1. Scoping NATO's environmental security agenda
- Author:
- Michael Ruhle
- Publication Date:
- 03-2020
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- NATO Defense College
- Abstract:
- Environmental change is increasingly recognized as one of the major factors that will shape the global security environment. According to most experts, rising global temperatures will lead to rising sea levels and cause more extreme weather events, such as storms, flooding, droughts and wildfires. The firestorms that engulfed parts of Australia in late 2019 and early 2020, burning an area the size of Belgium and Denmark combined, and severely decimating that continent's wildlife, were a stark reminder of the force of these changes.
- Topic:
- Security, NATO, Climate Change, and Environment
- Political Geography:
- Global Focus