Wim Zwijnenburg

Interesting application of #remotesensing and machine-learning to track conflict-linked air pollution in #Gaza from Israel's destruction of buildings and farmlands. An relevant approach to be learned from for other conflict-settings

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Israeli forces torching the Sheikh Ajlin Sewage Treatment Plant in #Gaza before retreating, depriving the civilian population of acess to clean-water and worsen the humanitarian situation for Palestinians trying to return. Over 70% of the water infra is damaged

www.dropsitenews.com/p/israel-idf...

Russia Is Arming Drones With North Korean Cluster Weapons, Report Says

Russia using small drones armed with North Korean cluster munitions in attacks in southern Ukraine, as North Korea expands its support for Russia’s military, Conflict Armament Research report
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u... [gift article]

1. Fascism is not a moment in history. It is a strategy of power: obedience enforced through hierarchy and the use of force. It thrives on division, exclusion, and the persecution of those who refuse to submit.

Anti-fascism is the refusal to accept such abuse of power. 🧵

The recent waves of Israeli airstrikes on targets in #Hudaydah in #Yemen caused more oil spills, affecting the local coastal environment. Multiple strikes this year caused significant air, water and soil pollution from hydrocarbons when oil facilities and ships were targeted

The second @UNEP report on the environmental impacts of Israel's war on #Gaza paints a bleak picture as " the damage to people in Gaza and the natural systems on which they depend continues to worsen." Full report and recommendations here:

wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.50...

Fields full of fiber-optic cables from #drones are visible along the battlelines in #Ukraine, as seen here in this video. The tens-of-thousands of drones live thousands of kilometers of these cables trapping wildlife and will pose a massive undertaking in post-conflict clean-up

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Vrij denigrerend stuk, alsof het 'tuig' niet handelsbekwaam is en gewoon opgevoed moet worden. Wat we zien is het constante ophitsen van menigtes door rechtse politieke partijen, en wat men zaait zal men oogsten. Het constant de schuld geven aan vluchtelingen, 'links', dat zich nu uit in geweld

politie is te druk met monitoren van XR en huisbezoeken doen van vreedzame demonstranten, we weten allemaal dat de blauwe familie graag bruint stemt

The chapter by @wammezz.bsky.social and Christina Parandii highlights the role of #drones across all battlefields and conflicts in 2024 and 2025—and warn about the challenge they pose to peace and security: reachingcriticalwill.org/images/docum... #FirstCommittee

Increase of illegal goldmining in #DRC comes with heavy health and environmental price for local communities, a new join @paxvoorvrede.nl / IPIS report finds. Using both #earthobservation analaysis and interviews we documented these impacts

➡️ paxforpeace.nl/news/illegal...

Exclusive: Long-range 'kamikaze' drones seen near RSF base could worsen conflict in Sudan More than a dozen long-range kamikaze drones seen near an airport controlled by Sudan's Rapid Support Forces during a major air assault on army territory in May indicate the paramilitaries have new weapons that could alter the course of the war.

New satellite imagery shows one-way explosive #drones being prepared by #RSF for strikes against SAF in eastern #Sudan. We analyzed the imagery for @reuters.com as shapes are consistent with known Chinese or #UAE models seen before www.reuters.com/business/aer...

Reports coming in from the frontline near Toretsk that Ukrainian troops suffered from exposure to ammonia gas after a decommissioned pipeline was hit by #Russia. @planet.com imagery shows a likely residual ammonia cloud at the location shared with us.

From Waste To Resolution - PAX Assessing the impact of Armed Conflict on the Solid Waste Sector in Yemen

We're very grateful to @eurpeace.bsky.social team of experts in Brussels and in #Yemen that conducted the interviews and analysis and layout, with amazing remote sensing work by our @paxvoorvrede.nl colleagues Marie Schellens, Job Segers, review and policy work by Christina Parandii

To reverse these impacts, we suggests the following solutions: strengthen local governance & institutional capacity, secure sustainable financing, boost waste collection & treatment infrastructure, use geospatial data + community engagement for evidence-based planning. 5/x

To understand the scale of these reverberating environmental impacts of the war, we used #remotesensing to map sites, with both manual checking very hight resolution imagery and machine-learning methods to identify in total over 470 sites in 2024, an increaes of 250 with 2014 4/x

This leads to exposure of civilians to toxic fumes, spread of (micro)plastics that pose additional healht risks, while increase of wastepicks, many of them children, further increase acute health problems and long-term exposure risks through other pathways 3/x

The disruption of public services such as garbage collection and processing due to the conflict leads to accumulation in streets, informal dumps and polluting practices such as a waste burning causing air pollution and methane plumes while leachate affects soil and water sources 2/x

From Waste To Resolution - PAX Assessing the impact of Armed Conflict on the Solid Waste Sector in Yemen

The conflict in #Yemen is worsening environment and health risks from the mounting garbage crisis. We're proud of this joint report with @eurpeace.bsky.social that demonstrate the scale and impact using #remotesensing, and explores pathways for peacebuilding. A 🧵1/x
paxforpeace.nl/publications...

Us usual media are eager to be fast instead of accurate. Turns out that "transgender ideology" (whatever that means) and antifascis slogan reference wasnt likely there.

Donate to Herstart voor M&Z Snackbar – Steun Zuhair, organized by Jasmijn Bul Zuhair opende 10 maanden geleden een snackbar in Duindorp. Een droom die uitkwam… Jasmijn Bul needs your support for Herstart voor M&Z Snackbar – Steun Zuhair

www.gofundme.com/f/steun-zuha...

The recovery of #Syria also requires addressing the pollution legacy of its broken oil industry in Deir ez Zor. Ongoing spills, makeshift refineries and flaring continue to affect the environment and public health. We spoke with @aljazeera.com on what's needed next
youtu.be/GAmTWfAmfrE?...

Looking forward to speak at the Association of Iraqi Academics in the UK conference in London on conflict-linked environmental degradation, oil pollution and climate challenges in #Iraq, together with our friends from @hrw.org and Iraqi scientists.

Yemen health crisis spikes after aid cuts and U.S., Israeli airstrikes Public health experts say Yemen faces one of the world’s worst cholera outbreaks amid damage to medical, water and transportation facilities.

The suffering of Yemeni's from the Houthi's rule is worsened by #Israeli and #US airstrikes that also hit medical facilities and water infrastructure, exerbating the cholera crisis
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

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Vast and hidden urban methane emissions from the Russia–Ukraine war - Nature Cities War has myriad recognized impacts on cities and the environment. This study adds insult to injury, providing spaceborne evidence that the destruction of warfare triggers rapid and substantial increase...

Interesting article in @nature.com using various #remotesensing methods to detect conflict-linked methane emissions from Russia's invasion of #Ukraine, in particular from damaged civilian urban areas that matches military targets in terms of volumes

www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Dat zou een goed idee zijn. Ik doneer graag.

Jemenitische snackbareigenaar Zuhair (20) weggejaagd uit Duindorp De snackbar in Duindorp van de 20-jarige Jemenitische Zuhair is al meerdere keren vernield. Eerder gebeurde dit ook al en werden er leuzen als 'white power' op de muren gekalkt.

Het racisme in Nederland blijt slachtoffers maken, aangewakkerd door de vreemdelingenhaat gezaaid door de PVV, @vvdonline.bsky.social en Telegraaf. Hardwerkende vluchtelingen die een leven op willen bouwen worden bedreigt en aangevallen
nos.nl/l/2580939

For some past publication, check these scene setters from 2013 / 2014 for the joint ICBUW/ @paxforpeace.nl Toxic Remnants of War project by Mohammed Ghaleieny and Aneaka Kellay

paxforpeace.nl/wp-content/u...

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Glad to see the latest @srtoxics.bsky.social report on military toxics and human rights out now, describing the various sources and pathways of conflict pollution and providing a strong list of recommendations, including a potential 'Green Geneva Convention'.

www.ohchr.org/en/documents...