News Digest Item
17 Feb 2017

“Time for Europe to stand up for peace — and renewables”

The Huffington Post – Contributor Platform

The EU must make clear to the new US administration that “transatlantic security discussions need to always include the fight against climate change”, at this weekend’s Munich Security Conference, writes Jennifer Morgan, Executive Director of Greenpeace International in a blog post on the Huffington Post website. “The EU must demonstrate leadership by forcing the US to live in the real world and address climate change as a major security threat. And the EU needs to become a leading example of a new type of prosperity that does not come at a cost to the environment or the world’s poor,” writes Morgan.

Read the post in English here.

For background read the CLEW dossier The Energiewende and its implications for international security.

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