Atkins’ Elspeth McIntyre considers how asset data can help defence to meet its decarbonisation targets. Across the globe, nations’ national defence organisations are major asset owners and – consequently – major contributors to greenhouse gas emissions. The UK’s Ministry of Defence, for example, owns about 1% of the UK’s total landmass, ...
Writing for Defence Online, Howard Lungley, Sustainability Lead at Frazer-Nash Consultancy, proposes that defence’s drive towards decarbonisation offers it exciting opportunities for innovation. Decarbonisation will, over the next few decades, be the biggest driver of technology the world has ever seen. For the Ministry of Defence, a focus on the future ...