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Low-carbon warfare

Nature Climate Change volume 13, pages 881–882 (2023)Cite this article

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Climate change has been identified as a driver of instability and conflict around the world. However, how climate change and the transition to a net-zero world might alter the character of military operations is often overlooked.

The influence of global heating effects on recent conflicts remains subject to intense debate1. But insecurity linked to climate breakdown is only one aspect of the ‘carbon problem’ facing defence and security. There are at least two other aspects to consider.

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  1. International Relations, Politics and History, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK

    Duncan Depledge & Tamiris Santos

  2. Department of Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy, University College London, London, UK

    Neil Morisetti

  3. Climate Change and (In)security Project, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

    Richard Nugee

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D.D. conceived and designed the analysis, contributed to the analysis and led the writing of the paper. T.S., N.M. and R.N. contributed to the analysis and the writing of the paper.

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Depledge, D., Santos, T., Morisetti, N. et al. Low-carbon warfare. Nat. Clim. Chang. 13, 881–882 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01763-9

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