RLS-Studie englisch

Problem outline and short study Summary Chapter 1: Introduction and overview Chapter 2: German arms expenditure Chapter 3: Long-term cost effects Chapter 4: Resource consumption of minerals and metals Chapter 5: Approaches and methods for life cycle assessment (German version)…

Environmental impact of 100 billion Euro for armaments investments Problem outline and short study The study contains a compact presentation of existing methods that enable an eco-balancing of the 100 billion investment package (“extra asset”) for the German military, which…

Environmental impact of €100 billion in arms investments [back to table of content] Fig. 1-1: Structure and methodology of the study Chapter 2 provides an overview of the armament projects. The following chapters 3 to 5 deal with the methodological…

Environmental impact of €100 billion in arms investments [back to table of content] Fig. 2-1: Poster for Frigate 126 (Source:Netzwerk Friedenskooperative) In order to evaluate the envisaged investment package, comparisons with possible spending on renewable energies or (non-existent) government spending…

Environmental impact of €100 billion in arms investments [back to table of content] 3.1 Life cycle cost Fig. 3-1: LCC structure of defence equipment The chart illustrates that most costs for defence equipment are incurred in the use phase. The…

Environmental impact of €100 billion in arms investments [back to table of contents] 4.1 Shortages of critical and strategic raw materials Figure 4-1: Resource consumption of complex military equipment (Graphic: Kay Stephens, Source: Martial Mining Report 20201) The report published…