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Spending on the world’s militaries is climbing rapidly. Dr Stuart Parkinson summarises SGR's major new report examining how this rise is affecting carbon emissions.
16 September 2025
Dr Philip Webber, SGR, summarises the key scientific and technological information on the current threat from nuclear weapons.
4 August 2025 (updated)
Blogs
Dr Keith Baker, Glasgow Caledonian University, and colleagues explain new Scottish Government proposals for improving the environmental performance of homes. It could be a model for use in other nations.
30 July 2025
Journal articles
With oil majors abandoning climate targets and politicians friendly to their interests capturing power, Andrew Simms looks at how SGR’s campaigning history inadvertently sparked an idea that informed and framed a major international campaign.
9 Sept 2025
Presentations
Dr Stuart Parkinson, SGR, describes how military activities are hidden within greenhouse gas emissions accounting. However, the available data still points to them being a major contributer to the climate crisis.
19 September 2025
With military spending climbing rapidly around the world, this report assesses and compares the results of 11 recent studies which have tried to estimate how such spending rises will impact greenhouse gas emissions.
September 2025
This page lists SGR's main outputs on the carbon footprint of sport, including reports and articles. There is a particular focus on the role of high-carbon sponsorship and air travel.
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