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NEW SECURITY BEAT FRIDAY DIGEST (January 2 – 6, 2023)
Ukraine's Environment in Time of Conflict: Damage, Data and the Rule of Law
January 3, 2023 // By Harriet Alice Taberner
When Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, it was not only a geopolitical and humanitarian disaster. The conflict has detrimentally impacted the environment.
War and environmental damage are inextricably linked, but the invasion of Ukraine has caused further deterioration in pre-existing environmental issues. "Before 2014, Ukraine was already a country which faced environmental challenges," observed Ian Anthony, Director of the Stockholm International Peace Research Initiative's European Security Program (SIPRI) at a December 14 webinar titled Beyond War Ecologies: Green Ways forward for Ukraine. "Russia's first aggression in 2014 exacerbated problems. The second aggression extended some of the problems to other parts of Ukraine and not just to Donbas."
Maternal Health and The Pandemic: It's Not Good News
January 4, 2023 // By Adrienne Griffen
COVID-19 has dealt out a double dose of woe for global maternal health. According to a new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the pandemic saw an increase in maternal deaths and an exacerbation of racial disparities driving this overall morbidity. In addition, childbearing people experienced significant anxiety and depression.
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