The Military Emissions Gap @militaryemissions.org · 13/10/2026While NDCs are quiet on the climate impact of militaries, multiple countries reference how conflict is a barrier to climate mitigation and adaptation with impacts like damage to ecosystems, increased vulnerability and hits to financial investment. 120
The Military Emissions Gap @militaryemissions.org · 22/09/2026How are climate change, conflict and peace connected? We spoke to @saferworld.bsky.social's Warpod and Mitzi Jonelle Tan about militaries and the transition away from fossil fuels, after the Santa Marta conference held earlier this year. Listen here: www.saferworld-global.org/multimedia/w... 000
The Military Emissions Gap @militaryemissions.org · 26/08/2026It's encouraging seeing growing numbers of researchers engaging with the challenge of estimating conflict GHG emissions. This Dutch team used Material Flow Analysis, finding that two months of Russia's invasion of Ukraine equalled the monthly emissions of Denmark link.springer.com/content/pdf/... 020
The Military Emissions Gap @militaryemissions.org · 08/06/2026This 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! 000
The Military Emissions Gap @militaryemissions.org · 24/04/2026We will be addressing this topic with friends in Santa Marta, sharing our hopes for ambitious transition roadmaps and exploring what a Just Transition means for peace and security on a local and international level. Register to join us in person or online here: peaceboat.org/english/news... 021
The Military Emissions Gap @militaryemissions.org · 24/04/2026We 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? 184
The Military Emissions Gap @militaryemissions.org · 18/03/2026The #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 022
The Military Emissions Gap @militaryemissions.org · 24/02/2026Today 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 043
The Military Emissions Gap @militaryemissions.org · 29/12/2025The populist and extreme right would love military sustainability, and environmental and climate security discourse, to be a culture war issue. It's quite important that they are called out on this, at least on the platforms populated by humans. 121
The Military Emissions Gap @militaryemissions.org · 05/12/2025While the International Criminal Court's new environmental policy guidance considers the atmosphere part of the "natural environment" this explicit mention of atmospheric damage in relation to the crime of aggression is of particular relevance for conflict GHG emissions. 010
The Military Emissions Gap @militaryemissions.org · 18/11/2025At COP30, Ukraine’s Ministry of Economy, Environment & Agriculture has announced a $43 billion claim from Russia for the climate damage caused by the invasion, based on conflict emissions calculations by the Initiative on GHG Accounting of War. 010
The Military Emissions Gap @militaryemissions.org · 11/11/2025Next week, the Ministry of Economy, Environment and Agriculture of Ukraine joins @ecodiya.bsky.social and the Initiative on GHG accounting of War to call for accountability for the climate damage caused by Russia’s invasion, featuring @tonyagotha.bsky.social, @laurencetubiana.bsky.social and more. 110
The Military Emissions Gap @militaryemissions.org · 11/11/2025On Saturday, the Initiative on GHG accounting of war and @ecodiya.bsky.social are at the Ukraine pavilion sharing the latest data on the climate damage caused by Russia’s war in Ukraine. 110
The Military Emissions Gap @militaryemissions.org · 11/11/2025Our main side event takes place on Friday, where speakers from @ceobs.org, @sipri.org, @qmul.bsky.social Humanity and Inclusion, @ecodiya.bsky.social and the Initiative on the GHG accounting of War will outline the full extent of how conflicts impact the climate and what the UNFCCC can do about it. 121
The Military Emissions Gap @militaryemissions.org · 11/11/2025On Thursday, we’re joining @wilpf.bsky.social, IPPNW, Peace Boat and @peacetrack.bsky.social to share our latest analysis on the Military Emissions Gap as we explore the climate cost of militarism. 120
The Military Emissions Gap @militaryemissions.org · 11/11/2025As #COP30 kicks off in Belém, here’s where you can find @ceobs.org and friends across the next two weeks: 111
The Military Emissions Gap @militaryemissions.org · 09/10/2025How has 3 years of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine impacted emissions? The latest report from IGGAW escalates the climate damage of the war to over £43bn, with emissions matching the annual outputs of Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia combined. en.ecoaction.org.ua/climate-dama... 030
The Military Emissions Gap @militaryemissions.org · 11/07/2025The 'Big Beautiful Bill' is set to push the US Dept of Defense budget towards a record $1 trillion. According to @cplusc.bsky.social, this will make US military and its industrial apparatus the 38th largest emitter in the world. Read more here: climatecommunityinstitute.substack.com/p/1-trillion... 095
The Military Emissions Gap @militaryemissions.org · 21/06/2025It's #ShowYourStripes Day. We still don't know how great a contribution the GHG emissions from militaries and armed conflicts are making to these temperature increases but with military spending rising, it's vital that we figure it out, and fast. showyourstripes.info 001
The Military Emissions Gap @militaryemissions.org · 16/06/2025Almost 12 hours after its intended start time, the Bonn intersectional climate talks are about to begin, apparently delayed by difficulties agreeing the agenda. What we do know is that once more, military emissions are not on the formal agenda of this year’s talks. 020
The Military Emissions Gap @militaryemissions.org · 13/06/2025The Brazilian #COP30 Presidency has been comparatively silent on the linkages between #ClimateFinance and military spending, and between conflicts, militarism and emissions. Lula's acknowledgement of the former this week is therefore welcome. agenciagov.ebc.com.br/noticias/202... 000
The Military Emissions Gap @militaryemissions.org · 19/05/2025TOR for the UK #JetZero task force: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68233b... Military aviation is not in scope, but "shared learnings or significant trade-offs will be considered appropriately." 000
The Military Emissions Gap @militaryemissions.org · 24/02/2025Today marks 3 years since the start of Russia's full scale invasion of Ukraine. The war has caused an estimated 230 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent - around the same as the annual emissions of Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia combined. en.ecoaction.org.ua/climate-dama... 152
The Military Emissions Gap @militaryemissions.org · 11/02/2025Interesting to see 'hidden emissions: the direct and indirect impacts of armed conflicts' highlighted as an emerging issue in the latest @eea.europa.eu horizon scanning report: www.eionet.europa.eu/etcs/etc-st/... 057
The Military Emissions Gap @militaryemissions.org · 05/02/2025www.climate.mil a major climate portal on the Department of Defense’s website has been scrapped. This is how it looked as per 21 Feb. Colleagues @responsiblesci.bsky.social have archived data should you need it. #ClimateCrisis 034
The Military Emissions Gap @militaryemissions.org · 30/01/2025Today, the UK launched its ambitious NDCs, stating that ‘climate action must be an economy-wide target, covering all sectors’ - no prizes for guessing which sector isn't included? www.gov.uk/government/p... 112
The Military Emissions Gap @militaryemissions.org · 19/12/2024The US Army and US Navy both have targets to reach a 50% reduction in emissions by 2030, joining the federal commitment to be net-zero by 2050, outlined in their climate strategies. Does to failure to integrate these strategies into the updated NDCs suggest a lack of commitment? 100
The Military Emissions Gap @militaryemissions.org · 19/12/2024The US has published its updated Nationally Determined Contribution, the plan mandated by the Paris Agreement which sets the path to net zero. It will come as a shock to no one that the plan fails to address the largest user of fossil fuels in the US government - the military. 131
The Military Emissions Gap @militaryemissions.org · 10/12/2024An earlier draft of this year's NDAA featured this proposal to figure out emissions from non-tactical vehicles but was, as ever short of radical decarbonisation policies. 4/n 100
The Military Emissions Gap @militaryemissions.org · 10/12/2024Responsibility for this lies with the Republican-run House Armed Services Committee. It fought against a range of race, gender and climate components of the #NDAA as part of its "focus on lethality". Climate was viewed as part of this "woke agenda" 2/n 100
The Military Emissions Gap @militaryemissions.org · 10/12/2024House Republicans look to have successfully stripped #ClimateChange from 2025's $895bn National Defense Authorization Act (#NDAA) with this amendment. In a sign of what the next 4 years look likely to bring, climate change has been branded part of the woke agenda. 1/n h/t @stephensemler.bsky.social 142
The Military Emissions Gap @militaryemissions.org · 10/12/2024Thanks for the heads up, that's quite something, and quite depressing. Whereabouts are we in the finalisation process for the NDAA 2025? 240
The Military Emissions Gap @militaryemissions.org · 20/11/2024At Ukraine’s #COP29 pavilion, Deputy Minister Victoriya Kyreeva, Mary Robinson, and Lennard de Klerk are carrying on the conversation about how conflicts impact climate change and how these impacts reach beyond Ukraine. 010
The Military Emissions Gap @militaryemissions.org · 19/11/2024Today marks 1,000 days since the full scale invasion of Ukraine. Yesterday we joined Ukraine’s Ministry of Environmental Protection, Lennard de Klerk and Dr Ben Neimark at #COP29 to share how research estimating the emissions from the invasion can help us understand the climate impacts of other wars 133
The Military Emissions Gap @militaryemissions.org · 18/11/2024TODAY at #COP29 - side events on conflict and military GHG emissions. The events will present a new methodology for tracking conflict emissions, and hear about emerging practice in military emissions reporting and decarbonisation. 084
The Military Emissions Gap @militaryemissions.org · 15/11/2024The European Parliament has adopted its annual #ClimateChange resolution. Once again it calls on EU and its member states to help close the military emissions gap by formulating a proposal for the transparent accounting of military emissions to the UNFCCC. #COP29 1/2 153
The Military Emissions Gap @militaryemissions.org · 15/11/2024Ukrainian activists, coordinated by Ecoaction highlighted the connections between fossil fuels and Russia’s invasion. A new report from Razom We Stand has also called for more sanctions on Russian oil and gas to reduce global emissions and pave the way for peace. #COP29 3/5 100
The Military Emissions Gap @militaryemissions.org · 15/11/2024In yesterday’s action to ‘stop fuelling genocide’, Palestinians called for an energy embargo against Israel and activists led chants for “demilitarisation, collective liberation” 2/5 100
The Military Emissions Gap @militaryemissions.org · 12/11/2024Positive to see voluntary action to improve the transparency of military emissions reporting in #Singapore's latest National GHG Inventory report unfccc.int/sites/defaul... 010
The Military Emissions Gap @militaryemissions.org · 12/11/2024TFW when you realise your research has been memed by the UN. #COP29 110
The Military Emissions Gap @militaryemissions.org · 11/11/2024A few useful insights into Indian naval decarbonisation policies in this recent paper library.imarest.org/record/11167... 000
The Military Emissions Gap @militaryemissions.org · 08/11/2024The second #COP29 side event will present a new methodology for tracking the greenhouse emissions associated with armed conflicts. #COP29Azerbaijan Both events are in-person or can be streamed online via the UNFCCC's Youtube events channel. 2/2 022
The Military Emissions Gap @militaryemissions.org · 08/11/2024Excited to be collaborating on two #COP29 side events on 18/11. One explores emerging #military practice on greenhouse gas emissions reporting and decarbonisation. 1/2 #COP29Azerbaijan 110