Dr Stuart Parkinson, SGR, summarises the available data on international military carbon emissions. He argues that past and present data indicates that, as military spending increases rapidly in the wake of the Ukraine war, these emissions are likely to rise as well, despite some efforts to control them.

Presentation at the Bruno Kreisky Forum for International Dialogue, Vienna (via video link), on 25 May

Online publication: 29 May 2023
 

Download pdf of Stuart Parkinson's slides & notes

Watch video of presentation on YouTube
(which includes a discussion with Franz Essl and Monika Halkort on the broader environmental impacts of the military)