Statement Released by Military Advisory Council on Climate Change

The Military Advisory Council on Climate Change (MAC) has released an official statement calling on governments to pay especial emphasis to the security dimensions of Climate Change. The statement was drafted during the recent MAC meeting in Brussels and Genval, Belgium. It may be mentioned that, MAC is a group of twelve senior Military Flag officers drawn from around the world who work especially on the aspects of security dimensions of Climate Change and will also have an advisory in the forthcoming Copenhagen Summit. The statement was released at a joint event of MAC and Brookings Institution in Washington D.C., USA on 29 October 2009. The MAC initiative is also supported by a number of notable international think tanks such as Brookings Institution, Chatham House, Center for Naval Analyses, International Institute of Strategic Studies, Institute of Environmental Security, Woodrow Wilson Centre and BIPSS among others.

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