As we enter the sixth month of the Russian invasion of Ukraine TPNS has written an Open Letter to Antonio Guterres. It calls on him to consider concrete proposals that address runaway military spending and excess profits by defence companies. Is excessive military spending coupled with defence industry excess profits a legitimate source to tap … Continue reading Open Letter to UN Sec General as we enter 6th month of Russia’s invasion
Media Release. Unreported military emissions: pushing them up the UNFCCC agenda
MEDIA RELEASE 09/06/22 Embargoed until 00.01 09/06/22 Unreported military emissions: pushing them up the UNFCCC … Continue reading Media Release. Unreported military emissions: pushing them up the UNFCCC agenda
Stockholm+50 and Global Military Emissions: Ideas for Discussion
To mark the UN gathering Stockholm+50, Transform Defence has published its briefing Stockholm+50 and Global Military Emissions: Ideas for Discussion. We are honoured to have the foreword written by Professor Saleemul Huq , Chair of the Expert Advisory Panel for the Climate Vulnerable Forum. Global military emissions elude mention, let alone inclusion, in formal debates … Continue reading Stockholm+50 and Global Military Emissions: Ideas for Discussion
MLK film & Transform Defence at Union Chapel
To mark April 4th, the date of MLK’s assassination, TPNS was invited to host a screening of 'From Montgomery to Memphis' on 26 March at the Union Chapel Islington . 'From Montgomery to Memphis' was released in 1970, and follows Dr.King's 13 years of civil rights activism, from his first bus boycotts to his assassination on April … Continue reading MLK film & Transform Defence at Union Chapel
COP26 Global military emissions & net zero
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
Transform defence for sustainable human safety 