Professor Neta Crawford’s book exploring US military’s record on greenhouse gas emissions shortlisted for new prize

Montague Burton Chair in International Relations Professor Neta Crawford’s book The Pentagon, Climate Change, and War has been shortlisted for the Project Syndicate 2023 Sustainability Book Award.

The award, presented in partnership with La Banque Postale, recognises one new book annually that offers uniquely valuable contributions to the public’s understanding of issues of global concern.

In her book, Professor Crawford shows how US military emissions got to be so large, by tracing the adoption of fossil fuels by the military from the 19th century to the present.

She also examines the ways military technological demand has driven commercial industrial adoption and civilian use of fossil fuels.  

Professor Crawford said: “It is an honour to be among the other shortlisted books.”

Professor Crawford’s research focuses on war, ethics, normative change, emotions in world politics, and climate change.

The winner of the  Project Syndicate 2023 Sustainability Book Award will be announced at a ceremony in Paris, France, on Wednesday, July 5, 2023.