenburg
Project Leader in Humanitarian Disarmament, PAX (Netherlands) (website)
twitter: @wammezz
email: zwijnenburg [at] paxforpeace [dot] nl
phone: 0031 (0)30 232 0592
Project Leader in Humanitarian Disarmament, PAX (Netherlands) (website)
twitter: @wammezz
email: zwijnenburg [at] paxforpeace [dot] nl
phone: 0031 (0)30 232 0592
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Wim Zwijnenburg is a Humanitarian Disarmament Project Leader for the Dutch peace organisation PAX. His work focuses on emerging military technologies and their impact on how wars are being fought and consequences for arms proliferation. He is the author of the reports Does Unmanned Make Unacceptable, Armed & Dangerous, Unmanned and Uncontrolled and Unmanned Ambitions.
Wim is coordinator of the European Forum on Armed Drones, a network of civil society organisations working to address concerns over use and proliferation of military drones. He conducts research and advocacy on the environmental dimensions of armed conflicts. He developed a methodology on assessing environmental impacts of conflicts using remote sensing and environmental open-source investigation techniques. For his work on this subject, he received the UNEP/OCHA Green Star Award in 2017 for his work on environmental preparedness in emergencies, and the Environmental Peacebuilding Association's 2023 Al Moumin Award. He published various reports on the topic on Syria and Iraq and does advocacy work in the UN Security Council and UN Environment Assembly. He is a frequent contributor to the open-source investigative journalism collective Bellingcat and a contributor to the Wilson Center's New Security Beat initiative. He holds a Masters in International Development Studies from the Radboud University Nijmegen and received a Philosophy scholarship from the Thomas More Foundation.
Recent Publications:
Wim Zwijnenburg is a Humanitarian Disarmament Project Leader for the Dutch peace organisation PAX. His work focuses on emerging military technologies and their impact on how wars are being fought and consequences for arms proliferation. He is the author of the reports Does Unmanned Make Unacceptable, Armed & Dangerous, Unmanned and Uncontrolled and Unmanned Ambitions.
Wim is coordinator of the European Forum on Armed Drones, a network of civil society organisations working to address concerns over use and proliferation of military drones. He conducts research and advocacy on the environmental dimensions of armed conflicts. He developed a methodology on assessing environmental impacts of conflicts using remote sensing and environmental open-source investigation techniques. For his work on this subject, he received the UNEP/OCHA Green Star Award in 2017 for his work on environmental preparedness in emergencies, and the Environmental Peacebuilding Association's 2023 Al Moumin Award. He published various reports on the topic on Syria and Iraq and does advocacy work in the UN Security Council and UN Environment Assembly. He is a frequent contributor to the open-source investigative journalism collective Bellingcat and a contributor to the Wilson Center's New Security Beat initiative. He holds a Masters in International Development Studies from the Radboud University Nijmegen and received a Philosophy scholarship from the Thomas More Foundation.
Recent Publications:
- "Leveraging emerging technologies to enable environmental monitoring and accountability in conflict zones," in "Protection of the Environment During Armed Conflict," International Review of the Red Cross, IRCC No.924, December 2023. *
- "Military Drones as the Weapons of Choice in Iraq," PAX, October 2023.
- "Leveraging emerging technologies to enable environmental monitoring and accountability in conflict zones," International Review of the Red Cross, September 27, 2023. *
- Reporter’s Guide to Investigating War Crimes: Environmental and Property Damage," Global Investigative Journalism Network, September 8, 2023.
- A Preliminary Environmental Risk Assessment of the Kakhovka Dam Flooding," Environment and Conflict Alert Ukraine, PAX, June 2023. *
- "Attacks on Agro-Industrial Sites in Ukraine Environment and Conflict Alert Ukraine," PAX, April 2023.
- "Axed and Burned: How Conflict-caused Deforestation Impacts Environmental, Socio-economic and Climate Resilience in Syria," PAX, March 2023.
- “Risks and impacts from attacks on energy infrastructure in Ukraine,” Pax, December 21, 2022.*
- "A Laboratory of Drone Warfare: The role and relevance of uncrewed aerial systems in the war in Syria," PAX, November 22, 2022.
- "First Committee briefing book 2022" Reaching Critical Will, September 16, 2022.*
- "Environment and Conflict Alert Ukraine: A first glimpse of the toxic toll or Russia’s invasion of Ukraine," PAX, March 9, 2022.*
- "We fear more war, we fear more drought," PAX, February 16, 2022.*
- "International Action to Protect People, Planet, and Peace: Building a UN system-wide environment, peace and security agenda," Ecosystem for Peace - Medium, January 21, 2022.
- "Turkish Drones Join Ethiopia’s war, Satellite Imagery Confirms," PAX, January 11, 2022.
- "Ethiopia now confirmed to fly Chinese armed drones," PAX, November 18, 2021.
- "Increasing Situational Awareness of Conflict Linked Oil Pollution with VHR Satellite Imagery," European Space Imaging, November 11, 2021.*
- "War, waste and polluted pastures," PAX, July 19, 2021.*
- "Data-driven environmental decision-making and action in armed conflict," Humanitarian Law and Policy, June 1, 2021.
- "Explosive weapons and civilian harm in the Gaza conflict," PAX, May 17, 2021.*
- "Remote Horizons: Expanding use and proliferation of military drones in Africa," PAX, May 7, 2021.
- "Nature-based Solutions Vital to Mitigating Conflict-linked Environmental Damage," NewSecurityBeat, February 18, 2021.
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