Media Reports Featuring GMACCC

Paris, 30 December 2015 

Insights from members of the Global Military Advisory Council on Climate Change have been featured in a number of media publications from the time around this year’s Paris COP 21. The links between climate change and security are becoming more clear to larger parts of the world, and GMACCC aims to help increase engagement with the military as a stakeholder in planning for and response to climate-related risks. 

See the media features: 

• EurActiv.com:   Gen. Dennis Murphy’s media interview on terrorism:  http://www.euractiv.com/sections/climate-environment/general-eu-faces-40-years-terror-and-migration-aggravated-climate 

• German newspaper taz, die tageszeitung, on climate, migration and risks: http://www.taz.de/Klimafolgen-in-Bangladesch/!5253928/ 

• The Hindustan Times and Today’s Zaman published a COP 21 and Security editorial from  Gen. Muniruzzaman: http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/world-leaders-must-now-act-quickly-to-implement-paris-agreement/story-kbW0QcQl59zl4AwpH9W0fK.html 

• http://www.todayszaman.com/op-ed_hold-leaders-accountable-to-implement-paris-agreement_407640.html 

• An action quote from Gen. Muniruzzaman appeared in the National Observer: http://www.nationalobserver.com/2015/12/12/news/french-foreign-minister-moved-tears-climate-deal-signed 

•  Climate Home – climate change news |War gaming the climate: How global warming could trigger nationalism: http://www.climatechangenews.com/2015/12/24/war-gaming-the-climate-how-global-warming-could-trigger-nationalism/ 

Photo above: GMACCC members at COP 21 (from left) Brigadier General (ret) Dennis Murphy, GMACCC Council Member, Ireland; Tom Spencer, Vice Chairman, GMACCC / Former Chairman EP Foreign Affairs Committee, United Kingdom; Major General (ret) A N M Muniruzzaman, GMACCC Chairman, Bangladesh