Transform defence for sustainable human safety
The paradigm shift for defence, security, foreign and development policies in a climate changed world.
TPNS attended Bonn Climate conference for the first week – 7-13 June. It was a packed five day week (+one day each end travelling) – much progress was made and many plans discussed with a range of potential allies and collaborators – plans which will take us from COP31 in Turkey to Bonn 2027 and COP32 in Ethiopia.
Renevlyn Development Initiative (RDI) and Tipping Point North South co-hosted a one-day hybrid training to build the capacity of Nigerian journalists to effectively report on why nuclear power plants are a false solution to the energy deficit in Africa. The event was well attended by journalists across the media spectrum who came to listen to … Continue reading Global movement against new nuclear power plants
Our round-up of the historic Santa Marta Conference, with special attention to our issue – military spending.
TPNS was accredited to the conference as a virtual attendee, was a member of the content and demands working group and made a 2 page submission on the War Machine and Arms Industry as part of the civil society consultation seeking responses to ‘barriers’ and ‘solutions’. The TPNS submission included the call for ‘the creation of a working group to investigate routes by which nations can agree on the universal, equitable redirection of military spending to support Global Just Transition Fund’.
Launched at the Santa Marta Conference in Colombia. The Double Dividend from the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) and Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative makes the case that reducing military expenditure is one of the most significant – and most politically avoided – levers available to finance a just global transition away from fossil fuels.
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Transform defence for sustainable human safety 