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CEOBS | National climate action plans must include military emissions

COP28 agreed that countries must submit new Nationally Determined Contributions by February 2025. These transparent national plans for climate action play an important role in defining a country’s commitment to tackling the climate crisis but at present military emissions are largely absent from them. As Linsey Cottrell finds, failing to include them this year could delay their inclusion until 2030.
Ellie Kinney
04.06.24
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CEOBS | “Always money for war”: reflecting on COP28

COP28 was a memorable COP for many reasons; a record-breaking 100,000 attendees, the first ever ‘peace day’, and the landmark establishment of a long awaited loss and damage fund. But yet again, and as with its predecessors, no outcome documents mentioned the contribution that military activities or warfighting makes to the climate crisis. Ellie Kinney reports on what was new.
Ellie Kinney
21.12.23
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CEOBS | Reflections on the UK Defence and Climate Change report

The UK House of Commons Defence Committee has released the Defence and Climate Change report, following their inquiry launched in May 2022. The report found that the UK MoD can ‘do much more to measure and reduce its carbon emissions, without eroding military capacity’. Linsey Cottrell provides a brief summary of the report findings and welcomes the recommendations calling for more demanding targets,…
Ellie Kinney
18.08.23
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EJIL: Talk! | Whose emissions are these anyway? The Paris Agreement and greenhouse gas emissions emanating from occupied territories: a case study of Ukraine, Georgia and Russia

This blog post from Yiokasti Mouratidi explores the question of emissions emanating from occupied territories by undertaking a case study on the positions taken by Ukraine and Georgia, as States facing occupation on their territories, and Russia, as the respective occupying power. It thereafter maps out existing international law principles that could assist in establishing an objective approach towards this.
Ellie Kinney
26.07.23