Amidst the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, NATO nations committed to reducing the civilian and military carbon emissions by 43% by 2030. The statement was given by NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg at the NATO summit held in Madrid, Spain.
NATO is targeting to lower the carbon emissions generated from military equipment such as AWACS surveillance planes and drones. A research study published by Neta Crawford at Boston University in 2019 highlighted that the military and defence sectors are often exempted from the nation’s climate action goals. US military sector is the world's largest consumer of petroleum, the report added. Another study backed by the European Parliament released in 2021 highlighted that the carbon footprint of EU militaries in 2019 was about 24.8 million tonnes which is equal to the CO2 emissions released from about 14 million cars.
On highlighting the future possibilities Jens said, "I believe that in the future, the most advanced military vehicles, and the most resilient armed forces, will be those that do not rely on fossil fuels".
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