The European Union has recently started in earnest to climate-mainstream its defence and security sectors. It published a Climate Change & Defence Roadmap and the external dimension of the EU Green Deal recognises climate action as a contributor to peace and stability, for instance in the rather unstable European neighbourhood. The EU aims to climate-proof its military and civilian defence missions, as calls for disaster and humanitarian assistance are rising globally, and it is seeking to include green innovation more prominently in defence investments and R&D.

In June, the Planetary Security Initiative (PSI) team of the Clingendael Institute, together with the Netherlands Embassy to Iraq and the local partner Ozon, organized its first hybrid workshop in Basra, Iraq.

On June 10, the European Parliament published an in-depth analysis titled, ‘Preparing the CSDP for the new security environment created by climate change’.  Commissioned by the European Parliament's Subcommittee on Security & Defence, this study explores th