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2009.
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| Summary/Abstract |
Climate change is one of the most significant threats to global stability and requires rapid, widespread action to limit its effects. Of this action, the legislative requirements to reduce global carbon emissions will impact on all spheres of economic activity. In the United Kingdom, Defence activity currently contributes approximately 1 per cent o the national carbon emissions total. This paper researches the subject of Defence carbon emissions, a sparsely researched field, by using information from academic, contemporary data sources, government and Ministry of Defence sources. Many consider that adapting to low carbon solutions will adversely affect military performance and effectiveness. This paper will argue that the reality is that military capability can be enhanced by adopting the energy efficiency measures and technological solutions that are both available today and those that are likely to emerge as cost effective alternatives in the coming decades. It will demonstrate that by building on the emission reductions already realised, Defence can develop and implement low carbon capabilities and practices aligned to the developing low-carbon economies and continue to deliver practical capability solutions to counter future threats.
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