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Solving the Climate Crisis Requires Peace, and Peace a Stable Climate – Socialist Project About The Bullet LeftStreamed Pamphlets Events About Contributors Submit Subscribe Archives Donate Search Solving the Climate Crisis Requires Peace, and Peace a Stable Climate Environment • May 24, 2026 • Helga Kromp-Kolb The Agenda 2030 states a simple truth: There can be no sustainable development without peace and no peace without sustainable development. Therefore, it is not possible to treat sustainability – or the climate crisis, as an essential threat to sustainability – without also addressing the numerous wars raging at present, especially those that threaten to escalate, possibly to nuclear war. Additional greenhouse gas emissions occur due to the construction, operation, and

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Solving the Climate Crisis Requires Peace, and Peace a Stable Climate &#8211; Socialist Project About The Bullet LeftStreamed Pamphlets Events About Contributors Submit Subscribe Archives Donate Search Solving the Climate Crisis Requires Peace, and Peace a Stable Climate Environment &bull; May 24, 2026 &bull; Helga Kromp-Kolb The Agenda 2030 states a simple truth: There can be no sustainable development without peace and no peace without sustainable development. Therefore, it is not possible to treat sustainability – or the climate crisis, as an essential threat to sustainability – without also addressing the numerous wars raging at present, especially those that threaten to escalate, possibly to nuclear war. Additional greenhouse gas emissions occur due to the construction, operation, and destruction of military infrastructure and equipment, including protective measures, like tunnels or metal border fences. Reliable numbers on additional greenhouse gas emissions of the military are not available, as it is exempt from the reporting obligations within the Paris climate agreement. Estimates put worldwide military emissions at 5.5 to 8% of global emissions, thus – were the military a nation – ranking third or fourth after China, the USA, and India (Braun et al., 2026; Parkinson & Cottrell, 2022). Military Activities Enhance Greenhouse Gas Emissions Very little is known yet about the climate costs of digitalisation in warfare. Satellite surveillance, medium- and long-range missiles, protective shields, drones, etc. – they all rely on sophisticated electronic devices and artificial intelligence that require power, batteries, rare earth, and other very limited resources, the extraction and processing of which is energy intensive. Reconstruction of infrastructure is a major contributor and continues after wars end. Emissions through reconstruction in Gaza are expected to be considerably higher than those of the war itself (Neimark et al., 2024). Considerable emissions can result from burning oil and gas fields, fuel tanks, etc., as impressively documented for the war in Kuwait. 1 Burning and destruction of woods, fields, etc., as unintended collateral damage or as a precautionary tactical measure as, e.g., the defoliation in the Vietnam war, cause additional emissions, and they also destroy carbon sinks. War Impedes Solving the Climate Crisis War redirects money, attention, resources, such as rare earths, means of production, workforce, and intellectual capacity, not only in the warring nations but also in those supporting either side, thereby constraining the means available for the transition to a sustainable future. War also destroys trust between peoples and nations. Global problems like the climate issue, biodiversity loss, etc. cannot be solved by individual nations; shared efforts are needed. Without trust this becomes almost impossible. War thus counteracts the aims of the Paris Agreement and the efforts of the annual Conferences of the Parties

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