UNEP post conflict environmental recovery guidance

In February 2024, the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-6) adopted Resolution 6/12—a landmark commitment to improving environmental assistance and recovery in conflict-affected regions.

UNEP tasked the NICOLE Foundation with developing the Implementation Plan to guide the creation of Technical Guidance for data collection in these contexts.

Our Implementation Plan includes:

• A comprehensive stakeholder engagement programme,

• A data storage and management platform, and

• Detailed technical guidance on environmental data collection across multiple media types.

This work will help UNEP and its partners:

• Apply a standardised, evidence-based approach to post-conflict environmental monitoring,

• Equip donors and decision-makers with tools for strategic planning,

• Enable civil society and government actors to collect and store data effectively, and

• Support states in developing risk-informed approaches to prioritizing and implementing recovery.

As part of this initiative, the Foundation also developed a preliminary prioritization matrix—a user-friendly tool to guide data collection priorities based on conflict stage, intensity, and affected environmental media. This will be refined further in the next phase of the Technical Guidance.

Supported Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs):