ClimateAdam 
War, conflict and climate change are tearing apart lives across the world. But these aren’t separate harms – they’re intricately connected. Wars and militaries drive emissions in myriad ways, soak up vital cash, and derail climate deals. So, whether it’s the Israel-Hamas conflict or the invasion of Ukraine, war and conflict are fuelling the changes to our climate.
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==MORE INFO==
My previous video on climate change driving conflict:
https://youtu.be/J9CHCbBoaGM?si=st3pc-6cD_3yVepg
Writeup of emissions percentage from militaries: https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/worlds-war-greenhouse-gas-emissions-has-military-blind-spot-2023-07-10/
Original study behind the above: https://ceobs.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/SGRCEOBS-Estimating_Global_MIlitary_GHG_Emissions_Nov22_rev.pdf
Useful summary of factors https://ceobs.org/how-does-war-contribute-to-climate-change/
Cost of decarbonising vs cost of military:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnparnell/2019/06/27/cost-of-decarbonizing-u-s-power-grid-put-at-4-5-trillion/
Climate finance:
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02846-3
https://www.climatechangenews.com/2023/05/02/cop28-boss-slams-rich-nations-dismal-100bn-finance-failure/
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/nov/16/rich-countries-hit-climate-finance-goal-two-years-late-data
Oil and Gaza conflict
https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/israel-palestine-war-geopolitics-gaza-multibillion-dollar-gas-field
Threats to COP28 from Israel-Palestine conflict
https://www.dw.com/en/how-will-israel-hamas-conflict-impact-cop28-climate-summit/a-67502075
Environmental justice in Israel & Palestine
https://www.972mag.com/climate-change-settler-violence-area-c/
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2019/11/28/palestine-is-a-climate-justice-issue
==CREDITS==
Tank footage from The U.S. Army
Wildfire footage from Scott Schiller
Iraq destruction from International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Gaza destruction from Kanal13
Russia fire by Kanal13
Ukraine war footage from Plus TV Africa, Kanal13, Maidan Monitoring
Kuwait oil fires from Disentangled
Hiroshima footage from International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
More tank footage from Marines
The Greenhouse Effect from Science Animated
Missile fire by U.S. Navy
Missile impact by cLAW
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About The Author
Hi, Adam! I'm very happy for having my question read and answered by you. I admire the way you manage to put all this information together in a very objective, serious and sensible way. Information is power and you're helping everyone by fueling us with it. I very much appreciate your efforts and I'm glad you invested your time on this content – the whole channel, I mean. Thank you. <3
a bit off topic but climate change aside, simply firing a rocket is doing environmental destruction. wars are inherently environmentally harmful
Thankyou, great presentation.
News break,
Crisis, there has been an out break of peace. The USA is extremely conerened that this will spread and deepen.
Great that you Adam did not stop at calling for a cease fire and protection of all civilain lives in Gaza. You went on to call for the ability of all people in Palestine (that includes the State of Israel) be able to live dignified lives in a well structured lasting peace. So many forget (many deliberately) the context of 75 Years of brutal repression, genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity perpretated by Israel on a bascially defencless Palestinian population and that the conditions for this must cease. I for one can not wait to see Israeli ofccials be brough before the International Court Of Justice, Charged, tried and convicted and punished for these despicable acts over the past 75 years and espcially now. This is not anitsemitism, it just rooted in common human decency, the sort of decency that did this to thge german Nazis that eg perpetrated the extermination of the Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto, just is Israel is attempting to do to Palestinaians in the almost exact parrallel of Gaza.
Im in Sydney Australia, not in my name, either.
If the billionaires are driving climate change, then why are we looking to them for solutions ?
I want to help get fossil fuel subsidies cut to zero. Does anyone have suggestions about where to begin other than just writing my state politicians
I want to help get fossil fuel subsidies cut to zero. Does anyone have suggestions about where to begin other than just writing my state politicians
1.5c you can throw away we already at 1,54c and over 2c at times depending on what baseline you are outgoing from, the real one was 1750. And not 5 Hiroshima bombs per second is now 11,5 per second new scientific warming state relives!. These wars in Palestina and Ukraine is about resources protection and a big salt of hate. Thanks Sweden!!
Agree 💯 War is not the solution it is downfall of humanity. There is no winner.
Two axis of evil needs to be reined in to fight climate change. Zionism and USA's military industrial complex
Great great video, thank you.
I live in Northern Indiana and remember when I was a kid having snow in October, now we are lucky to have winter with any snow at all. Global warming is happening so much faster than ANYONE wants to admit. For anyone today that has young kids consider them the last generation survive on the planet. We have 50 years max but realistically its going to be more like 25 because in about 10 years time the amount of warming will have gotten so bad that runaway effect will have increased so much that about 10 or 15 years after that the earth WILL have become unlivable to the point that unless you are living underground you would not be able to survive. With everything that is going on in the world today and the fact that WW3 seems to be right around the corner and climate change has been pretty much put on the back burner, I have come to the sobering reality that this particular planet and its species just wasn't meant to make it.
2 Worlds Mostly That's Directly Dealing With Everything In The World.
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As a Egyptian I wanna thank for your thoughtful words about civilians in Gaza . I hope we see peace in this area soon😢😢
It is so heartbreaking that we as humanity have not yet come together as one and there is no chance that this will happen before I leave this earth. As far as I am concerened there is no good argument against this, I truly do not see any reason why we should not unite. It would truly be in the interest of us all.
Yet the Europeans don't want the war against Russia to end.
Thank you for this heartfelt and insightful video Adam. You are really appreciated.
I want to thank you for your comment at the end of this video.
Sadly and devastatingly, those politicians with great power have always done far more bad things to humanity and to the planet than good. This is the main reason why we human beings as a whole are really fucked up!
As an analyst, I see that 5.4% as useful indicator of how much time and energy humans put into military conflict. Which going forward as a global species is a completely useless activity. Driven by greed, and lack of trust. We, the monkeys with the large brains.
Go you Adam. I see war as nothing but an indication of how immature we are as a species. When / if war does end for humanity, that would be a sign of evolving to a more mature stated. My thesis analyzed at religion that does teach that with enough truly feminine values were including in decision making, wars would end. Again, thanks for that final input.
Great video – thanks for pointing all of this out so clearly.
War is bad–which is why deterrent is good–and those that don't respect the deterrent should be removed once and for all, and replaced with organizations that will respect this deterrent. As it turns out, humans…aren't mostly good. They're…a mixed bag. And as much as many people would want to see a peaceful world, there are some that don't. Islam and its adherents, like some Russian czars and imperialists, historically speaking, have been a fairly violent lot, and simply stating that "war is bad" won't get them to stand down (that's the first thing that's been tried!). In the case of militaries, I think it's a case of "better have it and not need it than need it and not have it".
You are entitled to your opinions on the Middle East, but any of the world's countries after an attack like the Hamas attacks would have done the same thing Israel did. They would declare war.
Such an incredible and informative video, thank you Adam, you have summed up all my feelings and questions so eloquently.
We are living in a very stupid world that if we say stop Violence and Killings and choose a govt. that do not brainwash you in the fights of Relegion and improves the education and healthcare sectors, people actually gets triggered and verbally abuse us. And not talking about UK or US but here in india we need urgent Climate Action which will only be promoted if our people are educated but our govt. has successfully brainwashed people and our publuc wants only Temples and literally no education.
Very well presented 💚 ❤️
Thank you
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Who cares? It will not happen,. Most people wil die , because the deads wil nourish some plants.
thank you for sharing your personal vision
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Hey this was interesting and I appreciate your channel. I hope youre well and thanks for the info
Only intelligent people speak about these things!
Yet another valuable video Adam. Thank you
Keep up the good work.
You have not mentioned all the billions of tons explosives going into the atmosphere through missiles and bombs Has that no effect on climate change?