Europe’s €800bn defence push is fuelling emissions that don’t appear in climate targets. A new report by Greenly estimates NATO’s footprint at 256 million tonnes of CO₂e in 2024 alone.

Our interview with Greenly’s CEO explores how military spending risks undermining net-zero goals.

Read: https://climatesolutions.news/spotlight/europes-defence-buildup-could-blow-a-hole-in-climate-goals

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US military's hidden emissions problem. War threats could accelerate climate damage, warns expert. #ClimateCrisis #MilitaryEmissions #EnvironmentalImpact

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/30/donald-trump-geopolitics-could-deepen-planetary-catastrophe-expert-warns

"Washington’s role as guardian of global capital (..) is conterminous with what environmental historians call ‘the #GreatAcceleration’. The advent of the ‘#Anthropocene’ and the spread of American-led #TransnationalCapitalism are intertwined. As such, the #Pentagon’s deadly atmospheric legacy far outstrips the effect of its own emissions."

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#ClimateChange #MilitaryEmissions #militarization #militarism

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https://newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/green-empire