Dr Stuart Parkinson, SGR, summarises the latest data on the large but neglected carbon emissions of military activities. These emissions are often not included within official national inventories, and in many cases not even estimated at all. He argues that these emissions need to be counted and rapidly reduced in the struggle against the climate crisis.
Presentation at the Save the Earth, Abolish War conference, London; 29 June 2019
Further reading
The carbon boot-print of the military (January 2020)
Article based on this presentation in Responsible Science Journal
The environmental impacts of the UK military sector (May 2020)
SGR report including updated estimates for UK military carbon emissions
