Dr Stuart Parkinson, GCOMS UK Co-Chair, appeared on an Aljazeera panel last night discussing military carbon emssions, alongside Lindsay Koshgarian, Program Director of The National Priorities Project and Marcy Winograd, Coordinator of Code Pink Congress. Write up for the show “For years, climate activists have centered their work around stopping some of the world’s biggest …
New data on global military spending – published today – shows that last year it grew by 3.7% above inflation to a massive $2.24 trillion. The UK’s percentage increase – 3.7% – was higher than its largest NATO allies – the USA, France, Germany, Italy, Canada, and Turkiye. The new spending data has been published …
The West seems more fixated on spending social wealth on the military rather than addressing the climate catastrophe. During late April and early May, South Asia experienced the terrible impacts of global warming. Temperatures reached almost 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit) in some cities in the region. These high temperatures came alongside dangerous flooding in …
The UK government’s Spring Statement announced that its core budget for the military, for the four years 2021-25, has been slightly increased from that given its Autumn Budget to £190.9 billion. The increase is £0.4bn, which includes £0.1bn of military aid (to date) for Ukraine. This expenditure level follows the largest increase in military spending …
1. Militarism diverts crucial resources from the climate emergency After the failure of the G7 to reach meaningful agreement under UK leadership, there is serious concern for the vital COP26 negotiations. Government spending to reduce UK carbon emissions is dwarfed by new spending on weapons of war. 2. The military Industrial complex is fuelling climate …
Today Rishi Sunak released details of the Budget at Westminster. It included an increase in military spending from £42bn in 2020-21 to £46 in 2021-22, part of a £24bn increase to the military budget over 4 years announced in November. This boost to military spending, the largest in 70 years – since the Korean War …
