In this DW News package, Teri Schultz explores why the military is constantly left out when it comes to combatting climate change, and whether this could this change.
MinuteWorks22.10.21
June 2021's NATO Summit was hailed as a turning point for its military emissions. But what was it that NATO and its member states committed to? While there were some positive signs, the pledges fell short of what is needed to address military contributions to the climate crisis, in line with the Paris Agreement.
MinuteWorks15.06.21
With so much focus on how climate change can influence security, have we neglected the question of how conflicts influence emissions? This post explains how environmental and social changes in conflict-affected and post-conflict areas can mean significant changes in emissions.
MinuteWorks14.06.21
A joint civil society call launched by CEOBS that urges governments to set meaningful emissions reduction targets and outlines what these targets need to include to be meaningful. The joint call has been signed by more than 200 organisations.
MinuteWorks20.05.21
This CEOBS/SGR study provides the first ever estimate of the carbon footprint of the EU’s military sectors. The report also provides a broad overview of the policies and measures currently being pursued to reduce military GHG emissions in the EU, and their likely effectiveness.
MinuteWorks23.02.21
This report assesses the key environmental impacts of the UK military, arms industry and related sectors. It provides a detailed assessment of UK military greenhouse gas emissions – arguably, more in-depth than previously provided in a report in the public domain. It also gives an overview of other related military environmental issues.
MinuteWorks01.05.20
Neta Crawford explores the U.S. military’s contribution to climate change. She finds that although the Defense Department has significantly reduced its fossil fuel consumption since the early 2000s, it remains the world’s single largest consumer of oil – and as a result, one of the world’s top greenhouse gas emitters.
MinuteWorks01.09.19
Benjamin Neimark, Oliver Belcher and Patrick Biggar introduce the findings of their study into the scale and carbon bootprint of the US military’s supply chains, including its hydrocarbon fuel purchases and distribution.
MinuteWorks24.06.19
This paper examines the US military's impact on climate by analysing the geopolitical ecology of its global logistical supply chains. It argues that to account for the US military as a major climate actor, one must understand the logistical supply chain that makes its acquisition and consumption of hydrocarbon-based fuels possible.
MinuteWorks19.06.19
This report focuses specifically on the military-oil industry relationship to reveal its role in climate breakdown. It argues that we must start to quantify, expose and act upon the climate burden put upon people and planet by the world’s big military spenders.
MinuteWorks02.05.19
Patrick Bigger and Benjamin Neimark explore how the US military used climate change to justify the provision of new military hardware and advanced biofuels, and promoted a vision of resource conflicts to support the development of technologies to overcome the constraints to delivery of fuel to emergent front lines.
MinuteWorks22.03.17