Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, western governments have pledged unprecedented financial support to militarism, citing the threat posed by the war as justification. Political leaders have repeatedly deemed this response to be reasonable, proportionate, and necessary to support Ukraine’s war effort and to deter Russia from advancing further westward. Order print copy
Useat suomalaisjärjestöt – Aseistakieltäytyjäliitto, Rauhanpuolustajat, Rauhanliitto, Sadankomitea, Tekniikka elämää palvelemaan, Kristillinen rauhanliike, Naiset rauhan puolesta, WILPF:n Suomen-osasto ja ajatuspaja Creatura – ovat allekirjoittajina mukana CEOBS:n (Conflict and Environment Observatory) Glasgow’n ilmastokokoukselle osoittamassa vetoomuksessa, joka vaatii sotilaspäästöjen vähentämistä. Vetoomuksen on allekirjoittanut 27.10. mennessä 188 järjestöä. Alla vetoomus suomennettuna.
Transform Defence for Sustainable Human Safety works to put sustainable human safety at the heart of 21st century foreign, defence, security and international development policy-making. We must question the limits of 20th century national self-interest if we are to address the greatest threat to our collective survival – runaway climate change. Transform Defence for Sustainable Human Safety…
December 3 webinar hosted together with the Asia-Europe People's Forum a webinar on Military Spending & Global
(In)Security to discuss how current levels of military spending condition
our global emergencies. Speakers include: Michael T. Klare, Binalakshmi
Nepram, Tarja Cronberg and Walden Bello, and moderators will be Jordi Calvo
and Corazon Valdez Fabros.
The webinar coincides with the presentation of the book edited by GCOMS
coordinator Jordi Calvo "Military Spending and Global Security.
Humanitarian and Environmental Perspectives", published on
November 26 by Routledge. The book gives context to the discussion at
hand, reflecting on why people are not well served by nation-states when
they continuously seek to out-compete one another in the size and
destructive powers of their militaries. The webinar deals with the
scope of military spending around the world, while explaining how militarism
is linked with conflict and security threats, and how military spending
further prevent us from adequately dealing with global problems such as
climate change or the covid-19 pandemic.
Le blog de Ben Cramer, un chercheur sur les guerres et les paix qui a repris l'enseignement de Bouthoul le père de la polémologie (une spécialité très française) " Si tu veux la paix, connais la guerre". Son dada : la géopolitique du développement durable, l'éco-politique internationale et l'insoutenable légèreté des adeptes de la destruction durable.
GND Plus is a five-point plan that gives shape to an essential, additional dimension to all existing Green New Deal discussions and plans - that of not just green prosperity, but peaceful green prosperity.
by Nafeez Ahmed Oct 24 2019
The report says a combination of global starvation, war, disease, drought, and a fragile power grid could have cascading, devastating effects.
The report, titled Implications of Climate Change for the U.S. Army, was launched by the U.S. Army War College in partnership with NASA in May at the Wilson Center in Washington DC. The report was commissioned by Gen. Milley during his previous role as the Army’s Chief of Staff. It was made publicly available in August via the Center for Climate and Security, but didn't get a lot of attention at the time.
Bizarrely for a report styling itself around the promotion of environmental stewardship in the Army, the report identifies the Arctic as a critical strategic location for future US military involvement: to maximize fossil fuel consumption.
Article in the Intercept 15 Sept, 2019, features Rabindranath Tagore and Neta Craword's (Boston university) study "Pentagon Fuel Use, Climate Change, and the Costs of War"
Neta C. Crawford1 Boston University
U.S. Military has left its toxic legacy throughout the world in the form of depleted uranium, oil, jet fuel, pesticides, defoliants like Agent Orange and lead
Michel Chossudovsky, May 18 2015 on
Weather-modification, according to the US Air Force document AF 2025 Final Report.
Officially, the HAARP program has been closed down at its location in Alaska. The technology of weather modification shrouded in secrecy, nonetheless prevails.
AFP 29 Augusr 2009 - Russia plans to purchase a French naval helicopter transport ship this year and is interested in jointly producing more of the vessels, the head of Russia's armed forces said here Wednesday... The French navy currently has two Mistral
1 Sept 2009. "According to Tad Davis, the Army's Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment, Safety and Occupational Health, the military is fast developing a holistic strategy for greening its energy use. “We’re looking at ways we can reduce consumption
Sara Flounders, IAC: "In evaluating the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen -- with more than 15,000 participants from 192 countries, including more than 100 heads of state, as well as 100,000 demonstrators in the streets -- it is important to a