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Military actions are sometimes argued to be justified by furthering a humanitarian cause, such as [[disaster relief]] operations to defend refugees; such actions are called [[military humanism]].
== Environmental impact ==
=== Greenhouse gas emissions ===
The military accounted for about 5.5% of global of global [[Greenhouse gas emissions]] in 2022. If it was a country, only China, US and India would have higher emissions. This number does not include the temperature rise as a result of aviation's impact on the stratosphere.The indirect emissions from war can also be high and, for example, in the first 7 months of the war in Ukraine, only 9% of the overall emissions were due to direct use of weapons while the rest were linked to the destruction brought by the war. Efforts to make armed force "greener" are much less effective in emissions reduction in comparison to stopping wars.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Parkinson |first1=Stuart |title=How big are global military carbon emissions? |url=https://www.sgr.org.uk/resources/how-big-are-global-military-carbon-emissions |website=Scientists for Global Responsibility |publisher=Responsible Science journal no.5 |access-date=5 December 2023}}</ref>
=== Diverting resources ===
Wars divert resources from environmental projects to military. Countries with the highest income spent 30 times more on military than on climate issues.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ann Hughes |first1=Rebecca |title=World's richest nations spend 30 times more on armed forces than climate finance |url=https://www.euronews.com/green/2022/11/18/worlds-richest-nations-spend-30-times-more-on-armed-forces-than-climate-finance |access-date=5 December 2023 |agency=Euronews |date=18 November 2022}}</ref> During [[2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference]] experts from the Transnational Institute called to countries divert at least 5% of their military budget to climate, what will be more than enough to fulfill the promise of giving 100 billion to climate finance.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Noor |first1=Dharna |title=Divert military spending to fund climate aid, activists urge Cop28 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/02/cop28-climate-change-military-funds |access-date=5 December 2023 |agency=The Guardian |date=2 December 2023}}</ref>
==See also==
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