Issue Briefing from Transnational Institute, Stop Wapenhandel and Tipping Point North South, copublished by Centre Delàs d’Estudis per la Pau: “Climate on the Crosshairs: “The planetary impact of NATO’s spending increases”

As NATO marks its 75th anniversary at its summit in Washington D.C. in July 2024, what will be the climate
impacts of the world’s most powerful military alliance? NATO spent $1.34 trillion dollars on the military in
2023, an increase of $126 billion in one year. This research conducted by Transnational Institute, Stop Wapenhandel and Tipping Point North South, copublished by Centre Delàs d’Estudis per la Pau, shows that military spending increases greenhouse gas emissions, diverts critical finance from climate action, and consolidates an arms trade that fuels instability during climate breakdown. It is therefore accelerating the climate crisis in a decade that the UN Secretary General António Guterres has called ‘climate crunch time’, where urgent action is needed on ‘every front’.

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Authors: Transnational Institute, Stop Wapenhandel and Tipping Point North South