Doug Weir – Page 2 – The Military Emissions Gap

Videos

CEOBS/CI | Climate change and the military: tracking their carbon emissions

Emissions from militaries make a major contribution to the climate crisis. Just how big this is remains unclear, and without public attention, that's how it will stay. This is why we launched www.militaryemissions.org - it allows anyone to see the military emissions data that the top 60 military spenders report to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Spoiler: most…

Doug Weir12.01.22

Media

WAPO | Militaries are among the world’s biggest emitters. This general wants them to go green.

Washington Post feature on Richard Nugee, the UK three-star general who drew up the climate change strategy for the UK military.

Doug Weir30.12.21

Reports

CEOBS | Environmental CSR reporting by the arms industry

This report examines the environmental Corporate Social Responsibility reporting of some of the world’s biggest arms companies, and discovers that it is surprisingly comprehensive and may therefore be useful in determining military supply chain emissions.

Doug Weir15.12.21

Reports

Greenpeace | Europe’s military missions to protect fossil fuel interests

Report analysing the missions of NATO, the European Union, Spain and Germany, estimating that about two-thirds of EU military operations serve to protect research, extraction and import of gas and oil.

Doug Weir09.12.21

Articles

CEOBS | Military emissions cuts – where do we go from here?

2021 has been an extraordinary year for the campaign to hold militaries accountable for their contribution to the climate emergency, in this post Doug Weir takes stock of where we are, and how we can build on the achievements of COP26.

Doug Weir02.12.21

Media

PopSci | The world’s largest military isn’t reporting its giant ‘carbon bootprint’

The U.S. military has recognized climate change as an “existential” threat to national security, spurring conflict and mass migration. But critics say it hasn’t done enough to stave off climate change—and that’s partly because it’s not required to share how much it pollutes.

Doug Weir23.11.21

Articles

NAADSN | Military emissions reporting: An opportunity for proactive Canadian leadership

The reporting of stationary fuel uses by other nations suggests there may be opportunities for Canadian Armed Forces Bases and Wings to disclose fuel and energy use with greater specificity. To do so would highlight DND and CAF efforts to meet the government-wide target to reduce emissions

Doug Weir12.11.21

Videos

DW News | Key polluter exempt from CO2 targets – Militaries lag in green technologies

DW News interview the Military Emissions Gap, a former Estonian defence minister and NATO to explore the growing pressure on militaries to reduce their emissions.

Doug Weir11.11.21

Media

The Guardian | World’s militaries avoiding scrutiny over emissions, scientists say

Armed forces are among the biggest polluters on the planet but are avoiding scrutiny because countries do not have to include their emissions in their targets, scientists say.

Doug Weir11.11.21

Media

Rudaw | Militaries evading global emission cuts: COP26

A research project launched on Tuesday has criticised leading militaries for significantly under-reporting data on their contributions to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, as delegations including Iraq continue to negotiate global targets for keeping global warming to 1.5 degrees during the second week of the COP26 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow.

Doug Weir09.11.21

Media

Stars and Stripes | Militaries around the world are ‘severely underreporting’ carbon emissions, researchers say

A group of U.K.-based academics is calling for mandatory reporting of the carbon pollution that the U.S. military and its counterparts worldwide release into the atmosphere. On the sidelines of the United Nations climate change conference in Scotland on Tuesday, researchers unveiled a website with data they had compiled, concluding that most militaries are “severely underreporting” their greenhouse gas emissions.

Doug Weir09.11.21

Articles

The Conversation | COP26: how the world’s militaries hide their huge carbon emissions

Climate change leadership requires more than stirring speeches. It means facing up to hard truths. One truth that governments around the world are struggling with is the immense contribution their militaries are making to the climate crisis. The Military Emissions Gap team consider the scale of the problem and argue that emissions reporting is a vital first step.

Doug Weir09.11.21

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