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UK Strategic Command Defence Support | Sustainable Support Strategy

The Sustainable Support Strategy is Defence Support’s initial response to the challenges climate change poses. It outlines a plan to reduce emissions and increase the sustainability of operations, through novel approaches and technology.

Ellie Kinney14.12.22

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CEOBS/SGR | Estimating the military’s global greenhouse gas emissions

In this joint study with Scientists for Global Responsibility, we describe an innovative new methodology to provide updated estimates for global and regional military GHG emissions. In particular, we find that the total military carbon footprint is approximately 5.5% of global emissions- greater than that of Russia.

Ellie Kinney14.12.22

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MAPW Australia | Defence Emissions: Briefing Paper

This briefing paper, published by The Medical Association for Prevention of War (Australia), explores military emissions within the context of the Australia Defence Force.

Ellie Kinney23.11.22

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Climate damage caused by Russia’s war in Ukraine

This interim assessment, which is focused on four activity areas directly affected by the war, concludes that greenhouse gas emissions for seven months of the full-scale war totals at least 100 million tCO2e. This is the equivalent of the total GHG emissions over the same period in a country like The Netherlands. As a number of impacts of this war…

Doug Weir01.11.22

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OSCE | Climate of Change: Reshaping Military Emissions Reporting

OSCE participating states produce approximately a third of the world’s carbon emissions and two-thirds of the world’s military spending. This paper recommends standardising and increasing the transparency of military emissions reporting to prompt broader discussion of the military sector’s environmental impact.

Ellie Kinney20.10.22

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US Air Force | Climate Action Plan

In this report, the US Air Force outlines for the first time plans to reach Net Zero emissions by 2046. This includes two operational bases using at least 10% of "sustainable aviation fuel blends" by 2025, but only if it is cost effective to do so. The plan also includes piloting small nuclear power reactors and utilising local renewable energy…

Ellie Kinney10.10.22

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CEOBS | A framework for military greenhouse gas emissions reporting

This paper examines the need for military greenhouse gas emissions reporting, its functions and components, and sets out an initial framework for the military sources that emissions reporting should cover, including those associated with armed conflicts.

Doug Weir22.06.22

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Perspectives Climate Group | Military and conflict-related emissions: Kyoto to Glasgow and beyond

Reporting arguing that under the Paris Agreement, rules for reporting of military and conflict-related emissions need to be developed. Both independent reporting of operational emissions of military in peacetime as well as large-scale war-related emissions is to be taken up with high priority. Military emissions should play a relevant role in the Global Stocktake due to be finalized by COP28…

Doug Weir21.06.22

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US DoD | Report on Greenhouse Gas Emission Levels

This report from the US Department of Defense reviews the total level of greenhouse gas emissions for each of the last 10 years. This information is broken down by military department as well as by installation or operational emissions.

Ellie Kinney17.06.22

Reports Uncategorized

IMCCS | Decarbonized Defense

Decarbonized Defense: The Need for Clean Military Power in the Age of Climate Change, is the first in a series of papers comprising the third annual World Climate and Security Report. The paper warns that militaries must accelerate efforts toward net zero to achieve a 'win-win-win: minimize fossil fuel-related operational vulnerabilities, undermine petro-dictators like Vladimir Putin, and combat climate change.'

Ellie Kinney07.06.22

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US Navy | Climate Action 2030

As one of his first acts, President Biden prioritized climate change as an essential element of national security in Executive Order 14008, Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad. In this document, Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro sets out how the Department of the Navy will achieve the commitment to net-zero emissions by 2050.

Ellie Kinney01.06.22

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US Army | Climate strategy 2022

Executive Orders (EO) 14008 and 14057 instruct the U.S. government to work deliberately to put the world on a sustainable climate pathway, build resilience both at home and abroad, and catalyze beneficial private sector investment. Starting from the policies and directives in the EOs, the Army will pursue three major goals to reach the Army Climate Strategy (ACS) end state.…

Doug Weir09.02.22

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