Safeguarding Resources and Peace in a Changing Climate

Dr. Stella Apostolaki, Assistant Professor of Environmental Science and Executive Director of the Center of Excellence in Sustainability, ACG, gave a talk on “Climate Change and Threats to Security,” in which she presented the phenomenon and facts of climate change, projections for the near and far future, and related threats to resources, human health and well-being, food—water—energy security, defense, and peace.

Organized by the Hellenic Supreme Joint War College (HSJWC) and the European Security and Defence College (ESDC), the Common Security and Defense Policy (CSDP) Orientation Course of the European Union in Thessaloniki (multi-purpose hall of the War Museum) brought together 58 officers from 14 European countries.

The objective of the course was to provide students with an introductory understanding of the European Security and Defense Policy.