What's the climate cost of war?
Have you considered the carbon footprint of war: the bombs, the jets, and the network of military bases? How does that impact our planet? And how could the military decarbonise?
War leaves a visible trail of destruction: lives and families devastated, homes and communities reduced to rubble.
But there is also a climate cost of armed conflict, and it鈥檚 an issue that Climate Question listeners have been asking about. So in this show, Host Graihagh Jackson chats to two leading experts about the carbon footprint of battle itself - the jets, the bombs, the supply lines - and the impact of maintaining armies and bases during peacetime. They discuss Gaza and Ukraine, as well as the current US-Israel war with Iran.
Graihagh also finds out if there any ways for the military to reduce their emissions and whether they see climate change as a strategic threat.
GUESTS:
Neta Crawford, Professor of International Relations, University of St Andrews.
Dr. Benjamin Neimark, Associate Professor at Queen Mary, University of London
Got a question or comment? email us at theclimatequestion@bbc.com
Producers: Diane Richardson, Grace Braddock
Sound Engineer: Tom Brignell and Philip Bull
Production Coordinator: Brenda Brown
Editor: Simon Watts
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