Zach Lidder is the founder and President of Young NATO U of T. Zach is a third year Heaslip Scholar at the University of Toronto Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy majoring in Peace, Conflict, and Justice Studies. Zach is an avid environmentalist serving on the U of T President's Committee on Environment, Climate Change, and Sustainability (CECCS) and he has presented military sustainability research at the Jane Goodall Institute of Canada. Zach was also the youngest Canadian youth delegate to COP15 in 2022 presenting research on the impacts of climate change on youth mental health.
The United States military is the premier force in the NATO alliance. To uphold regional security alongside its NATO allies, it operates bases in over 80 countries around the globe. However, this power comes at a considerable environmental cost. The US military emitted ~48 million megatons of CO2 in 2023 alone. This high consumption of fossil fuel Read More…
