Media release: COP28: Moving Military Spending & Military Emissions up the Agenda

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Media Release   21/11/2023 COP28: MOVING MILITARY SPENDING & MILITARY EMISSIONS UP THE AGENDA With the war in Ukraine far from over and Israel’s war with Hamas and Gaza bombardment, the topic of military emissions reporting and mitigation becomes ever more urgent. Tipping Point North South is building on its first COP contribution last year in … Continue reading Media release: COP28: Moving Military Spending & Military Emissions up the Agenda

Media release: NATO 2% SPENDING GOAL COULD DIVERT $2.6 TRILLION FROM CLIMATE FINANCE BY 2028

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NATO’s goal of 2% spending of GDP on the military will accelerate climate breakdown by diverting millions of dollars from climate finance and increasing greenhouse gas emissions, concludes a new report that urgently calls for a ‘climate dividend’ similar to the ‘peace dividend’ that was won with the end of the Cold War.

MLK & climate justice: war as a metaphor for climate chaos

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All life is interrelated. We are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied into a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly In 2016, the Center for International Environmental Law published a trove of newly released patent record office documents.  They held the smoking gun: evidence that oil companies … Continue reading MLK & climate justice: war as a metaphor for climate chaos

Upcoming:  26 Sept Military Emissions Academic Conference, Oxford

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Along with our June 2022 Report calls for an IPCC Special Report on the role of the military in climate change and inclusion of military emissions full reporting to the Global Stocktake, we called for an academic conference that could begin to draw existing and new research together which could advance our IPCC call.   We … Continue reading Upcoming:  26 Sept Military Emissions Academic Conference, Oxford

New article published in Degrowth Journal

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We are delighted to be included in the inaugural volume of  Degrowth Journal organised as a free, open-access, international, trans-disciplinary, and peer-reviewed journal that focuses on advancing the goals of degrowth. Our article wanted to draw largely unaddressed connections between degrowth and the global military. Placing the military in the degrowth narrative. (2023). In Degrowth journal (Vol. 1). https://degrowthjournal.org/publications/2023-08-21-placing-the-military-in-the-degrowth-narrative/ … Continue reading New article published in Degrowth Journal