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NATO military emissions have a major impact on climate change. So Canadian Friends Service Committee has joined a large international call on NATO to count and cut emissions.
NATO has announced plans to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and work towards Net Zero by 2050. However NATO has also said that tracking of emissions will happen using an unpublished methodology it develops. Since this methodology is not publicly available, we have no way of knowing what NATO members will measure, or how they plan to achieve Net Zero.
According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), we need deep and immediate cuts in emissions across all sectors to limit warming to 1.5°C. We don’t have time for empty promises.
1. Count them:
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- NATO: Make the greenhouse gas emissions tracking methodology public so that independent experts can assess its credibility.
- NATO members: Commit to counting emissions using the GHG Protocol and independent verification. Report emissions in a way that is robust, comparable, and transparent.
2. Cut them:
NATO as an institution is not the main source of NATO’s emissions. The vast majority come from the militaries of NATO’s members and June 2022’s announcement did not cover their emissions.
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- NATO members: Commit to verifiable military emission reduction targets that are consistent with the 1.5oC target in the Paris Agreement.
Visit the Conflict and Environment Observatory to see a list of signatories and have your own groups join this call before the United Nations Climate Change Conference in November (COP27).
Find out more about CFSC’s work on climate change.
