Military climate strategies: are they effective?

Dr Stuart Parkinson summarises SGR's recent research on military climate strategies, including the incomplete reporting of military carbon emissions, the inadequacy of military climate action, and the increasing emissions from rearmament programmes. 

21 September 2026
 

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This is a slightly updated version of a presentation delivered on 18 September 2026 at ‘The environmental politics of war’ conference at Warwick University, UK, organised by the Political Studies Association (Environmental Group). 
 

Also see...

SGR's web-pages on climate change and the military 
https://www.sgr.org.uk/projects/climate-change-military-main-outputs 

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