Doug Weir – The Military Emissions Gap

Reports

Climate damage caused by Russia’s war in Ukraine

This interim assessment, which is focused on four activity areas directly affected by the war, concludes that greenhouse gas emissions for seven months of the full-scale war totals at least 100 million tCO2e. This is the equivalent of the total GHG emissions over the same period in a country like The Netherlands. As a number of impacts of this war…

Doug Weir01.11.22

Articles

CEOBS | Tracking military greenhouse gas emissions in war and peace

What sources of greenhouse gas emissions should militaries be tracking and reporting on? Ellie Kinney introduces a CEOBS report that examines military emissions in both peacetime and during conflicts.

Doug Weir22.06.22

Reports

CEOBS | A framework for military greenhouse gas emissions reporting

This paper examines the need for military greenhouse gas emissions reporting, its functions and components, and sets out an initial framework for the military sources that emissions reporting should cover, including those associated with armed conflicts.

Doug Weir22.06.22

Reports

Perspectives Climate Group | Military and conflict-related emissions: Kyoto to Glasgow and beyond

Reporting arguing that under the Paris Agreement, rules for reporting of military and conflict-related emissions need to be developed. Both independent reporting of operational emissions of military in peacetime as well as large-scale war-related emissions is to be taken up with high priority. Military emissions should play a relevant role in the Global Stocktake due to be finalized by COP28…

Doug Weir21.06.22

Articles

GMF | NATO and climate change: Better late than never

In the same week that Russia sent its troops into Ukraine, the International Panel on Climate Change produced its latest report, indicating that 50 percent of all the inhabitants of this planet will be impacted to severely impacted by climate change with current global warming trends by 2040. Even an event as catastrophic in humanitarian and political terms as Putin’s…

Doug Weir11.03.22

Media

TIME | To take Climate Change seriously, the U.S. military needs to shrink

The Department of Defense (DOD) has embarked on a decarbonization push in recent months, claiming to be in the process of building a greener American fighting force. But many environmentalists and academics say that fully decarbonizing the country’s current military and its vast network of overseas bases simply isn’t realistic. Carbon cuts, they argue, will come with trade-offs, and at…

Doug Weir18.02.22

Reports

US Army | Climate strategy 2022

Executive Orders (EO) 14008 and 14057 instruct the U.S. government to work deliberately to put the world on a sustainable climate pathway, build resilience both at home and abroad, and catalyze beneficial private sector investment. Starting from the policies and directives in the EOs, the Army will pursue three major goals to reach the Army Climate Strategy (ACS) end state.…

Doug Weir09.02.22

Reports

IISS | Green Defence: the defence and military implications of climate change for Europe

This report assesses not only the implications for European armed forces of operating in climate changed worlds, but also the opportunities for reducing carbon footprint from new technologies. It assesses the challenges of implementing the necessary changes to military operations, training and capability and identifies success factors for this essential transformation.

Doug Weir09.02.22

Articles

CEOBS | Why militaries shouldn’t be exempt from EU battery laws

Military plans to electrify fleets as part of their energy and climate mitigation strategies will increase demand for batteries, and the raw materials for their production. However, forthcoming EU battery legislation contains a blanket exemption for military batteries. In this post, Piotr Barczak and Linsey Cottrell argue why removing it is a question of credibility for militaries touting their sustainability…

Doug Weir08.02.22

Media

Boston Globe | 28 legislators urge Biden to slash Pentagon emissions

An executive order directs the government to reach net-zero emissions by 2050, but exempts the Defense Department. A letter led by Senator Markey demands the White House close that loophole.

Doug Weir28.01.22

Articles

NSA | Behind the US pursuit of military exemptions to the Kyoto Protocol

Using declassified documents and contemporary reports this post explores the advocacy by US negotiators in Kyoto for national security exemptions during and after the climate change conference.

Doug Weir21.01.22

Reports

SGR | Comparing official UK statistics for military greenhouse gas emissions

There are serious concerns that the official data published by different government bodies for UK military greenhouse gas emissions are neither consistent nor complete enough to adequately guide policy-making in this area.

Doug Weir17.01.22

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