We are in Santa Marta, Colombia for the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels. Previous climate frameworks have failed to address militaries, yet both climate breakdown and rising militarism are increasingly urgent problems. Will governments in Santa Marta break the mould?

States, academics and civil society will soon meet in #SantaMarta #Colombia for a conference on phasing out fossil fuels. To avoid past mistakes @militaryemissions.org argues that this process must address #military fuel use ceobs.org/fossil-fuel-... @fossiltreaty.bsky.social @ciel.org

The #SantaMarta conference on a fossil fuel transition must navigate and address #military emissions and fossil fuel insecurity. Our post explores this and how breaking from a consensus model can mean a break from military climate inaction. ceobs.org/fossil-fuel-...

The #SantaMarta conference on a fossil fuel transition must navigate and address #military emissions and fossil fuel insecurity. Our post explores this and how breaking from a consensus model can mean a break from military climate inaction. ceobs.org/fossil-fuel-...

Useful overview from @carbonbrief.org, which provides a global snapshot of our collective fossil fuel insecurity www.carbonbrief.org/iran-war-ana...

With the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels being hosted in Colombia next month, more and more climate campaigners are examining the impact of ongoing conflicts on plans for a global transition. www.scmp.com/week-asia/he...

The first #IranWar GHG emissions estimate is out. And in 2 weeks it's been more than the combined annual emissions of the 84 least emitting countries www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

The #Iran war is disrupting fossil fuel supply chains but while states increasingly recognise that renewables reduce exposure to geopolitical shocks, there are dangers that emergency energy policies will lock-in emissions and energy insecurity ceobs.org/dont-lock-in... @fossiltreaty.bsky.social

Israeli attacks on four oil facilities in #Tehran this weekend have exposed millions of Iranians to harm. In this post we explore the attacks and unpack their health and environmental consequences: ceobs.org/black-rain-t... 1/3 #IranIsreal #Iran #IntLaw

Today marks 4 years since Russia's full scale invasion of Ukraine. The latest report from the Initative on GHG Accounting of War finds that the invasion has resulted in emissions comparable to the annual emissions of France and could cause over $57 billion of climate damages. report6en.warbon.org

Like water access before it, #Israel is weaponising #solar energy in the #WestBank. While settlers destroy Palestinian panels, the state promotes its green credentials while using access and land to power the movement of settlers into occupied areas. www.972mag.com/israel-solar...

Hard to think of a dumber 21st Century energy and security policy than Trump's insistence that the Pentagon buy more coal power. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

The EU's new #CBAM carbon border tax contains a military exemption that not only undermines industrial decarbonisation, it also places military supply chains at risk, meaning it runs counter to both EU #climate and defence policy. Our new post explains more: ceobs.org/how-the-eus-...

'Attention on climate security and adaptation must not distract from the parallel need for assertive action to address the cause of climate change and work to reduce NATO’s own GHG emissions,' says NATO STO's new report on #ClimateChange and security: www.sto.nato.int/document/the... 1/3

War devastates lives, displaces communities, and shatters societies. According to @ceobs.org, global militaries are also responsible for roughly 5.5% of total greenhouse gas emissions, more than the entire aviation and shipping industries combined, deepening the environmental crisis.

New paper arguing that aligning the EU's military build up with the energy transition would help strengthen the EU technical leadership and strategic autonomy. www.iris-france.org/soft-power-m...

Australia isn't doing enough to integrate #ClimateChange adaptation and mitigation into its defence strategy www.aspistrategist.org.au/an-appeal-fo... #AusPoli

It may be some time before sustainable aviation fuel plays a role in reducing military aviation emissions, all the more reason for ensuring comprehensive and transparent military emissions reporting now. bsky.app/profile/ryan...

The populist and extreme right would love military sustainability, and environmental and climate security discourse, to be a culture war issue. It's quite important that they are called out on this, at least on the platforms populated by humans.

Some say the UK Ministry of Defence "is too large and complex an organisation for net zero targets, and it must prioritise its mission." Anyway, here's the NHS's latest report on its decarbonisation journey: www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...

Any politicians who believe investment in green energy is not an investment in security are frankly deluded. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

PhD Studentship in War and Climate Change: University of Reading, UK. This looks like a great opportunity for someone wishing to study the military's contribution to the climate crisis: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPU288/p...

While the International Criminal Court's new environmental policy guidance considers the atmosphere part of the "natural environment" this explicit mention of atmospheric damage in relation to the crime of aggression is of particular relevance for conflict GHG emissions.

As #Ukraine announced that it will seek climate damage reparations from Russia, we spoke to Time about the climatic and wider environmental impact of war time.com/7335449/ukra...

“We have to prioritise #ClimateAction even in a time marked by war and conflict.” Well done #Denmark. www.euronews.com/green/2025/1...

New report reveals even the most transparent nations are only reporting a tiny fraction of their true military carbon footprint... www.sgr.org.uk/publications... 🧪

If armed forces were a country, they’d be the 4th-largest emitter.

At COP30, Ukraine’s Ministry of Economy, Environment & Agriculture has announced a $43 billion claim from Russia for the climate damage caused by the invasion, based on conflict emissions calculations by the Initiative on GHG Accounting of War.

At COP30, military emissions continue to be left off the UNFCCC agenda. Through our side event, we were proud to address the intersection between climate, conflict and militaries directly, alongside @qmul.bsky.social, @sipri.org, @ecodiya.bsky.social, HI, and the Initiative on GHG Accounting on War.

New #COP30 @thewaronclimate.bsky.social policy brief exploring the #UNFCCC’s military emissions reporting blind spot, how rising military spending is exacerbating the problem and what needs to be done to address it: ceobs.org/briefing-acc... Recommendations🧵1/4

As #COP30 kicks off in Belém, here’s where you can find @ceobs.org and friends across the next two weeks:

Les armées du monde entier alertent sur la nécessité urgente de se réarmer, alors que le dérèglement climatique devient une menace majeure pour la sécurité, même si leurs propres émissions de carbone continuent d'augmenter. www.bbc.com/afrique/arti... #COP30

Wars affecting every corner of the globe, military spending at a record high, and 1.5 degrees breached. Our #COP30 preview wonders what, if anything, will be delivered on conflict, climate and militarism. ceobs.org/cop30-what-t...

#Military spending and GHG emissions are rising but reporting is getting worse. Our new analysis finds that the the top three military spenders are either no longer reporting emissions to the #UNFCCC (US and China), or the data is useless (Russia): ceobs.org/new-data-rev... #COP30

It's #EnvConflictDay; we're making progress but the challenges are huge. More people are aware and care than ever before but the rules that are supposed to protect the environment in war are broken daily, and it's people and ecosystems paying the cost.

Our new analysis finds that military spending and GHG emissions are rising but national emissions reporting to the #UNFCCC is getting worse. Some major military spenders have stopped reporting, including the US, Russia and China. ceobs.org/new-data-rev... #COP30

A welcome #COP30 preview on military and conflict emissions. NATO declined to comment for it, a rather different tone than in the Stoltenburg era... www.spglobal.com/commodity-in...

Failing to count the GHG emissions from conflicts "underreports and distorts our understanding of global warming and undermines the ability of the international community to tackle its causes." theconversation.com/how-wars-rav...

In a new post on @ceobs.org, Usman Ali explains how South Asia is being hard hit by the #ClimateCrisis but #India and #Pakistan's security postures are diverting money from adaptation and contributing to emissions: ceobs.org/militarisati...

Militaries are betting on SAF as a bridging fuel. A new @carbontracker.bsky.social report finds that even if all existing, under development and announced projects operate at full capacity, production would only supply around 5% of global jet fuel demand by 2030 carbontracker.org/sustainable-...

Rheinmetall's proposed Giga PtX project aims to establish a Europe-wide network of several hundred modular e-fuel production plants; capable of producing 5-7,000 tonnes of military use diesel, marine diesel, or kerosene/facility/year. www.rheinmetall.com/en/media/new...

Did you ever wonder why politicians and militaries talk up the use of small modular reactors? Military dependence on civil #nuclear industries is a key factor. theconversation.com/the-hidden-m...

ICYMI last week retired senior military personnel call for spending renewable energy to be counted as defence expenditure under the NATO GDP spending pledges. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

New paper suggests that the GHG emissions for a decade of reconstruction in #Ukraine would be 741 Mt CO2, 4x Ukraine’s pre-war annual territorial emissions. iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

Whether they like it or not, militaries face a future of low carbon warfare, and without change, they risk being locked into outdated technologies even as global energy systems shift, argues @duncandepledge.bsky.social. 🦕 www.lboro.ac.uk/news-events/...

#EU green transition and defence policies are at times contradictory, e.g. exempting military spending from the “do no significant climate harm” principle. This @ecfr.eu report instead argues that the two areas can be mutually reinforcing ecfr.eu/publication/...

The climate crisis is increasing the risk from wildfires on military training ranges, even as increased military spending may increase training intensity and militaries explore the potential of lands to sequester carbon, offsetting their emissions 1/2 www.stripes.com/theaters/asi...

How's your autumn going? Intense? Us too. It's always our busiest time of the year thanks to all the international events that take place. They are amazing opportunities to speak up on conflict and the environment but it's A LOT. Right now we're two down, five to go. 👇

Exciting to see this new project launching today, when the question of what genuine security looks like has never been more important. Be sure to follow @transitionsec.bsky.social and find out more in their launch essay: jacobin.com/2025/10/milita…

How has 3 years of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine impacted emissions? The latest report from IGGAW escalates the climate damage of the war to over £43bn, with emissions matching the annual outputs of Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia combined. en.ecoaction.org.ua/climate-dama...