EU warns of rising climate-fuelled conflict, risks of geoengineering

The European Union will call on countries to prepare for “spill over” effects from increased climate change-driven conflicts, according to a draft document, and warn of the need to assess new risks posed by large-scale technological interventions that alter the climate as a potential route to tackle global warming.
In the draft paper due to be published on Wednesday, the European Commission said action was needed from national governments and Brussels to address increasing risks posed by climate change.
“We should prepare ourselves for increased spill-over effects on the European Union,” said the draft, seen by Reuters.
“These can arise though increased demand for aid, the disruption of supply chains or with people fleeing from uninhabitable areas or severe adverse conditions at home, with the potential of internal displacement and increased irregular migration,” it said.