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
Global Campaign on Military Spending UK AGM 2024 – COP28 report back
The AGM for the Global Campaign on Military Spending in the UK took place on Tuesday 30 January 2024 and focused on military emissions and the climate crisis. The meeting was joined by Deborah Burton, Co-Founder of Tipping Point North South, who was at the COP 28 meetings in the UAE in December 2023. Deborah … Continue reading Global Campaign on Military Spending UK AGM 2024 – COP28 report back
Our COP28 round-up: TPNS events, presentations & media
TPNS took its message to civil society, country delegates, UN departments and media. We built on our presence at COP27 as part of an ever growing civil society movement calling for this issue to be centre-stage. We look forward to building on both existing and new connections in our work to get military emissions and spending on the UNFCCC and climate finance agendas respectively.
Video recordings of the 3 COP28 official events we participated in
https://youtu.be/_riIohK3lAs https://transformdefence.org/video-gallery/cop28-official-side-event-4-12/ https://tippingpointnorthsouth.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/green-pavilion-side-event.mp4 https://transformdefence.org/video-gallery/cop28-panel-dicsussion/ https://youtu.be/eyt-XZh2q74 https://transformdefence.org/video-gallery/cop28-side-event-shifting-money-and-powertrue-transformational-climate-action-as-a-peace-and-justice-multiplier/
Webinar: Some insights into COP 28 – What is happening on the ground?
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?
Transform defence for sustainable human safety 