In a new report, the NATO Science and Technology Organisation (STO) examines how climate change is rapidly transforming NATO’s strategic environment and reshaping the security and defence agenda.
Climate change and water scarcity pose significant challenges to the stability and cohesion of communities in the Lake Turkana region. As fishing and pastoralist communities adapt to the changing environment they find themselves in growing competition for scarce water resources.
Climate change is one of the most pressing challenges of the present and the future. Rising temperatures and sea levels, as well as extreme weather events are manifestations of climate change that also influence military capabilities.
This October a coalition of EU countries reaffirmed their commitment to an ambitious climate policy that will feature at the heart of EU foreign and security policy, by forming a Group of Friends (GoF).
