COP31 side event | The Climate Costs of Military Spending: Emissions, Minerals and Diverted Finance
Join us in Antalya or online for this COP31 official side event exploring the climate impacts of increasing military spending.
Militaries and conflict: critical gaps in climate action
This report analyses how governments address military emissions and armed conflict impacts in UNFCCC Nationally Determined Contributions, the national climate plans that all countries have to submit to the UNFCCC. Military emissions are missing from mitigation plans, while conflict affected countries are increasingly highlighting the obstacle they pose.
Briefing: Accounting for the uncounted – The global climate impact of militaries
Policy briefing exploring the UNFCCC’s military emissions reporting blind spot, how rising military spending is exacerbating the problem and what needs to be done to address it.
Briefing: Militaries, armed conflicts, nature and the climate crisis – Entry points for the IUCN
Policy briefing examining the intersection between militaries, armed conflicts, nature and the climate crisis, including military land management, the conduct of hostilities, and post-war recovery policies, with entry points for the IUCN and its members.
How increasing global military expenditure threatens SDG 13 on Climate action
Paper outlining the impact of rising military expenditure on the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 13: Climate action, looking at the following targets: strengthening resilience; national policies and planning; climate finance; and capacity building for effective climate change management.
COP29 side event: Transparent military emissions reporting and the path to military decarbonisation
At this COP29 side event, militaries from Slovenia and Norway will discuss their decarbonisation journeys and emerging practice, including on transparent emissions reporting.
COP29 side event: Measuring climate impacts across the cycle of armed conflicts
COP29 side event on 18 November will present new conflict emissions tracking methodology informed by research on Ukraine and Gaza.
Checklists for assessing military emissions mitigation strategies and reporting
Easy to use checklists that allow users to judge the likely effectiveness or military climate mitigation strategies and the quality of emissions reporting.