The Humanitarian Response, Conflict and the Environment:
Experiences and Lessons sessions will focus on two main topics. During the
first, online, session, on 18 March 2025, the focus will be on lessons learned
from the conflicts in Ukraine, Syria, Sudan, Myanmar and the eastern
Mediterranean on the interaction of conflict, the environment and humanitarian
operations. The session will consider lessons specific to each individual
conflict and across all these and other conflicts. This session will be held online,
and a summary of the results will feed into the second session.

The second, in person and online, session to be held on 28 March, will focus on using
the lessons captured in the online session and other experiences to define how
to better integrate the environment into crisis responses to improve
humanitarian outcomes. Consideration will be given to policy and practical
actions to improve humanitarian outcomes, and differentiate, as appropriate,
between different types of conflict and humanitarian operational
considerations. The second session will produce a short summary of the conclusions
for consideration by the humanitarian community.

The sessions are organized as a partnership between the Ukraine
Environment Study Group, the International Association for Impact Assessment’s
Disaster and Conflict Section and the Environmental Peacebuilding Association’s
Climate Change, Disasters and Resilience Interest Group.