https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/24/the-pentagon-doesnt-need-886bn-i-oppose-this-bloated-defense-budget The proposed military budget that the Senate is now debating would increase defense spending by $28bn to over $886bn, an all-time record. The total is over $900bn if you include nuclear weapons spending through the Department of Energy.... Much of this additional military spending will go to line the pockets of hugely profitable defense … Continue reading Bernie Sanders & 10% Cut to USA Defence Budget 2024
Media Digest
The topic of military emissions - and spending - and is attracting ever more media attention - from BBC World Service to Al Jazeera, Reuters to China Global TV Network. BBC World Service: The Climate Question https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct5bk3 Al Jazeera: https://www.aljazeera.com/program/the-stream/2023/5/10/are-militaries-driving-the-climate-crisis Deutsche Welle: https://www.dw.com/en/climate-another-casualty-of-the-war-in-ukraine/a-65848033 Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/article/climate-change-military-emissions-insigh-idCAKBN2YQ001 China Global Television Network: https://newseu.cgtn.com/news/2023-07-11/Should-planet-go-to-war-with-world-armies-over-gas-emissions--1lkDtHyrLfW/index.html
ATTENDANCE at BONN CLIMATE CONFERENCE (JUNE 2023)
Following on from our COP27 Official Side Event in Egypt entitled Dealing with military and conflict related emissions under the UNFCCC. TPNS were co-organisers of a 4-speaker side event at the Bonn Climate Conference in June. The event would also address military emissions. SIDE EVENT Our session was entitled ‘Closing the Global Stocktake’s military … Continue reading ATTENDANCE at BONN CLIMATE CONFERENCE (JUNE 2023)
Taking Our Message To Bonn Climate Conference June 2023
Following on from our COP27 Official Side Event in Egypt entitled Dealing with military and conflict related emissions under the UNFCCC we are delighted to be part of a side event at the Bonn Climate Conference in June. The event will also address military emissions. One of the recommendations in our report (May 2022) Military … Continue reading Taking Our Message To Bonn Climate Conference June 2023
‘Price gouging’ by defence companies
CBS 60 minutes programme reveals the extent of 'price gouging' by defence companies flush with "cash beyond their needs for operations or investment." They have tens of billions of excess cash from Pentagon business to hand out to shareholders. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPvpqAaJjVU https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pentagon-budget-price-gouging-military-contractors-60-minutes-2023-05-21/
Transform defence for sustainable human safety 