Archive for December 24th, 2023

24/12/2023

Rise in SIPRI Top 100 Arms Sales Revenue Delayed by Production Challenges and Backlogs

Human Wrongs Watch

By the STOCKHOLM INTERNATIONAL PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE (SIPRI)*

(Stockholm) — Revenues from sales of arms and military services by the 100 largest companies in the industry totalled $597 billion in 2022, 3.5 per cent less than 2021 in real terms, even as demand rose sharply, according to new data released today [4 December 2023] by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), available at www.sipri.org.
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High Explosive Ammunition for the 105mm Light gunbeing used during on Exercise Steel Sabre.

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The decrease was chiefly the result of falling arms revenues among major companies in the United States. Revenues increased substantially in Asia and Oceania and the Middle East.

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24/12/2023

Regenerative Agroecology: The Necessary Solution to Counter Climate Change

Human Wrongs Watch

By Prof. Vandana Shiva | Navdanya International – TRANSCEND Media Service*

The industrial agriculture paradigm, which sees the world as a machine, and not as a self-organized living system, has created devastation on the planet, while contributing significantly to the issue of climate change.

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Navdanya International’s latest graphic report, ‘Regeneration is Life‘, presented at Cop 28 in Dubai, analyzes the actual causes at the root of climate change and highlights the true regenerative solutions against the false solutions proposed by polluters.

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