On January 10, 350.org held an important webinar titled "Divest from MIlitarism, Invest in Life" about the large footprint of militarism and the possible effects on climate change. Both 350.org speakers and experts as well as webinar attendees made a significant contribution on the subject (below).
More information and future events can befound on the 350.org website.
Here are some key resources from our moderator and speakers. We encourage you to join their listservs to learn more about and stay connected to their critical work:
Follow Dharna Noor’s work in The Guardian and check out these articles and another webinar on this topic that she recently moderated:
Divert military spending to fund climate aid, activists urge Cop28
Climate Collateral: Exposing the Role of Militarism in the Climate Crisis
Learn more about Dr. Crawford’s Costs of War project
Learn more about 350Africa and the StopEACOP campaign
Zaki spoke about this article in The Guardian: Emissions from Israel’s war in Gaza have ‘immense’ effect on climate catastrophe
Learn more about the Grassroots Global Justice Alliance
Learn more about Honor the Earth
Contact: climate@veteransforpeace.org
Primer on climate security: the dangers of militarising the climate crisis from TNI
Retired US Army Colonel And Diplomat Says Neutrality Needed Now More Than Ever | Ann Wright
Resisting Green Militarism: Building Movements for Peace and Eco-Social Justice by Nico Edwards with the World Peace Foundation
The Problem of the Unionized War Machine, Jewish Currents
A Working-Class Foreign Policy Is Coming, The Nation
Just Transition: A Framework for Change, Climate Justice Alliance
The Climate Book: The Facts and the Solutions by Greta Thunberg
Neptune Frost 2021 film
Colonialism, Zionism, Sectarianism w/ Ussama Makdisi, The Dig
US and UK militaries ‘owe’ combined $111bn in climate reparations – study, The Guardian
The Climate Movement x The Peace Movement: Our Movements are Linked, presentation from 350 Seattle
Embracing Israel/Palestine by Rabbi Michael Lerner
350.org Responds to Announcement By Countries to Triple Nuclear Energy
Excerpts From "Six Stops On The National Security Tour”, Progressive Hub
We Get What We Pay For: The Cycle Of Military Spending, Industry Power, And Economic Dependence, Costs of War Project
“Always money for war”, reflecting on COP28, Conflict and Environment Observatory