Weapons kill people and planet!
Why does military expenditure continue to rise whilst the fight against climate change needs financing?
With the Eurosatory arms fair coming up in June, we would like to share with you our campaign and actions around this event. Eruosatory is one fo the largest arms fairs in the world, and it is happening between the 13th and 17th June 2022 in Villepinte, near Paris. Three months after the publication of the latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Eurosatory 2022 takes place in a context of climate emergency.
The buzzword is ecology! Eurosatory will present new, greener products, but this is just greenwashing! The arms industry is bad for the environment, it produces greenhouse gases (GHG) and pollutes. Manufacturers will also sell weapons for use in future conflicts related to the climate and resource crisis - climate change is seen as one of the biggest security threats we face. Weapons that claim to be green are not the answer, we need to address the root causes of climate change: profit and exponential growth, the use of scarce resources and fossil fuels and the production of GHGs.
The answer is not to make drones that run on solar energy or biodegradable ammunition! We need to solve the problems of climate change instead of reacting with military solutions to the problems we create.
Take action from your home by signing this petition : "Stop excluding military pollution from climate agreements".
"Militaries are significant emitters of CO2 and must no longer be seen as exempt from commitments to reduce emissions". For further informations visit the Conflict and environment Observatory website.
If you want more informations about our resources, you are interested in the links between the arms trade and the climate, follow this link: https://airtable.com/shrstj2I79Nw64fNg
We demand :
- Transparency on the environmental impact of the arms industry and the military: publication of figures by the government.
- Urgent action on climate and non-security responses to climate change
- Redirect funds from the military to the fight against the climate crisis, for research and action!
Our actions in June:
- Discussion on Wednesday 1st June at La Base
- Zoom conference on Wednesday 8 June with the Mouvement de la Paix
Register here :
- Atelier at the colloque with Church & Peace about “Rethinking security” in Paris, Saturday 11 June (In french and english)
- Exhibition in Strasbourg "Sans Armes Citoyen.nes", Saturday 11 June Place Kléber
- Rally with the Mouvement de la Paix: Climate emergency / No to Eurosatory Sunday 12 June: Place de République at 3pm
Do not hesitate to contact us if you wish to get involved in actions around Eurosatory and do not hesitate to share widely the messages and events of the campaign.
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