Ellie Kinney – The Military Emissions Gap

Abdelnour & Roy | Estimating Carbon Emissions from Processing Building Debris in Gaza

'The debris from destroyed and damaged buildings is a material representation of the unprecedented human, infrastructural, and environmental devastation resulting from the bombardment of Gaza.' This important analysis estimates the carbon cost of dealing with destroyed buildings.

Ellie Kinney12.09.24

Reports

QMUL | Confronting military greenhouse gas emissions

This interactive policy brief details the intersecting realities of carbon poullution, militaries, and what this signifies for greenhouse gas emissions, ultimately affecting climate change.

Ellie Kinney24.06.24

Reports

IGGAW | Climate damage caused by Russia’s war in Ukraine

According to the study, the first 24 months of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine led to an increase in emissions of 175 million tons of carbon dioxide. Applying the Social Cost of Carbon, the report also proposes that total climate damage caused amounts to $32 billion.

Ellie Kinney13.06.24

Media

The Guardian | Revealed: repairing Israel’s destruction of Gaza will come at huge climate cost

Nina Lakhani covers the updated analysis of the emissions from 120 days of Israel-Gaza for The Guardian.

Ellie Kinney06.06.24

Academic papers

SSRN | A Multitemporal Snapshot of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from the Israel-Gaza Conflict

This paper presents an update to the previously published analysis of the first 60 days of the Israel-Gaza conflict, covering 120 days. The updated estimation proposes that the projected emissions from the first 120 days of the conflict were greater than the annual emissions of 26 individual countries and territories.

Ellie Kinney06.06.24

Articles

CEOBS | National climate action plans must include military emissions

COP28 agreed that countries must submit new Nationally Determined Contributions by February 2025. These transparent national plans for climate action play an important role in defining a country’s commitment to tackling the climate crisis but at present military emissions are largely absent from them. As Linsey Cottrell finds, failing to include them this year could delay their inclusion until 2030.

Ellie Kinney04.06.24

Media

The Atlantic | Military Emissions Are Too Big to Keep Ignoring

Zoë Schlanger shines a light on hidden military emissions within the UNFCCC and reports from COP28.

Ellie Kinney11.03.24

Reports

European Commission | Navigating Climate Change in Defence

This joint guide from the European Commission Joint Research Centre, European Commission Joint Research Centre and European Defence Agency maps out how Cheifs of Defence Staff can incorporate climate change considerations into their planning, including climate action and emissions reductions.

Ellie Kinney11.03.24

Videos

DW Planet A | The biggest blindspot of climate change

This informative and accessible video from DW explores military emissions as one of the biggest blindspots of climate change, and what we can do to change this.

Ellie Kinney23.02.24

Actions

CEOBS | Checklists for assessing military emissions mitigation strategies and reporting

As more militaries publish climate mitigation strategies, we have developed checklists to evaluate action and amibtion which anyone can use. If your country's Ministry of Defence has published a climate mitigation strategy or chooses to report their emissions, you can use the checklists too. If you do, make sure you get in touch and let us know your findings!

Ellie Kinney19.02.24

Articles

CEOBS | Ticking boxes: are military climate mitigation strategies fit for purpose?

Militaries are increasingly publishing climate mitigation strategies, so we have developed checklists to evaluate them. In this post Linsey Cottrell introduces the checklists, reviews UK and US strategies, and also compares military decarbonisation efforts with those of another large and challenging sector: healthcare.

Ellie Kinney19.02.24

Articles

CEOBS | Does reporting military emissions data really threaten national security?

While a few militaries report their greenhouse gas emissions, others do not, often citing national security concerns. In this post, Linsey Cottrell compares this to commercial confidentiality practice, gives examples of military datasets available in the public domain and questions whether the security implications of military emissions reporting are real or imagined.

Ellie Kinney07.02.24

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