The military carbon bootprint: uniting climate and peace activism
Channel: Scientists for Global Responsibility
Date: 15/10/2021

Dr. Stuart Parkinson, Executive Director, SGR


The military has long been exempt from robust reporting of its carbon emissions, or serious targets for reduction. SGR’s research into the real size of these emissions has highlighted that they are much larger than officially admitted - but also that new plans from, for example, NATO are likely to fail because they only focus on ‘green’ technologies to fight more wars. Stuart argues that climate and peace activists need to work closely together to promote solutions that tackle the root causes of conflict - including tackling climate change itself.