Role of Europe in resilience to cross-border climate impacts

The report examines the role of the European Union in mitigating cross-border climate impacts, specifically focusing on how climatic shocks in agri-food systems in third countries can trigger cascading risks—such as economic disruption, social unrest, and migration—that eventually affect Europe.

• Climate events like droughts and flooding can create cascading impacts that traverse national borders, affecting distant countries through interconnected trade, financial systems, and human movement.
• In the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, the combination of water shortages and high temperatures can reduce agricultural yields, leading to food value chain disruptions, rural-urban migration, social unrest, and increased migration toward Europe, which may be exploited by organised crime.
• Agri-food systems serve as a critical link in risk cascades connecting climate shocks to economic and displacement challenges, but they also represent a strategic entry point for interrupting these cascades to prevent them from spreading across borders and domains.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2023). Role of Europe in resilience to cross-border climate impacts. https://www.sei.org/publications/role-of-europe-in-resilience-to-cross-border-climate-impacts/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Role of Europe in resilience to cross-border climate impacts. 2023. https://www.sei.org/publications/role-of-europe-in-resilience-to-cross-border-climate-impacts/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2023role, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Role of Europe in resilience to cross-border climate impacts}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2023}, month = oct, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/role-of-europe-in-resilience-to-cross-border-climate-impacts/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }