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Guest blog at From Poverty to Power (Oxfam)

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"What has global military spending and emissions got to do with development? Rather a lot." Read it here https://frompoverty.oxfam.org.uk/what-has-global-military-spending-and-emissions-got-to-do-with-development-rather-a-lot/ Listen to Duncan Green talk about this piece The full episode is available here. https://frompoverty.oxfam.org.uk/development-nutshell-round-up-24m-of-fp2p-posts-w-b-21st-and-28th-february/

Russia/Ukraine War – How It Got to This Point and Was There Ever a Chance It Could Have Taken Another Course?

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Death wish As the Russian invasion of Ukraine gets ever deeper and the tanks roll on and the airstrikes hit civilian and other targets and EU arms flow into Ukraine from all over Europe and Germany commits 100bn Euros to a new armed forces fund, so the planet continues to heat up, the IPCC’s latest … Continue reading Russia/Ukraine War – How It Got to This Point and Was There Ever a Chance It Could Have Taken Another Course?

COP26 Global military emissions & net zero

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lI5itnxaUkA TRANSFORM DEFENCE:  PRE-COP26 MEDIA & RESOURCES PACK In advance of COP26 (1-11 Nov), TPNS is releasing its Transform Defence media and resources pack.  We aim  to draw public, media and political attention to the absence of any official COP26 discussion on the role of military greenhouse gas emissions on climate change and therefore, the … Continue reading COP26 Global military emissions & net zero

COP26 Open Letter Media Release

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MEDIA RELEASE      21/10/21 COP26: THE GLOBAL MILITARY, BIG OIL AND CLIMATE CHANGE Today Tipping Point North South’s Transform Defence for Sustainable Human Safety project releases its COP26 media pack to draw public, media and political attention to the absence at COP26 of any discussion on the role of military  greenhouse gas emissions on climate change … Continue reading COP26 Open Letter Media Release