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Climate Change and International Security: the EU Process and its
Roadmap
Alessandro VillaEuropean Commission
A Multiplier for Instability
Water Scarcity Demography Crop Decline Hunger Coastal Risks Recent Conflicts
Why Climate Change and Int. Security is becoming a
priority?
Crises are currently increasing with potential risks for the global stability and security, sustainable dev., undermining the results of development cooperation
Prevention and risks reduction avoid translating hazards into disasters and crisis and therefore into a humanitarian catastrophe
Crises divert important resources from development to crisis response while prevention costs a fraction of what emergency relief and recovery cost;
Climate Change and International Security in EU
external action. Why EU?
•EU biggest provider of external aiddevelopment cooperation → mainstreaming CC
= good foreign and development policies and practice
•Capacities of single countries insufficient when playing separately
•A stronger role for EU as foreign and security policy actor is expected and now crucially depends on EU capacity to respond to ‘crises’ in third countries and to help preventing them
EU integrated approach
combining: its growing commitment and capacity to
respond to « crises » in third countries Its responsibility as biggest provider of foreign
aid and development cooperation Its leadership in Climate Change
negotiations at global level
2007-13: A significant increase in funding for External Relations
Wider framework of on going activities on Climate
Change
2002-2006 commitments for climate-related interventions totalling around 1 500 M€.
Mitigation: limit extent of climate change Moving towards a low-carbon economy (energy
efficiency + renewables) + technology transfers Better management of land use (deforestation)
Adaptation: Initiatives and measures to reduce the vulnerability of natural and human systems Integrate into development cooperation: “climate-proofing” R&D and Disasters risks reduction (7-10 billion euro)
a multilateral agreement where everyone does its homework according to its capacities
The EU, Climate Change and Security: Origins
Awareness raising – three major reports in 2006/2007:
• The Stern Review on the economis of climate change, 2006.
• IPCC 4th Assessment Report, 2007.
• German Advisory Council Report: World in Transition, 2007.
In 2007, the EU started to recognise the security
implications of climate change.
Under UK Presidency, the UN Security Council for the first
time ever discussed climate change as international security threat in April
2007.
Under German EU Presidency,
several conferences were held and security threats of climate change entered EU
Council Conclusions June 2007.
© WBGU 2007
Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner
High-Representative Javier Solana
Joint Paper: Climate Change and International Security
High-Representative Solana and the
European Commission were tasked to produce a joint paper – published in March
2008, it includes:
I Summary of the main threats, climate change pose
to Europe and its partners abroad.
II Provided key recommendations to the EU and its Member States
III Was welcomed by the EU Council which tasked the Council Secretariat and the European Commission
to implement it.
Joint Paper: Climate Change and
International Security – Recommendations
Recommendations
Enhancing capacities at the EU level for the purpose of analysing and early warning
Multilateral leadership in promoting common understanding about security risks of climate change
Dialogue, information exchange and cooperation
with third countries.
European Security Strategy
Commission and Council agreed that Climate Change should have become
a building block of the efforts to update the EU security strategy and as a result the EU has updated its
Security Strategy. Climate change is now a key element of it;
The EU Roadmap Process – Structure
and Activities
Driven forward by
Commission, Secretariat
Steering
Group, consisting of EC, Council SEC, MSs
Supporting
external experts
Organising
consultations with int‘l agencies,
countries and civil society
Additional studies on
climate change and security,
information dissemination
Mechanism and discussion forum for
coordination, communication in
the EU
The EU Roadmap Process –
Achievements and Challenges
Challenges for 2010 and
beyond:
1) Institutionalising, formalising and resourcing the process
2) Agreeing on priority regions and sectors for EU and MS
3) Finding an adequate division of labour between EU and MS
4) Keep transforming results of studies, consultations into concrete actions
5) Keep developing capacities at EU and MS level.
Achievements 2008/2009:
1) Continuous reporting and feedback with relevant committees and to the EU Council established.
2) Consultations hold or planned with ASEAN, ENVSEC, EU Civil Society,UN, NATO, OSCE, etc
3) Seven regions on all continents assesed more in detail, a synopsis produced; a webportal in preparation; side-events at UNFCCC CoPs organised.
4) Started mainstreaming & impl. CC into dev. Coop
5) Started building capacities at EU and MS level
Mainstreaming climate change concern into EU external relations tools
Political dialogue at foreign ministers level (use of existing structure when possible)
Lobbying in the field (delegations and embassies)
Bilateral partnership with third countries
Development and cooperation assistance
Scenarios
Continental South-East Asia, particularly Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia;
Indian-Pacific Ocean Island States, particularly Sri Lanka, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea and the small island states of the Indian and Pacific Ocean;
South-West Asia, particularly the Arab Peninsula, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and (western) Pakistan;
Middle America, particular Venezuela, Colombia, Mexico, (southern) USA and the Central American states.
Thanks for your attention
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