The RAF has set itself on an ambitious path to achieve net-zero by 2040, ten years before of the rest of Defence. However, with no viable carbon-free fuel currently available, this challenge is no mean-feat, the RAF is the highest polluter of all the armed services due to aviation fuel and ...
Climate change presents many challenges for the military in future crisis response situations, many of which could be mitigated by improved collaboration across Whitehall, as well as with multilateral and regional partners, according to a new RAND Europe report. The study, commissioned by the UK’s Ministry of Defence (MOD), found that climate-related ...
The Ministry of Defence has published its roadmap to becoming more resilient and sustainable in the face of the immense challenge of global climate change. Following on from a landmark report undertaken by Lieutenant General Richard Nugee commissioned by the MOD, the Department means to refresh and renew its approach, building on ...