An hour of informal conversation with activists on the ground at COP28. How does militarism escalate climate breakdown? What has antimilitarism got to do with climate justice?
MLK & climate justice: war as a metaphor for climate chaos
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
climatemilitarism.org website live!
The website of the Arms, Militarism and Climate Justice working group, an informal network of researchers and activists committed to ending militarisation of the climate crisis, https://climatemilitarism.org/, is now live. CONTINUE READING
MLK Day: Dismantle Triple Evils and Transform Defence
The fact is that MLK’s ‘triple evils’ - poverty, racism and militarism - remain an interconnected ‘nexus’ that civil society has yet to fully address. What Dr.King says below of the USA in 1967 could apply to most nations on earth and most certainly the top 20 military spenders who in 2019 accounted for 85% of $1.9 trillion annual military total spend.
Water, Peace & Security partnership
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-D4Q1XPNFg&feature=youtu.be Water insecurity is increasing worldwide. 36% of the world’s people live in water-scarce regions. On average, droughts affect over 50 million people annually and cause more than $5 billion of damage. These numbers are set to increase, due to population growth, rapid urbanisation, and growing economic demands for water. Climate change further intensifies these … Continue reading Water, Peace & Security partnership
Transform defence for sustainable human safety 