09/07/2024 | News TNI’s new report “Climate in the Crosshairs: The planetary impact of NATO’s spending increases”
07/05/2024 | News [Webinar] European Military Spending and the Climate Emergency: Squaring the Circle
25/04/2024 | News | Newsletter Rethinking Security published an article analysing British spending policy
24/04/2024 | News Press releases April 22: Stop the War Coalition -Philippines, People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy & Sydney Anti-Bases Campaign
22/04/2024 | News The world spent 2.44 trillion $ in the military in 2023, according to new data published today by SIPRI.
14/12/2023 | News IPB brings together experts and activists for an essential conversation: “Voices for Peace: Breaking the cycle of violence in Palestine”
27/11/2023 | News Arming Europe: Military Expenditures and their economic impact in Germany, Italy and Spain
11/10/2023 | News | Statements IPB/METO/IPPNW Joint Statement on the Recent Israel-Palestine Escalation
03/08/2023 | News | Statements IPB proposes Right to Conscientious Objection organizations for the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize
27/02/2023 | News IPB Summary of the demonstrations and actions on the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
26/02/2023 | News | Statements IPB Call to Action – On the First Anniversary of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Let’s Show That There Are Peaceful Alternatives to War
19/02/2023 | News Iraq War Protests +20 – Lessons from past peace movements. Actions towards a peaceful future
27/12/2022 | News ‘Military Security VS Human Security’ a new sketch challenging official discourses around defence and security.
26/12/2022 | News Spanish military budget sees a massive increase in 2023 and overcomes the 2% GDP NATO target.
28/11/2022 | The Annual Conference of Centre Delàs brings together a hundred people to reflect and debate on alternatives to hegemonic security.
07/11/2022 | News | Statements Open Letters to the UNFCCC & The Green Climate Fund on military spending and climate finance
03/11/2022 | News Conference: “Another security is possible and urgent. New scenarios for building peace from the margins: the role of cities and civil society”
09/05/2022 | News | Statements ENAAT & GCOMS Statement: The EU at a crossroads: choosing peace or militarizing?
09/05/2022 | News | Statements Media Release: Indo-Pacific Expo exposes Australian Government hypocrisy
25/03/2022 | News Start of a New Cold War? U.S. Hawks “Want to Jack up the Military Budget and Use Ukraine as an Excuse”
18/02/2022 | News Militarism Cannot Prevent War: An urgent call for de-escalation, demilitarisation, and disarmament in relation to Ukraine and beyond
25/11/2021 | News In 2022 Italian military spending will exceed 25 billion, more than 8.2 billion for new weapons (+13.8%)
19/10/2021 | News | Statements Barcelona’s World Peace Congress concludes with successful participation
28/09/2021 | News Webinar: The Rise of Military Spending and Weaponization of the Global South under the Pandemic
18/06/2021 | News 11 Things we should consider about Global Military Spending – IPB & Peacemomo Brochure
26/04/2021 | News | Statements IPB Statement on the Release of SIPRI’s Military Expenditure Data for 2020
26/04/2021 | News | Statements April 26 PR: over 190 organizations urge governments to reduce military spending.
10/04/2021 | News Investing in Human Security: How Reducing Military Spending Can Ensure Gender-Equal and Safe Communities
28/10/2020 | News | Statements Abrüsten statt Aufrüsten (Disarm instead of investing in arms) – a new policy of détente now!
28/10/2020 | News | Statements ‘Health or Weapons’: 60 Spanish Peace and CSOs demand a reorientation of military spending to the Spanish Government.
27/09/2020 | News Burning and Bombing: Military Expenditures, Military Emissions and the Climate Emergency
17/06/2020 | Statements IPB Statement of Solidarity with the Poor People’s Assembly and Moral March on Washington
11/06/2020 | News Webinar “Arms waste in times of crisis” and presentation of the latest report of the Centre Delàs
24/05/2020 | Statements 237 women leaders endorse appeal for human security for public health, peace and sustainable development
22/05/2020 | News | Statements Colombia sets an example by shifting military spending towards healthcare.
01/05/2020 | News As Global Military Spending Hits Nearly $2 Trillion, These Weapons Are Useless Against Biggest Threats We Face
02/04/2020 | News | Statements IPB calls on world leaders to dramatically reduce military spending in favour of health care and social needs
27/03/2020 | News Upgrade of Tindal RAAF Base: Australia funds the US military and forgets bushfire victims and climate change
23/03/2020 | News | Statements IPB Statement: Call to the G20 to Invest in Healthcare Instead of Militarization
02/09/2019 | News | Statements GCOMS joins civil society letter to new Euro-parliamentarians: the EU peace project is under threat
30/10/2018 | News UN Chief announces Budget deficit of 140 million dollars, which is the cost of one Trident missile
20/03/2017 | Statements GCOMS Statement on the occasion of the 2017 Global Days of Action on Military Spending 18-28 April
16/03/2017 | News New report from the Institute for Economics and Peace: Measuring Peacebuilding Cost-Effectiveness
06/04/2016 | Statements High Representative’s Statement for Global Day of Action on Military Spending
18/01/2016 | News GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION ON MILITARY SPENDING, 2016 edition: April 5-18 – Important information
20/08/2015 | News UN Finance for Development Conference in Addis: Still No Talk of Cutting Military Spending to Fund Development, but the Time Will Come
02/06/2015 | News Salon Writer: ‘National Security’ Means Less Money For Military, More For Education and Health Care
28/05/2015 | News | Newsletter Message from Federico Mayor, former UNESCO Director-General, on military spending campaign
17/04/2015 | News US military spending falls, increases in eastern Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia says SIPRI
10/04/2015 | News The Pentagon Spent $10 Billion on Failed Missile Defense Systems Over the Past Decade
20/03/2015 | News The United States leads upward trend in arms exports, Asian and Gulf states arms imports up, says SIPRI
05/03/2015 | News This map shows how the rest of the world doesn’t even come close to the US’ military spending
26/02/2015 | News Tariq Ali: ‘Renationalise the railways. Cut military spending. Argue with whoever says it can’t be done’
19/12/2014 | News | Statements ‘Militarism has cost the world over 1.7 trillion dollars… It deprives the poor of urgently needed resources…’
16/12/2014 | News | Statements ‘I refuse to accept that the world is so poor, when just one week of global spending on armies is enough to bring all of our children into classrooms.’
03/09/2014 | News Nato leaders are under pressure to increase defence spending – but clean water and education for all could prove a powerful weapon against extremism
29/04/2014 | News Paying for the Climate Change Pivot – world leaders can’t really fight climate change unless they slash military spending
24/04/2014 | News | Statements Statement of Concern : The Continuing Surrender of Philippine Sovereignty
20/04/2014 | News The Herald, Scotland –Agenda: It’s high time we took steps to cut hugely destructive world arms trade
13/04/2014 | News Security researchers, watchdog groups call for military spending transparency in Turkey
11/04/2014 | News UN expert urges States to cut military spending and invest more in human development
13/03/2014 | News Friends Committee on National Legislation: Wars are ending, why does the Pentagon want more money?
19/02/2014 | News European taxpayers are spending millions supporting unaccountable drones industry, report reveals
14/04/2013 | News One hundred billion dollars for nuclear weapons; one billion people in extreme poverty
02/04/2013 | News | Statements Change needed in global environmental and climate protection Call for Action Against Military Spending
05/03/2013 | News China boosts military budget to uphold ‘sovereignty, security, territorial integrity’
04/03/2013 | News Defence Secretary Philip Hammond warns David Cameron to cut the welfare budget, not defence spending
22/02/2013 | News Adjusting health expenditure for military spending and interest payment: Israel and the OECD countries
13/01/2012 | News New Study by PERI Proves: Education, Healthcare and Green Energy Investments Create More Jobs Than Military Spending
10/01/2012 | News Even Wonky Corporate Contractors Know: Military Spending Levels Are Dangerously Unsustainable
21/07/2011 | News New Poll: Nearly Half of Americans Think U.S. Can Cut Defense Spending with No Risk to Security
21/07/2011 | News New Poll: Nearly Half of Americans Think U.S. Can Cut Defense Spending with No Risk to Security
02/03/2011 | News AP: New budget for Myanmar gives nearly 24 per cent to defence, 1.3 per cent to health