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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230523T140000
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URL:https://londoncaat.org.uk/events/building-movements-climate-crisis-mil
 itarization/
SUMMARY:Building Movements: Climate Crisis & Militarization
DESCRIPTION:From fires and hurricanes\, to heat waves and flash floods\, hu
 man-induced climate change has not only increased the number of weather-re
 lated disasters in the last 50 years\, but has made them more severe. Weat
 her-related fatalities and injuries continue to climb as the impacts of th
 ese disasters have reached $202 million in economic losses per day.\n\nExt
 reme weather and natural disasters are not the only mechanism with which c
 limate change and the burning of fossil fuels impact our communities. Food
  insecurity\, water scarcity\, infectious diseases\, forced migration\, an
 d political conflict will only continue to cause devastating impacts. Mili
 taries have already begun to position themselves as the only entities that
  can “fight” climate change\, as if it is the next war they seek to em
 bark on.\n\nYet\, militaries represent a huge climate problem. According t
 o Scientists for Global Responsibility\, the world’s militaries are resp
 onsible for 5.5 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. In fact\, the 
 Costs of War project reports that since the beginning of the war on terror
 ism\, the U.S. military has emitted at least 1.2 billion metric tons of gr
 eenhouse gasses. More than 400 million metric tons of greenhouse gasses ar
 e directly due to war-related fuel consumption. Western militaries claim t
 hat they will reshape themselves into the ultimate climate action ally\, b
 ut what does this mean in practice?\n\nIn this panel\, the speakers will e
 xplore what researchers\, policymakers\, and activists are doing locally\,
  regionally\, and globally to address the role of militarization in the cl
 imate crisis. They will discuss what we can do to educate and mobilize oth
 er young people to join efforts!\n\nSponsored by The World Peace Foundatio
 n\, and partially funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.\n\nRegis
 ter here.\n\nSpeakers:\n\nNico Edwards – YouthFusion2000 and Scientists 
 for Global Responsibility\n\nRaeesah Noor-Mahomed – Intersectional activ
 ist from Johannesburg\, South Africa\n\nManal Shqair – Campaigns Coordin
 ator\, Stop the Wall\n\nIbrahim Muhammad – Climate justice activist\, Ar
 ctic Basecamp Ambassador\n\nModerator(s):\n\nB. Arneson – Research Coord
 inator\, Corruption Tracker and Director of the Global Arms Trade and Corr
 uption Program\, World Peace Foundation\n\nAlwande Khumalo – Social Medi
 a Campaigner/Programme Associate and South African Youth Representative in
  Amnesty International's Global Youth Collective\n\n
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