Warfare’s Climate Emissions Are Huge but Uncounted
www.scientificamerican.com
Nations aren't required to report their military climate pollution under the Paris Agreement. Experts say that should change
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The original was posted on /r/collapse by /u/jollyroger69420 on 2024-06-01 21:48:54+00:00.

Published recently on Scientific American, the following article covers the special exemptions the world’s militaries recieve under the Kyoto Protocol and Paris Accords.

By far the biggest polluter among the world’s militaries is the US military. With over 700 known military bases and surely many more classified facilities, the emissions of this planet-wide enterprise are astronomical. This doesn’t even account for the gaudy, routine power projection such as shuffling around aircraft carriers and holding crazy expensive drills with various allies and partners. Then there’s all those pesky wars.

Collapse related because military emissions are not properly accounted for, even in IPCC models. Take that “worst case scenario” line on the graph and give it a good kick in the nads because it should be way higher.