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Bonn Climate Conference attendance + arms industry tax & military spending filtering through

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For our work on military emissions and military spending, it has become an important calendar moment and we attended our second Bonn conference in June 2024. We were able to deepen conversations started at previous gatherings (COP, Bonn, CAN International) as well as develop new climate finance conversations. Both military emissions and military spending were widely referenced and the latter gives hope we are making progress in getting it included in the climate finance debate.

Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic

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To implement the anti-vax campaign, the Defense Department overrode strong objections from top U.S. diplomats in Southeast Asia at the time, Reuters found. Sources involved in its planning and execution say the Pentagon, which ran the program through the military’s psychological operations center in Tampa, Florida, disregarded the collateral impact that such propaganda may have on … Continue reading Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic

The time is now to put arms industry profiteers and polluters in the climate finance frame

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Deborah Burton and Ho-Chih Lin reflect on why we need to put the global arms industry in the climate finance frame. --------- The time is now to put arms industry profiteers and polluters in the climate finance frame. As we write this, the world has been witnessing Israel’s indiscriminate carpet bombing in Gaza. It is … Continue reading The time is now to put arms industry profiteers and polluters in the climate finance frame

Working with the British Media on Gaza

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By Leila Sansour Leila Sansour is an acclaimed Palestinian British filmmaker of two feature documentaries – Jeremy Hardy vs the Israeli Army and TPNS supported Open Bethlehem, both released across cinemas in the UK. Leila is currently working as a freelancer on Gaza coverage with ITV news. Here she takes deep and highly critical dive into British media coverage … Continue reading Working with the British Media on Gaza