Military #ClimateAction? Blown apart by rising military spending via @responsiblesci.bsky.social Some militaries have strategies to reduce their carbon emissions – but the latest data shows these are being dwarfed by the effects of spiralling arms spending. rethinkingsecurity.org.uk/2026/07/17/m...

Military Climate Action Swamped by Spending Rises

Some militaries have strategies to reduce their carbon emissions – but the latest data shows these are being dwarfed by the effects of spiralling arms spending. Stuart Parkinson investigates.

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We're really looking forward to contributing to this!

PSA Environmental Politics Specialist Group@psaenvironmental.bsky.social · 4w ago

We're really excited for our workshop @warwickpais.bsky.social, featuring speakers from @ids.ac.uk @ceobs.org @polisatleeds.bsky.social and more! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-enviro...

NATO countries are currently negotiating a €26 billion upgrade to fossil fuel pipelines. While NATO countries may be focused on expanding drone capabilities, this serves as a reminder that militaries are locked into fossil fuel use for decades to come. www.politico.eu/article/cost...

Cost disputes stall NATO’s mammoth military pipeline overhaul

Upgrading NATO’s fuel pipelines would be the most expensive project in the alliance’s history and is splitting member countries.

politico.eu

More and more governments are publishing military climate strategies, but are they actually helping to reduce the climate impact of militaries or are they simply greenwashing? Thanks to @responsiblesci.bsky.social for this great new resource!

Scientists for Global Responsibility@responsiblesci.bsky.social · last mo.

Militaries are failing on climate action. Our latest report takes an in-depth look at the climate strategies of 26 nations' militaries 🧵👇🧪 www.sgr.org.uk/publications...

Closing off the hottest June on record, the UK’s Defence Investment Plan (DIP) has landed. With barely any mention of climate in the document itself, what impact will the DIP have on the UK's climate action? 🧵 assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a44e9...

Progressive left parties in Spain have tabled a Congress proposal demanding the Government detail "rigorously and completely" the GHG emissions of the Spanish Armed Forces, and promote regulation of Spanish defence industry emissions: www.democrata.es/en/politics/...

Parties demand transparency on military emissions

Sumar, ERC, Bildu, Podemos and BNG demand Defense data on military emissions and a binding international standard to declare and reduce them.

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Russia's war against Ukraine is funded by fossil fuels, even as its military's reliance on them is exposing the inherent vulnerabilities associated with moving carbon in conflict. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Fuel sales halted in occupied Crimea as Ukraine targets oil facilities

Fuel had already been rationed due to shortages caused by Kyiv's attacks against supply routes in Russian-occupied territories.

bbc.co.uk

How has the US-Israel war on Iran impacted global energy policies? A new report from @climateactiontracker.org analyses government responses and impacts of decarbonisation.

Climate Action Tracker @climateactiontracker.org · 2mo ago

3/ Our latest briefing examines responses across 40 countries following the Iran energy shock. The picture is mixed, with many governments still falling short of measures that would support future #decarbonisation. 📚 Read the full briefing here: climateactiontracker.org/publications...

Dan Jørgensen, commissioner for energy and housing at the European Commission says the lesson “is now impossible to ignore: dependence on imported fossil fuels is not only an environmental liability, it is a major strategic and economic vulnerability.” www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

Iran Shock Jolts Asia and Europe to Speed Up Energy Transition

From the Yom Kippur war to Russia’s attack on Ukraine, history shows that major events in the oil and gas markets can drive enduring changes to the global energy mix.

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This week, we’re at the UNFCCC June Climate Meetings talking about militarism and climate breakdown. Our Researcher Grace joins a side event today at 12 CEST to share the latest on military emissions underreporting in the UNFCCC - if you’re in Bonn, join us!

We're at London Climate Action Week later this month and part of @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social climate security forum, talking about the #Iran war and conflict and military emissions, register here: luma.com/dr185usx #LCAW26

Climate Security Forum - King's College & E3G · Luma

Amidst geopolitically turbulent times, climate action risks being sidelined as governments prioritize defence spending and economic resilience in response to…

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1/2 Communicating the scale of conflict pollution incidents can be a challenge, here researchers examining the oil fires in Tehran liken them to a volcano. The fires were the result of Israeli airstrikes and exposed huge numbers of civilians to pollutants www.newscientist.com/article/2527...

Attack on Iran’s oil released as much pollution as a volcano

Airstrikes on Tehran earlier this year emitted a plume containing almost 30,000 tonnes of sulphur dioxide that reached Asian countries

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We are in Santa Marta, Colombia for the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels. Previous climate frameworks have failed to address militaries, yet both climate breakdown and rising militarism are increasingly urgent problems. Will governments in Santa Marta break the mould?

States, academics and civil society will soon meet in #SantaMarta #Colombia for a conference on phasing out fossil fuels. To avoid past mistakes @militaryemissions.org argues that this process must address #military fuel use ceobs.org/fossil-fuel-... @fossiltreaty.bsky.social @ciel.org

Fossil fuel transition talks must address militaries - CEOBS

Wars, spiralling military spending, a global energy crisis? We explain why militaries must be part of a future fossil energy transition.

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The #SantaMarta conference on a fossil fuel transition must navigate and address #military emissions and fossil fuel insecurity. Our post explores this and how breaking from a consensus model can mean a break from military climate inaction. ceobs.org/fossil-fuel-...

Fossil fuel transition talks must address militaries - CEOBS

Wars, spiralling military spending, a global energy crisis? We explain why militaries must be part of a future fossil energy transition.

ceobs.org

The #SantaMarta conference on a fossil fuel transition must navigate and address #military emissions and fossil fuel insecurity. Our post explores this and how breaking from a consensus model can mean a break from military climate inaction. ceobs.org/fossil-fuel-...

Fossil fuel transition talks must address militaries - CEOBS

Wars, spiralling military spending, a global energy crisis? We explain why militaries must be part of a future fossil energy transition.

ceobs.org

Useful overview from @carbonbrief.org, which provides a global snapshot of our collective fossil fuel insecurity www.carbonbrief.org/iran-war-ana...

With the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels being hosted in Colombia next month, more and more climate campaigners are examining the impact of ongoing conflicts on plans for a global transition. www.scmp.com/week-asia/he...

Activists push for Cop31 to discuss impact of wars on global climate

Military activities are hampering the transition towards renewable energy, with data transparency lacking among major defence spenders.

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The first #IranWar GHG emissions estimate is out. And in 2 weeks it's been more than the combined annual emissions of the 84 least emitting countries www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

5m tonnes of CO2 emitted in just 14 days of US war on Iran, analysis finds

Exclusive: War in the Middle East is draining the global carbon budget faster than 84 countries combined

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The #Iran war is disrupting fossil fuel supply chains but while states increasingly recognise that renewables reduce exposure to geopolitical shocks, there are dangers that emergency energy policies will lock-in emissions and energy insecurity ceobs.org/dont-lock-in... @fossiltreaty.bsky.social

Israeli attacks on four oil facilities in #Tehran this weekend have exposed millions of Iranians to harm. In this post we explore the attacks and unpack their health and environmental consequences: ceobs.org/black-rain-t... 1/3 #IranIsreal #Iran #IntLaw

Black rain: the health and environmental risks from Tehran’s oil fires - CEOBS

Attacks on Tehran's oil facilities have exposed millions to harm, we explore the attacks and unpack their health and environmental risks.

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Today marks 4 years since Russia's full scale invasion of Ukraine. The latest report from the Initative on GHG Accounting of War finds that the invasion has resulted in emissions comparable to the annual emissions of France and could cause over $57 billion of climate damages. report6en.warbon.org

Like water access before it, #Israel is weaponising #solar energy in the #WestBank. While settlers destroy Palestinian panels, the state promotes its green credentials while using access and land to power the movement of settlers into occupied areas. www.972mag.com/israel-solar...

With foreign backing, Israel’s solar energy boom is powering apartheid

Israel’s self-branding as a pioneer in sustainability obscures how its ‘green development’ is fueling the takeover of Palestinian land and resources — and international corporations are helping to ban...

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Hard to think of a dumber 21st Century energy and security policy than Trump's insistence that the Pentagon buy more coal power. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Trump orders Pentagon to buy coal power as the polluting fuel struggles to survive

President Donald Trump signed an order directing the Defense Department to favor electricity derived from coal, expanding his campaign to prop up the fossil fuel.

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The EU's new #CBAM carbon border tax contains a military exemption that not only undermines industrial decarbonisation, it also places military supply chains at risk, meaning it runs counter to both EU #climate and defence policy. Our new post explains more: ceobs.org/how-the-eus-...

How the EU’s new carbon border undermines military decarbonisation - CEOBS

Exempting military products from the EU’s new Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) undermines the bloc’s climate and defence policies.

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'Attention on climate security and adaptation must not distract from the parallel need for assertive action to address the cause of climate change and work to reduce NATO’s own GHG emissions,' says NATO STO's new report on #ClimateChange and security: www.sto.nato.int/document/the... 1/3

The Effects of Climate Change on Security | NATO Science and Technology Organization

This report analyses how climate change rapidly transforms NATO’s strategic environment. Four case studies are presented: the northwestern parts of Africa, the Arctic, the east flank (Dnipro watershed...

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War devastates lives, displaces communities, and shatters societies. According to @ceobs.org, global militaries are also responsible for roughly 5.5% of total greenhouse gas emissions, more than the entire aviation and shipping industries combined, deepening the environmental crisis.

The hidden, and often ignored, cost of war on the planet

Learn about the alarming environmental cost of war, with militaries as major contributors to global greenhouse gas emissions.

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New paper arguing that aligning the EU's military build up with the energy transition would help strengthen the EU technical leadership and strategic autonomy. www.iris-france.org/soft-power-m...

‘Soft Power’ Meets ‘Hard Security’: Leveraging Europe’s Regulatory Strength for Energy Transformation in Defence - IRIS

Europe’s defence-industrial expansion coincides with the urgent need to accelerate the energy transition and reduce dependencies on imported fossil fuels and critical raw materials. This paper examine...

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Australia isn't doing enough to integrate #ClimateChange adaptation and mitigation into its defence strategy www.aspistrategist.org.au/an-appeal-fo... #AusPoli

An appeal for climate action in Australia’s next National Defence Strategy | The Strategist

In the 2026 National Defence Strategy (NDS), Australia should outline credible objectives to combat climate insecurity. This would help protect Australia’s long-term defence capabilities, support regi...

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It may be some time before sustainable aviation fuel plays a role in reducing military aviation emissions, all the more reason for ensuring comprehensive and transparent military emissions reporting now. bsky.app/profile/ryan...

Ryan Katz-Rosene, PhD@ryankatzrosene.bsky.social · 7mo ago

I've added 2025 to this ridiculous chart