Ukraine is now considered the most heavily mined country in the world. Nearly 1,000 civilians have been killed or injured by landmines and unexploded ordnance since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion in February 2022. About a third of the country needs to be cleared of these explosives, and much of it is farmland. The World's Environment Correspondent Carolyn
A year and a half into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, its impact has been felt most acutely in lost lives, flattened cities and destroyed infrastructure. But the environmental damage from combat has also contaminated Ukraine’s soil, water and air. This impact is likely to be one of the longest-lasting legacies of the war, persisting for decades after the fighting
Mines and unexploded ordnance still afflict countries like Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, decades after armed conflicts there have ended. In Belgium, the country's bomb disposal unit is still busy removing unexploded grenades from World War I-era battlefields. Host Marco Werman speaks with Environment Correspondent Carolyn Beeler about those bomb removal efforts, and the
In Hamburg, Germany there’s an international tribunal that makes rulings on the UN’s Law of the Sea, which deals with things like marine territorial rights and navigation, requiring states to prevent and control marine pollution. This week, a coalition of small island states is asking the court to rule on an unusual case: that greenhouse gas pollution is covered under the law.
Last summer, the US pledged in the The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 an estimated $369 billion for policies and programs aimed at tackling climate change. This year, that's spurred new green spending programs from the European Union and Canada, which are trying to retain competitiveness in clean technology manufacturing. The World's Environment Correspondent Carolyn Beeler