This section lists the main outputs of Scientists for Global Responsibility on:
- military carbon emissions;
- comparisons between resources used for military activities and for tackling climate change;
- military greenwash; and
- the links between climate change and conflict.
Main reports are listed first, followed by other outputs grouped by date.
For material on the threat of climate change due to nuclear war - i.e. nuclear winter - see our project page on the Nuclear weapons threat.
Main reports
Estimating the military’s global greenhouse gas emissions
Stuart Parkinson and Linsey Cottrell; November 2022
Under the Radar: the carbon footprint of Europe's military sectors
Stuart Parkinson and Linsey Cottrell; February 2021
The environmental impacts of the UK military sector
Stuart Parkinson; May 2020
2020-2025
What does the global arms race mean for climate action?
Deborah Burton, Nick Buxton, Stuart Parkinson; April 2025 (short briefing)
Military carbon emissions: how can we stop them rising?
Stuart Parkinson; SGR conference (online); October 2024 (presentation)
Future War: Will it really be clean and green?
Stuart Parkinson; Queen's University, Belfast; Septemeber 2024 (presentation)
Climate, war and nuclear weapons
Stuart Parkinson; Festival for Survival, Glasgow; November 2023 (presentation)
UK military carbon emissions: assessing the latest data
Stuart Parkinson; Military Emissions Gap conference, Oxford; September 2023 (presentation)
How big are global military carbon emissions?
Stuart Parkinson; Responsible Science journal; July 2023 (article)
UK military GHG emissions and the Greening Government Commitments
Stuart Parkinson; May 2023 (short technical report)
Selling war amid climate change
Nico Edwards; Instick Media; May 2023 (article)
Military carbon emissions: what does the data say?
Stuart Parkinson; Bruno Kreisky Forum seminar, Vienna, Austria; May 2023 (presentation)
Decarbonize the military — mandate emissions reporting
Mohammad Ali Rajaeifar, Oliver Belcher, Stuart Parkinson, Benjamin Neimark, Doug Weir, Kirsti Ashworth, Reuben Larbi, and Oliver Heidrich; Nature; November 2022 (article)
How war in Ukraine is derailing climate action
Stuart Parkinson; SGR conference (online)/ Peace campaigners' day school, Oxford; October 2022 (presentation)
Does climate change cause war? Or does war cause climate change?
Stuart Parkinson; Science4Society Week webinar; March 2022 (presentation)
Comparing official UK statistics for military greenhouse gas emissions
Stuart Parkinson; January 2022 (short technical report)
COP26, peace and the carbon bootprint of the military
Stuart Parkinson; webinar organised by QCEA, QPSW, NFPB; January 2022 (presentation)
Challenging the military carbon bootprint
Stuart Parkinson; People's Summit for Climate Justice (at COP26), Glasgow; November 2021 (presentation)
The carbon bootprint of the military (update)
Stuart Parkinson; Merseyside Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament webinar; June 2021 (presentation)
More fight, less fuel: the military approach to climate change
Stuart Parkinson; Responsible Science blog; June 2021 (article)
Military v climate spending in the UK
Stuart Parkinson; Global Campaign on Military Spending (UK) webinar; February 2021 (presentation)
Will the UK reduce its military carbon emissions?
Stuart Parkinson; Rethinking Security blog; July 2020 (article)
UK military carbon footprint equivalent to over six million cars
Stuart Parkinson; Responsible Science blog; May 2020 (article)
The carbon boot-print of the military
Stuart Parkinson; Responsible Science journal; January 2020 (article)
2015-2019
The carbon bootprint of the military
Stuart Parkinson; Movement for the Abolition of War conference, London; June 2019 (presentation)
Military spending hits record levels, while climate finance falls short
Stuart Parkinson; Laboratory News; June 2018 (article)
Could climate change lead to a nuclear war?
Stuart Parkinson; CND conference, London; October 2017 (presentation)
UK military-industrial interests and climate change
Stuart Parkinson; People's Climate Summit (at COP21), Paris, France; December 2015 (presentation)
Nuclear weapons and climate catastrophe
Philip Webber; SGR conference, London; November 2015 (presentation)
Demilitarization for deep decarbonization
Tamara Lorincz; SGR conference, London; November 2015 (presentation)
Wind turbines and solar panels into nuclear weapons: the UK's new industrial strategy?
Stuart Parkinson; The Ecologist; October 2015 (article)
Pre-2015
Climate or military?
Stuart Parkinson; Laboratory News; April 2014 (article)
Nuclear weapons over wind turbines? UK R&D policies are warped
Stuart Parkinson; New Scientist; February 2014 (article)
Conflict and climate change
Movement for the Abolition of War; October 2013 (video, including interviews with SGR)
War in Libya – the role of the arms and oil industries
Stuart Parkinson; SGR Newsletter; October 2011 (presentation)
Military R&D 85 times larger than renewable energy R&D
Stuart Parkinson; SGR Newsletter; winter 2008 (article)
Climate change and military conflict
Stuart Parkinson; Movement for the Abolition of War AGM, London; November 2008 (presentation)
Guns and global warming: war, peace and the environment
Stuart Parkinson; Network for Peace AGM, London; February 2007 (presentation)
NB all locations for presentations are in the UK, where not otherwise indicated.
