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Assessing the Global Military Climate Footprint

Military emissions were exempted at Kyoto and made voluntary at Paris, which leaves roughly 5.5 per cent of global emissions, some 2,750 MtCO2e a year, off the world's climate books. Reconstructed from expenditure data, that footprint would rank as the fourth-largest emitter on Earth, ahead of Russia and larger than aviation and shipping combined. This piece reads the full ledger: operations, the industrial supply chain, reconstruction, lost carbon sinks and the capital diverted from climate finance.

2026-03-05 · 13 min

Syria's Reconstruction: A Blueprint for the Many, Not the Few

Syria’s Reconstruction: A Blueprint for the Many, Not the Few For generations, Ahmad’s family tended their olive grove on a sun-drenched hill in Syria. The trees were their inheritance and their future, a symbol of peace and permanence. Then the war came and turned it all to ash. Today, Ahmad’s dream isn’t just to replant

2025-08-31 · 7 min

What If We Get It Right? Reimagining a Nation's Future

Order your copy What If We Get It Right? Reimagining a Nation’s Future For more than a decade, the story of my homeland, Syria, has been a relentless accounting of loss. It has been defined by everything that went wrong: the humanitarian catastrophe, the failed state, the unsolvable problem. The global narrative has been one

2025-08-24 · 4 min

Syria After the Wildfires: Constructive Steps for Government Responsibility

Thankfully, the immediate threat of the recent wildfires has subsided. Now, as the smoke clears, the true challenges facing our nation are laid bare. The government's responsibilities must shift from immediate crisis management to the complex, long-term task of recovery and building resilience.

2025-07-16 · 5 min

Syria's Polycrisis: Integrating Environmental Justice and Green Reconstruction for a Resilient Future

Executive Summary Syria faces a devastating “polycrisis.” The growing impacts of climate change are deeply connected to years of poor governance, a brutal conflict lasting over a decade, and a severe economic collapse. This report argues these are not separate problems. Instead, they are part of a single, widespread failure. Environmental damage has both driven

2025-07-02 · 3 min