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.
New publications & UN Summit of the Future
Global Week Of Action For Peace & Climate Justice
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.
The time is now to put arms industry profiteers and polluters in the climate finance frame
Deborah Burton and Ho-Chih Lin reflect on why we need to put the global arms industry in the climate finance frame. --------- The time is now to put arms industry profiteers and polluters in the climate finance frame. As we write this, the world has been witnessing Israel’s indiscriminate carpet bombing in Gaza. It is … Continue reading The time is now to put arms industry profiteers and polluters in the climate finance frame
Media release: NATO 2% SPENDING GOAL COULD DIVERT $2.6 TRILLION FROM CLIMATE FINANCE BY 2028
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.
New article published in Degrowth Journal
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
Transform defence for sustainable human safety 