Knitting Nannas march for peace and not only because we want the killing and destruction of homes and infrastructure to stop.
War and the Climate
Armed conflicts release hundreds of millions of tonnes of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, fuelling climate change.
It is alarming that military emissions remain exempt from mandatory reporting under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
The extreme weather events we are witnessing around the world are happening more frequently and causing more devastation because of climate change. They turn people in functioning communities into climate refugees and add to existing inequality, poverty, water and food shortages as well as political instability.
“War is not just a human catastrophe – it is a climate catastrophe. And climate change is not just an environmental crisis – it is a security crisis.” —– The Sustainable Times Editorial Position, March 2026.
The Climate Casualty of War (The Sustainable Times)
Many acts of war are also acts of ecocide. The recent Israeli bombing of Iranian oil infrastructure is a shocking example of an act of war that will have enduring effects on a city’s environment, especially air quality. (The Guardian)
The Sunday Shot on 15 March was titled Collective Self-Pretence. Panellists, Royce Kurmelovs, Joel Jenkins and Steph Tran, break down Australia’s military and diplomatic response to the war, while Royce provides an environmental lens and Steph discusses her reporting on the Australian charities sending tax-deductible donations to the IDF.
Sydney Anti-War Rally
Nannas attended an anti-war rally at Sydney Town Hall on Saturday 14 March. Sydney Anti-AUKUS Coalition (SAAC) organised the rally to:
- amplify peace and anti-war voices
- demand the Australian Labor government pull back from its support for Israel and the United States’ illegal strikes on Iran
- push for the US and Israel to halt all military action.
Breaking international law for whatever reason promotes the idea that ‘might is right’ and international laws and agreements on sovereignty are meaningless.
SAAC is concerned that Australia is complicit in this illegal war by allowing the Pine Gap spy base and all other US military assets on Australian soil to facilitate illegal air strikes.
SAAC calls on the Australian Labor government to:
– scrap AUKUS and the Force Posture Agreement (FPA)
– sign and ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW)
– review the alliance with the US
– implement a peaceful foreign policy of dialogue and diplomacy.
Facebook video of Nannas marching
21 March 2026 – 5m tonnes of CO2 emitted in just 14 days of US war on Iran, analysis finds (The Guardian)