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 change
“Britain’s military-industrial sector annually emits more greenhouse gases than 60 individual countries“1
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4 November – Day of Action on Climate Change and Militarism – Glasgow. More info.
There will be a range of sessions on climate and militarism at the People’s Summit (7-10 November):
3. Military emissions are excluded from emissions reduction targets
Despite being out of the most significant sectors in terms of emissions, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change does not require Governments to report military emissions, so most do not. Where any sort of reporting exists it is incomplete and excludes the supply chain and operational emissions which are significant. Sadly, physics doesn’t respect the notion of national security secrecy and military emissions continue to push us toward climate disaster. This has to stop or it will undermine all our other efforts to bring emissions under control. We’re backing two campaigns to ensure COP26 sees the end of the military exception.
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- “The environmental impacts of the UK military sector” May 2020, Scientists for Global Responsibility
