This Best Practice Report focuses on Climate Change, Energy Security and Resilience as one of the main challenges for the Armed Forces worldwide.
Energy is a fundamental enabler for Defence activities and operations. However, Armed Forces’ energy requirements are quite vast and continue to rise. In particular, the high dependence on fossil fuels is likely to be hard to sustain in the long term.
Besides, as one of the largest energy-consuming sectors and the world’s largest consumer of petroleum, Defence has the obligation to be part of the global energy transition process and contribute to the reduction of GHG emissions by changing its energy behaviour as well as considering climate change into their strategies.
Hence, a strategic approach to energy management needs to be adopted by Armed Forces, where energy conservation, energy efficiency (EE) measures and the replacement of fossil fuels in favor of renewable energy sources (RES) are key strategies in the path to sustainable energy transition and in enhancing energy security and resilience.
The focus of this report is to present and share best practices regarding innovative and sustainable energy solutions in the Armed Forces infrastructure and operations.
