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  • Publication | 2023

JOINT COMMUNICATION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL - A new outlook on the climate and security nexus: Addressing the impact of climate change and environmental degradation on peace, security and defence

Global Food and Nutrition Security

Highlights:

This Joint Communication establishes an enhanced framework and puts forward concrete measures in line with the EU’s Integrated Approach to External Conflicts and Crises with the aim to:

  • strengthen climate and environment informed planning, decision-making and implementation, through enhanced evidence-based analysis and foresight;

  • operationalise the climate and security nexus in EU external action from policy to implementation;

  • enhance climate adaptation and mitigation measures for the development of Member States’ civilian and military capabilities, and related infrastructure; and

  • reinforce international partnerships and the EU’s work within multilateral fora, consistent with the EU’s wider multilateral climate change and environment agenda.

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