Climate ‘threatens’ European security

Feature on a report which comprises the EU’s first in-depth study of the impact of global warming on the bloc’s foreign and security policies. It identifies several regions where climate change appears all too likely to threaten the EU’s security or damage its political and economic interests.

Environmental News Network: Press Release, 5.11.07: http://www.enn.com/wildlife/article/24272

Center for Strategic and International Studies: The Age of Consequences: The Foreign Policy and National Security Implications of global climate change, 2007 http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/071105_ageofconsequences.pdf

European Commission / Council of the European Union: Climate change and international security http://www.consilium.europa.eu/ueDocs/cms_Data/docs/pressdata/EN/reports/99387.pdf

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