GDAMS 2023

aljazeera: Are militaries driving the climate crisis?

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 …

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Global military spending soars during cost-of-living crisis – and Britain is in the thick of it

Banner image for UK statement - image shows a military helmet used as a plant pot next to the slogan " War Costs us the earth"

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 …

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