As a result of final-hour demands made by the U.S.
government during negotiation of the 1997 Kyoto treaty,
military greenhouse gas emissions were exempted from
climate negotiations. That tradition has continued.
The 2015 Paris Agreement left cutting military
greenhouse gas emissions to the discretion of individual
nations.
The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change,
obliges signatories to publish annual greenhouse gas
emissions, but military emissions reporting is voluntary
and often not included.
NATO has acknowledged the problem but not created any
specific requirements to address it.
There is no reasonable basis for this gaping
loophole. War and war preparations are major greenhouse
gas emitters. All greenhouse gas emissions need to be
included in mandatory greenhouse gas emission reduction
standards. There must be no more exception for military
pollution.
We ask COP26 to set strict greenhouse gas emissions
limits that make no exception for militarism, include
transparent reporting requirements and independent
verification, and do not rely on schemes to "offset"
emissions. Greenhouse gas emissions from a country’s
overseas military bases must be fully reported and
charged to that country, not the country where the base
is located.
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