Pentagon to lose emissions exemption under Paris climate deal

Armed forces around the world - including US military - will no longer be automatically excluded from including their carbon emissions under national reductions targets

The US military and armed forces of countries around the world will no longer be automatically exempted from emissions-cutting obligations under the UN Paris climate deal, the Guardian has learned.

Although the US never ratified the Kyoto Protocol, it won an opt-out from having to fully report or act on its armed forces' greenhouse gas emissions, which was then double-locked by a House national defence authorisation bill in 1999.