Media Release: NATO’s Spending Boom Puts Climate Targets at Risk, New Briefing Warns

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A new analysis by the Transnational Institute, Tipping Point North South and Stop Wapenhandel,  released the week of the NATO summit in the Netherlands, shows that the Alliance’s rapid military build‑up is already undermining global climate goals and threatening to divert trillions from clean‑energy investment. Since 2021, NATO nations have raised their combined defence budgets … Continue reading Media Release: NATO’s Spending Boom Puts Climate Targets at Risk, New Briefing Warns

NATO’s Record Military Spending in 2023 Caused More GHG Emissions than Qatar

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 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

Webinar: ‘Climate Collateral’ – Exposing the Role of Militarism in the Climate Crisis

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This webinar, jointly hosted by the Transnational Institute, the Climate and Community Project, Win Without War, and Common Wealth, will present findings from recent reports on the scope and impact of emissions from militaries and related industries in the US, UK, and across NATO member states.

Russian invasion of Ukraine – Articles digest

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Below is an articles reading list culled from various sources that has helped inform our Transform Defence project understanding of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.  No particular order of preference 1. Questions to be asking: LSE Prof Lloyd Gruber https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/2022/03/04/russias-war-with-ukraine-asking-the-right-questions/ 2. Heartbreaking – why the disabled are shunned in the effort to escape the invasion … Continue reading Russian invasion of Ukraine – Articles digest