Together with our partners in the Decentralized Damage Mapping Group, we received the European Space Agency’s Award for our work on monitoring conflict-linked environmental damage.

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➡️ Decades of conflict, unchecked fossil fuel emissions, and weak environmental governance have created a perfect storm of pollution in hashtag#Iraq — endangering health, accelerating climate change, and deepening societal tensions.

🌍 Honoured! The Decentralized Damage Mapping Group (DDMG) — including PAX — has won the 2025 ESA Earth Observation Excellence Team Award. 🎉

DDMG has used satellite data to map the environmental toll of war, making critical insights more open, rapid, and useful: paxforpeace.nl/news/conflic...

The EU sees Israeli settlements, illegally built on occupied Palestinian land, as a major barrier to peace. Yet, it allows trade with them, fueling poverty and daily Palestinian rights violations.

Together with 162 other organizations, we sent a letter to Von der Leyen: ➡️ #StopTradeWithSettlements

In the light of the escalating violence in Congo, we urge Europe to stop collaborating with Rwanda.

Yesterday, we joined int. civil society organizations in co-signing a letter, urging the EU to withdraw from the controversial MoU with Rwanda.

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Our new report examines opportunities for establishing, operationalizing, and mainstreaming the EPS agenda across the UN system to foster greater coherence and impact. We suggest six particular pathways, each backed with specific policy recommendations.

The international EPS agenda is needed to better protect the environment throughout the conflict lifecycle, inform humanitarian action, ensure accountability for env. harm, support sustainable recovery, and strengthen environmental governance & resilience building.

To better protect people, planet, and peace for future generations, we have launched a new policy report on advancing the international Environment, Peace, and Security Agenda within and beyond the UN system.

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It is very important that a ceasefire finally seems to be in place between Hamas and Israel, a moment that many have long awaited.

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It is a historic day as Syrians are rejoicing the fall of the brutal Assad Regime. Today we celebrate freedom from tyranny. 100.000 mabrouk to all our Syrian friends and partners, who have so long dreamed and hoped for this day!

Violence against women is a women’s issue, it is a human rights issue and eliminating it in all its forms is essential for building inclusive peace. Many aspects of conflict and peace are inherently gendered.

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Good news!

The Supreme Court of the Netherlands was advised on Friday by its advocate general to uphold a ruling saying the Dutch state must put an end to the export to Israel of parts for F-35 fighter jets.

🔗: www.reuters.com/world/dutch-...

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Reem, from a PAX partner in Iraq, works to end violence & discrimination by empowering women & engaging men as allies. She trains young men in respect & fairness, helping them lead initiatives for gender equity.

To launch our #16DaysofActivism campaign, come and join us and Women's International League for Peace and Freedom - WILPF today at 15:00 at Domplein in Utrecht for the official opening of photo expo Men and Love in Times of Conflict and Polarisation.

More info: paxforpeace.nl/news/opening...