Military and conflict emissions are overlooked by the UNFCCC and IPCC, and the Global Stocktake is an opportunity to begin to remedy this.
Taking Our Message To Bonn Climate Conference June 2023
Following on from our COP27 Official Side Event in Egypt entitled Dealing with military and conflict related emissions under the UNFCCC we are delighted to be part of a side event at the Bonn Climate Conference in June. The event will also address military emissions. One of the recommendations in our report (May 2022) Military … Continue reading Taking Our Message To Bonn Climate Conference June 2023
MORE FROM THE BIG ONE: Why War is a Racket
Also speaking at the XR peace picket of the MOD was David Collins, a former Royal Marine who then worked for years on renewable energy, is a delegate to Veterans for Peace USA and on the executive of MAW. Transcript for his talk is available here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFDlxUGt4Fc&ab_channel=MAW%3AMovementfortheAbolitionofWar
TPNS at XR’S THE BIG ONE
Friday 21st April was an amazing day of XR organised activity. Day one of four days was dedicated to pickets of every major government department. Under the banner Unite to Survive more than 200 organisations came together to form a ‘movement of movements’. The demand was for elected representatives do all and everything necessary to … Continue reading TPNS at XR’S THE BIG ONE
IPCC – We need to talk about the military
The IPCC final synthesis report of this AR6 cycle tells us we are overshooting 1.5 degrees. Governments know what this means. Our home planet is nearing 2 degrees of warming. From there, all bets are off. When people and planet desperately need urgent 21st century answers to a 20th century made catastrophe, with Code Red warnings … Continue reading IPCC – We need to talk about the military
Transform defence for sustainable human safety 