AIn addition to Canada, the Operational Memorandum of Understanding has been signed by Germany, Denmark, France, Greece, Turkey, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Norway and Romania.
“While the world experienced its hottest days last week”, or the “devastating wildfires” that recently affected Canada, “we must be prepared for the complex new threats posed to us by climate change. climate,” said Canadian Defense Minister Anita Anand.
To address these threats, NATO is working to establish this Center of Excellence and Security for Climate Change, which will open later this year in Montreal.
“We are taking steps to secure the energy supply of our allies in the face of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine,” Anand added, adding that the signatories to the memorandum are “ready to lead the way by developing tools that understand that climate policy is also security policy”.
In addition, on the occasion of the summit which ended today in Vilnius, the Atlantic Alliance published three reports so that the allies “better understand the impact of climate change on strategic engagement, missions and NATO’s operations, as well as on the adaptation of its forces, obliges the armed forces to maintain their operational effectiveness”, added the minister.
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