Therefore, we called for improved data collection and information sharing to improve humanitarian responses and we further called upon Member States and UN stakeholders to develop an overarching mechanism to address the full spectrum of environmental dimensions of armed conflicts. During the briefing, PAX cited examples of our work in Syria, Iraq and the Ukraine, highlighting the importance of tackling these issues in a timely and effective manner. In the course of the last decade, PAX has increasingly witnessed how environmental damage and the destruction of natural resources is directly impacting capacities for the protection of civilians, undermining peacebuilding efforts and continuously failing to be incorporated in reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts. Amidst growing awareness of the linkages between environment, peace and security, PAX and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) were invited by the governments of Estonia, Germany, Kuwait, and Peru to brief UN Security Council members at an Arria-formula meeting on protection of the environment in armed conflict (PERAC) on December 9, 2019.
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