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New publications & UN Summit of the Future

Posted on September 23, 2024September 24, 2024 by TPNS

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TPNS's Transform Defence project released two publications to mark these international weeks of action, and, notably, also to mark the UN Summit of the Future.

Global Week Of Action For Peace & Climate Justice

Posted on September 23, 2024October 19, 2024 by TPNS

The annual week of action for peace and climate justice aims to raise awareness of the links between war, militarism and climate injustice. It also coincides with the UN Summit of the Future.

Temperatures 1.5C above pre-industrial era average for 12 consecutive months

Posted on July 10, 2024 by TPNS

The world has baked for 12 consecutive months in temperatures 1.5C (2.7F) greater than their average before the fossil fuel era, new data shows. Temperatures between July 2023 and June 2024 were the highest on record, scientists found, creating a year-long stretch in which the Earth was 1.64C hotter than in preindustrial times. Carlo Buontempo, … Continue reading Temperatures 1.5C above pre-industrial era average for 12 consecutive months

NATO’s Record Military Spending in 2023 Caused More GHG Emissions than Qatar

Posted on July 9, 2024July 9, 2024 by TPNS

Embargoed: 00:01am CET, 9 July As NATO marks its 75th anniversary in Washington D.C. from 9-11 July 2024, new research shows that its record military expenditure of $1.34 trillion produces millions of tonnes of greenhouse emissions and diverts millions of dollars from climate finance. The research briefing, Climate in the Crosshairs,(1) produced by the international … Continue reading NATO’s Record Military Spending in 2023 Caused More GHG Emissions than Qatar

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

Posted on June 20, 2024July 7, 2024 by TPNS

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.