According to the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Policy, Javier Solana, "the threat to security appeals to the strengths of Europe, with its global approach to conflict prevention, crisis management and post-war reconstruction, and as the main promoter of effective multilateralism". The key document on climate that has been submitted to the EU Council describes first and foremost the "threats" posed to Europe and the world by the current climate change: conflicts for resources, economic damage, new migratory pressures, tensions for energy supplies, pressure on international governance. Some geographic examples tend to corroborate these assumptions: the focus is on Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, the Caribbeans, the Arctic region. This is followed by some guidelines for the EU, which concern, among other things, the political relations, the development of research, the strengthening of international cooperation, the preparation of quick response systems, the monitoring of the "additional migratory tensions caused by environmental problems".
