One month on from the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the DEC, UNICEF, Oxfam and others continue to raise funds for the desperate bombed out children, women and men of Ukraine. All focus is on the immediate humanitarian needs, as the world waits in hope for a ceasefire that will lead to negotiations that will bring … Continue reading Russia-Ukraine: one more conflict fuelling climate chaos
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
COP26 Open Letter Media Release
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
Doubly Unsafe : Our nuclear weapons bases ‘set to flood’
In an incredibly revealing 2019 gathering of the Climate and National Security Forum, senior USA naval defence officials candidly laid out the enormity of the climate – and by extension financial – emergency facing US bases at home and abroad. Unfortunately, the solutions were very much about reducing emissions and supporting mitigation and adaptation in … Continue reading Doubly Unsafe : Our nuclear weapons bases ‘set to flood’
Today marks UN International Peace Day
To coincide with this and the UN General Assembly meeting September 14-27, Tipping Point North South’s Transform Defence project publishes its updated briefing
