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NATO’S 3.5% Spending Goal Unsustainable on every count

EU Militarism and War Policies
Militarism
Climate Crisis

In 2025, there is one glaring security challenge facing everyone in the world – and that is the climate crisis. Every scientist studying climate change is sounding an alarm that we are close to dangerous tipping points that threaten liveability on this planet for millions of people. We have faced two of the hottest years on record consecutively, unprecedented forest fires and extreme weather events are becoming ever more normal, and we will almost certainly breach the 1.5 degree Celsius increase in global temperatures from pre-industrial levels within the next five years. Yet in June, the world’s biggest ‘security’ alliance, NATO, will be meeting in The Hague not to tackle this crisis but to add yet more petroleum to the fire.

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19 June 2025

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Growers' voices at the Commission on Narcotic Drugs Representatives of opium and coca growers from Myanmar and Colombia delivered statements describing situation on the ground
From 16 to 18 October 2019, representatives of member states, intergovernmental organisations, and civil society attended the 6th Intersessional Meeting of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs. On 17 October 2019, representatives of coca and opium growers from Colombia and Myanmar delivered statements highlighting the situation of communities involved in the illicit cultivation of coca and opium in both countries. Below are their full statements.
Declaration by

Sai Lone

Pedro Arenas
Publication date: 24 November 2019
Opium Farmers in Myanmar: The Lives of Producers of Prohibited Plants A Myanmar Commentary by Sai Lone
Producers of Crops

Myanmar Commentary

Drug Policy in Myanmar

Alternative Development
The problem of opium should not be perceived only as a simple, black-and-white, law enforcement problem. To address problems related to opium cultivation, substantial socio-economic development is required to provide meaningful alternatives for farmers, and to ensure that a humanitarian crisis will not occur as the consequence of repressive drug control policies.

Article by

Sai Lone

Publication date: 17 December 2018

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