On 9 March 2022, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) convened a ministerial-level Arria-formula meeting on climate finance in the United Nations ECOSOC chamber.
There is widespread global consensus on the seriousness of climate change, but we are yet to understand the full extent of its consequences on our polities and societies.
This year’s Munich Security Conference was dominated by the current build-up of forces at the Ukrainian border and European security architecture.
Climate change is a national security threat to Europe. It is an accelerator of conflict and requires European forces to adapt accordingly. Concurrently, armed forces can help mitigate climate change by reducing their greenhouse-gas emissions.
