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The carbon cost of rebuilding Gaza will be greater than the annual greenhouse gas emissions generated individually by 135 countries, exacerbating the global climate emergency on top of the unprecedented death toll, new research reveals.

Reconstructing the estimated 200,000 apartment buildings, schools, universities, hospitals, mosques, bakeries, water and sewage plants damaged and destroyed by Israel in the first four months of the war on Gaza will generate as much as 60m tonnes of CO2 equivalent (tCO2e), according to new analysis by researchers in the UK and US. This is on a par with the total 2022 emissions generated by countries such as Portugal and Sweden – and more than twice the annual emissions of Afghanistan.

Long-term reconstruction will generate the largest carbon cost from the war on Gaza, where Israel has killed more than 36,500 Palestinians – mostly women and children – and thousands more remain buried under the rubble and presumed dead. Around 26m tons of debris and rubble have been left in the wake of Israel’s bombardment, which could take years to clean up.

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[-] nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 3 weeks ago

You know what probably costs more carbon that rebuilding a place where people live? The thousands of fuckin bombs and fuel they used to destroy it, but yeah rebuilding is the environmental issue.

[-] BeatTakeshi@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

Don't worry, it's a matter of time before IDF declares itself the most climate friendly army

[-] Zehzin@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

Not to dunk on the researchers who are just doing their jobs, but god damn the colonist mindset you'd need to have for that to be the issue

[-] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 weeks ago

Right??? Oh forget about the tragic loss of human lives through crimes against humanity and a complete lack of ethics.

Think of the carbon footprint!

[-] anticolonialist@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

The environment is getting hit twice, first with all the bombing then with the rebuilding.

[-] Lemming000@lemmings.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

I guess a little flight on Taylor Swift's private jet would be more fair

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