To tackle climate change, we need peace

Preventing wars, demilitarisation and promoting peace are vital strategies for tackling climate change.

Croakey News carried our piece on the need for greater action and accountability for military greenhouse gas emissions:

The consultation paper which was released recently for Australia’s first National Health and Climate Strategy rightly recognises health equity as one of the important guiding principles.

However, there is one glaring inequity in climate strategies globally that continues to be overlooked. It is the virtual blind eye turned toward military greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, while health and other civilian sectors attempt the hard yards of reducing their emissions.

Read the full article in Croakey News.

Find out more about our work on this issue on our Peace + Climate campaign page. 

In Australia, where military activity is rapidly increasing, the Defence Department is paying grossly inadequate attention to climate change.

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