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A much needed boost for climate hope: the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels

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’.

The Double Dividend: How Reducing Military Spending Can Finance a Just Transition

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.

Tackle corporate profiteering from Iran War, and provide cost of living support (Civil Society Letter)

TPNS is one of 40 leading UK civil society organisations which have called on the UK Chancellor to levy excess profits taxes on the windfall revenues numerous sectors are predicted to make as a result of the economic fallout from the US-Israeli war on Iran. Co-ordinated by Tax Justice UK, the letter (26 March) includes reference to war profiteering. … Continue reading Tackle corporate profiteering from Iran War, and provide cost of living support (Civil Society Letter)

APRIL 24-29 SANTA MARTA, COLOMBIA

FIRST CONFERENCE ON TRANSITIONING AWAY FROM FOSSIL FUELS This critically important gathering  will serve as a strategic space for dialogue among a broad range of stakeholders, including government representatives, experts, rural and Indigenous Peoples, Afro-descendant communities, civil society, climate advocates, industry leaders, and academia.  TPNS made its submission on the War Machine and Arms Industry as part … Continue reading APRIL 24-29 SANTA MARTA, COLOMBIA