‘Climate Change and International Security’ – Report by Javier Solana
This report describes the implications of Climate Change on the European Union Foreign Security policies and its internal impacts within the border of the EU like migration. It was discussed at the European Council. Solana wants to build up EU capacities across the board: from monitoring and early warning, to conflict prevention, crisis management and disaster response; to work with major international partners (US, Russia, others) and with those that will be hit the hardest, both to raise awareness and to equip them to better deal with the likely consequences of climate change and to address the implications for territorial claims, exclusive economic zones and access to new trade routes, on the basis of existing international frameworks, which perhaps need strengthening.
