Abby Martin’s new documentary, Earth’s Greatest Enemy, shines an important light on the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gas emissions; and the huge global policy gap in addressing our climate crisis - the U.S. military. Throughout the UNFCCC’s annual conferences of the parties (COP), militaries have been exempt from our global climate accords. This has been the case from Berlin’s COP1 in 1995 to COP30 in Brazil this past December; and it has caused huge environmental impacts. Today, the United States military is the world’s largest military, it is also the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases. From the wars waged to the emissions from fighter jets, burn pits, aircraft carriers, tanks, and more. All these activities come with steep environmental and climate costs for local communities and us all.

The film will be screened, followed by a talk with the director.

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