Protecting the Environment is Protecting Civilians:

For the fifth consecutive year, the Secretary-General’s PoC report will include references to the direct and indirect environmental impacts of conflict on human health and suffering, including through the report’s priority focus this year on the devastating impacts of food and water insecurity. [...] The resolution acknowledged the importance of protection for food systems, water, sanitation, and energy as essential services indispensable to the survival of civilian populations in conflicts. [...] Security Council resolution 2573 called on the Secretary-General to continue to include updates on the protection of such indispensable civilian objects in future reports as part of an overall assessment of the status of PoC. [...] On 25 May, the Governments of Costa Rica, Switzerland, and Viet Nam, in partnership with PAX, the Environmental Peacebuilding Association (EnPAx), the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS), and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), will convene a high-level panel event as part of the annual PoC Week on the sidelines of the UNSC Debate on PoC to discuss the environment, climate, and conflict. [...] The event will address the detrimental impacts conflicts have on civilians and the environment they depend on and the grave consequences for civilians facing the combined impacts of conflict and climate hazards.