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Ellie Kinney

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UK Defence Committee | Defence and Climate Change Inquiry Evidence

The UK House of Commons Defence Committee is conducting an inquiry into ‘Defence and Climate Change’. Linsey Cottrell, Environmental Policy Officer at The Conflict and Environment Observatory, and Dr Stuart Parkinson, Executive Director at Scientists for Global Responsibility, were invited to give evidence on 24th January 2023, focusing on the Ministry of Defence's emissions.  
Ellie Kinney
21.02.23
Academic papers

International Affairs | Low-carbon warfare: climate change, net zero and military operations

Defence has a carbon problem. This article introduces the concept of ‘low-carbon warfare’ as a means of capturing recent developments, the extent to which they dovetail with existing concerns regarding the business of war in the twenty-first century, and the prospect of significant changes to how militaries operate in the years ahead as the global energy transition unfolds.
Ellie Kinney
16.02.23
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UNFCCC Global Stocktake | Military and Conflict Emissions

This submission to the Global Stocktake calls for the inclusion of military and conflict greenhouse gas emissions in the UNFCCC'S Global Stocktake process for the Paris Agreement. This was supported by Tipping Point North South, Conflict and Environment Observatory, Scientists for Global Responsibility, Costs of War, Transform Defence, Concrete Impacts, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, Zoï Environment Network…
Ellie Kinney
16.02.23
Articles

CEOBS | Have EU military “greening” policies had any effect?

“Military greening” is receiving growing attention, so in 2022, we examined the environmental policies of EU militaries, and how easy it was to measure performance against them. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has radically changed military priorities, and increased military spending, but with the triple planetary crises of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution accelerating, it remains vital that efforts to…
Ellie Kinney
24.01.23
Media

Berliner Zeitung | Putin should pay for climate damage from war in Ukraine

In this article, Michael Maier reports (in german) on the environental consequence of the war in Ukraine, featuring interviews with Lennard de Klerk, author of the report 'Climate damage caused by Russia's war in Ukraine', Stuart Parkinson from Scientists for Global Responsibility, and Oliver Heidrich, Senior Lecturer at the University of Newcastle.    
Ellie Kinney
14.12.22