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formulating and implementing efforts to address climate
change and in relation to preparing national communications,
and encourage the involvement and participation of
representatives of all stakeholders and major groups in the
climate change negotiation process; and
7. Promote and facilitate the exchange of information and
materials and the sharing of experience and good practices
Importantly, States should invest in training and developing the current student
generation in skills and talents which will aid in the transition to a green
economy.
xi. Include the Military in Carbon Accounting
Each State must also consider all fuel consumption and carbon emissions
resulting from their military operations and supply chains when developing
their NDC. For example, a recent study showed that the US military consumes
more liquid fuels and emits more CO2e (carbon-dioxide equivalent) than most
countries, largely due to its global logistical supply chains.525 It is likely that
other military establishments worldwide also consume and emit similar levels
in their operations and supply chains. Because of the size, scale, and spread
of global military operations, their impact on climate change must also be
considered and included in carbon accounting.
xii. Strengthen Shared Efforts to Conserve and Accelerate the
Restoration of Forests and Other Terrestrial Ecosystems
Recognizing the role of forests and other terrestrial ecosystems as carbon sinks,
the Commission endorses the recommendation that States urgently commence
or continue the transition to sustainable land-use, including “halting and
reversing forest loss and land degradation by 2030.”526
525
Oliver Belcher, Patrick Bigger, Ben Neimark, & Cara Kennelly, Hidden Carbon Costs of the ‘Everywhere
War’: Logistics, Geopolitical Ecology and the Carbon Boot-print of the US military, 45 Trans. Inst. Br.
Geogr. 65, doi:10.1111/tran.12319 (2020).
526
Conference of Parties 26, Glasgow Leaders Declaration on Forests and Land Use (2021), available
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