Climate change is on the agenda at a three-day summit in Madrid, as the alliance seeks to respond to the Ukraine crisis.
Ellie Kinney30.06.22
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The world's armies must keep pace with global efforts to tackle climate change and cut their huge carbon footprints according to clearly defined benchmarks, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has said.
Doug Weir02.11.21
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