Climate Change in Eastern Europe

Environment and security issues related to climate change in Eastern Europe

Water resources Food security

Soil and water

Soil salinization, the need for new irrigation systems, shortage of water, reduction of drinking water quality

Biodiversity Social issues

Impact on livelihoods, competition for water

Sea and coastal area Sea level increase, salinization of coastal areas, coastline changes, soil salinization, inadequate safe drinking water supplies, reduction in quantity and diversity of marine products, deteriorating conditions for tourism in the Azov and Black Sea regions, the Crimea and the Danube

Impact on livelihoods, worsening border con icts and land disputes

Floods and high water Catastrophic oods, mud slides, bank erosion, ooding of settlements (especially in lower reaches), pollution hazard by heavy metals, cyanide and radionuclides (Polesie, Carpathians mountains and foothills)

Impact on livelihoods, threats to the health and lives of people

Local and transboundary problems, social tension