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The climate crisis threatens our existence

This has been a consensus among scientists for years. Nevertheless, the public's awareness of the urgency has only increased in the last few years. On the one hand, more and more extreme weather events can be more precisely attributed to climate change. On the other hand, the "Fridays For Future" movement has emerged, which has made the climate crisis a relevant political issue. The crisis is not just an environmental crisis. It is also a threat to states' stability, peace, and security. The consequences of the climate crisis have implications for foreign policy.

The climate crisis pushes for international cooperation in a geopolitical system competition that is currently intensifying. This competition must not make the necessary cooperation in overcoming the climate crisis impossible. At the same time, climate policy is also foreign policy, and the significant imminent changes (decarbonization, energy transition) are not in isolation from this geopolitical competition. The challenges are national, European and multilateral.

#5facts

Our video series „5 facts” gives an accessible understanding of climate security in Europe. We highlight different aspects of the topic like energy security, the war in Ukraine and climate change. 

5 facts why building new nuclear Power Plants is not an Option

Length: 3:08 minutes

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5 facts about the climate and security of Europeans

Length: 5:35 minutes

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5 facts on how the Ukraine war affects climate security

Length: 3:26 minutes

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Publications

A distant problem no longer

A distant problem no longer

Schwartzstein, Peter ; Kaschowitz, Sabrina | Vienna : Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, October 2025

how climate change is fuelling crime and fraying trust across Europe

Climate security and Europe

Climate security and Europe

Vogler, Anselm ; Webeler, Martin | Vienna : Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, June 2022

what are the direct and indirect consequences of climate change?

Climate security and Europe

Climate security and Europe

Vogler, Anselm ; Webeler, Martin | Vienna : Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, June 2022

what are the direct and indirect consequences of climate change?

Klimasicherheit und Europa

Klimasicherheit und Europa

Vogler, Anselm ; Webeler, Martin | Wien : Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, FES Regionalbüro für Internationale Zusammenarbeit, Mai 2022

welche direkten und indirekten Folgen hat der Klimawandel?

Russia's stance on climate change

Russia's stance on climate change

Kaschowitz, Sabrina | Vienna : Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung FES Regionalbüro für Zusammenarbeit und Frieden in Europa, October 2024

powerless towards nature, paranoid towards policy, pragmatic towards profit

Klimasicherheit und Europa

Klimasicherheit und Europa

Vogler, Anselm ; Webeler, Martin | Wien : Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, FES Regionalbüro für Internationale Zusammenarbeit, Mai 2022

welche direkten und indirekten Folgen hat der Klimawandel?

Russia's stance on climate change

Russia's stance on climate change

Kaschowitz, Sabrina | Vienna : Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung FES Regionalbüro für Zusammenarbeit und Frieden in Europa, October 2024

powerless towards nature, paranoid towards policy, pragmatic towards profit

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