“Who would have thought, ten years ago, that water would be a scarcer commodity than oil or gas? The challenges are therefore obvious, and they affect NATO, our collective security and Europe”. At the conference ‘A Transatlantic Conversation: Climate and Security’, held in Brussels on 21 June, the Executive Vice-President of the European Commission, Frans Timmermans, warned of the urgent need to take action on the impact of climate change on peace and security.
Alongside the High...