Friends raise issue of military emissions
'Reporting military emissions is voluntary, and many governments have chosen not to. Yet some countries’ military emissions are higher than the total emissions of individual countries.'
Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA) has welcomed an intervention during a meeting of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) raising the issue of military emissions.
The intervention was made by Lindsey Fielder Cook, Quaker United Nations Office representative on the human impacts of climate change, supported by Alana M Carlson, climate change and sustainability programme assistant, on behalf of Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC).
Thanking the panel for seeking to clarify a process to ensure all military emissions are included in the national greenhouse gas inventories, Lindsey Fielder Cook said: ‘As we know… reporting military emissions is voluntary, and many governments have chosen not to. Yet some countries’ military emissions are higher than the total emissions of individual countries. This is a critical issue, and we look forward to hearing progress on this issue.’
