MEDIA RELEASE 03/06/2021 Embargoed until 00.01 Friday 4 June G7 Summit: The clock is ticking on the global military fulfilling its responsibility in reaching net-zero Academics, NGOs, activists and creatives support a call for G7 militaries to come clean on their carbon emissions ahead of COP 26 in Glasgow. Tipping Point North South’s Transform … Continue reading G7 Open Letter Media Release
DW: Scorched earth: The climate impact of conflict
https://www.dw.com/en/the-bootprint-of-war-carbon-emissions/a-57682807 by Stuart Bruan, Deutsche Welle From the dumping of defoliants like Agent Orange on forests in Vietnam to oil wells set ablaze during the Gulf War and the contamination of the aquifers bombed in Gaza, environmental destruction has long been a by-product of conflict. Less talked about is the impact of war and the military on the climate crisis. This … Continue reading DW: Scorched earth: The climate impact of conflict
Our new piece in the latest issue of The Environment magazine
'Smoking guns: how global defence spending hurts the environment' The Environment (May 2021) by CIWEM The Environment pieceDownload
TPNS new initiative launched with two new reports and a call to ‘Transform Defence’ on 5th anniversary of Paris Climate Agreement
Tipping Point North South has pulled together its various military spending strands under one new banner: Transform Defence for Sustainable Human Safety is a project comprising a number of elements including the Five Percent Proposal and the case that military spending is an urgent international development issue; the global military’s impact on climate change and … Continue reading TPNS new initiative launched with two new reports and a call to ‘Transform Defence’ on 5th anniversary of Paris Climate Agreement
Coming soon: two new reports
TWO NEW REPORTS RELEASED TO MARK THE PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT ANNIVERSARY IN DECEMBER. To coincide with the launch of its TRANSFORM DEFENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE HUMAN SAFETY project, Tipping Point North South will release two new reports. Five years after the Paris Climate Conference it’s time for governments to include the global military in all climate action. On … Continue reading Coming soon: two new reports
Transform defence for sustainable human safety 