The Double Dividend: How Reducing Military Spending Can Finance a Just Transition

Launched at the Santa Marta Conference in Colombia. The Double Dividend from the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) and Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative makes the case that reducing military expenditure is one of the most significant – and most politically avoided – levers available to finance a just global transition away from fossil fuels.

APRIL 24-29 SANTA MARTA, COLOMBIA

FIRST CONFERENCE ON TRANSITIONING AWAY FROM FOSSIL FUELS This critically important gathering  will serve as a strategic space for dialogue among a broad range of stakeholders, including government representatives, experts, rural and Indigenous Peoples, Afro-descendant communities, civil society, climate advocates, industry leaders, and academia.  TPNS made its submission on the War Machine and Arms Industry as part … Continue reading APRIL 24-29 SANTA MARTA, COLOMBIA

COP30 REPORT: DISARMING THE CLIMATE CRISIS

Our COP30 official event analysed six interconnected dimensions of this crisis: military emissions, military spending, fossil fuels and conflict, extractivism in Colombia and the Philippines, fossil-fuel-enabled occupation and genocide in Palestine, and nuclear injustice in the Pacific. Collectively, the speakers demonstrated how feminist and peace-based approaches provide essential pathways to climate justice.   COP30 Disarming the Climate … Continue reading COP30 REPORT: DISARMING THE CLIMATE CRISIS

TPNS participation at COP30 in Brazil

For COP30 in Brazil TPNS activities included a new report, updated briefings and an official side event, all addressing military emissions, military spending and climate finance. PUBLICATIONS Report “Climate Reparations for Military Emissions” Key findings:  In this report, we estimate that the global top 20 military spenders alone are responsible for at least 10 billion … Continue reading TPNS participation at COP30 in Brazil