The armies, navies, and air forces of the world are significant greenhouse gas emitters and contribute to the climate crisis taking a growing toll on the lives, health, and livelihoods of people globally.
Doug Weir03.11.21
The Pentagon wants to see improvement from defense contractors in the area of greenhouse gas emissions.
Doug Weir08.10.21
The United Kingdom has legislated for the country to meet the target of the Paris Agreement on climate change, reducing national greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050. The Ministry of Defence is the largest-single contributor to greenhouse gas emissions within the U.K.’s central government.
Doug Weir09.08.21
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Nato) will consider a target to reduce its net greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050, taking on the energy-guzzling machines of modern warfare.
Doug Weir15.06.21
It is no secret that militaries use arsenals of gas-guzzling equipment - like armoured vehicles and aircraft - which are sometimes hauled along with troops around the world. But getting accurate data on their environmental impact is notoriously difficult.
Doug Weir15.06.21
Facing a battle against global warming, NATO has for the first time made it a central focus of planning and strategy. Leaders of the Western military alliance are set on Monday to agree on a climate action plan to make their armed forces carbon-neutral by 2050, and to adapt to threats posed by global warming.
Doug Weir14.06.21
Militaries around the world are under pressure to rapidly reduce their own outsized carbon "bootprint" to help limit global heating — and future climate conflict.
Doug Weir28.05.21
The United Kingdom has set a requirement that its Royal Air Force have net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. But according to Air Chief Marshal Mike Wigston, the service needs to work under the assumption that it has to hit that target a decade earlier.
Doug Weir04.05.21
The West’s armies are getting more serious about climate change. They are beginning to realise how much they are part of the problem
Doug Weir27.04.21