Military experts working on an initiative led by The Institute for Environmental Security (IES), who is a partner of GLOBE, and 10 other think tanks from around the world, published a joint statement last week calling for an ambitious and equitable agreement climate deal to be reached. They warned that without such an agreement, this would impact ‘human misery, loss of biodiversity and damage to infrastructure’, which would have wide-ranging security implications.
 
The Vice-Chair of IES, Tom Spencer, a former President of the European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights and Defence Policy as well as of GLOBE EU, noted when speaking afterwards that ‘climate change creates a common security problem that requires a global and comprehensive solution’.
 
The joint statement also calls on all governments to ensure that the security implications of climate change are integrated into their respective military strategies, whilst also calling on the military to reduce its own carbon footprint. Please click on the links f you want to read the Military Advisory Council press release or the joint statement.