Implications of Climate Change and Disasters on Military Activities

The Crisis Management and Disaster Response Centre of Excellence (CMDR COE) was built by virtue of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Defence Ministries of Bulgaria, Greece and Poland and the Allied Command Transformation (ACT), signed on 28 August 2013 Norfolk, USA. Following a decision of the North Atlantic Council (NAC), the Centre  has earned status as the 21st NATO`s Centre of Excellence and has been activated since March 31, 2015 as a NATO Military Body with a granted international status under the Paris Protocols. In present strategic environment, the Centre takes on the important task to build capacity of NATO capabilities in crisis management and disaster response. As part of NATO Smart Defence initiative, it will contribute to enhance the interoperability through research, analyzes, lessons learned, and, sharing of information in the aspects of crisis management and disaster response. The Centre has continuously developed and, in some cases expanded the expertise in order to meet the needs of NATO capabilities in the field of crisis management and disaster response. The CMDR COE has provided robust training and has been a home for many workshops, experiments and seminars.Since its accreditation, Crisis Management and Disaster Response Centre Excellence (CMDR COE) has developed four NATO Selected courses annually.

• Chapter 1: Crisis and Disaster Management Terminology.- Chapter 2: Towards a Balkan’s Data for Disaster Management Collaborative?.- Chapter 3: Modern Global Problems Related to Climate Changes and their Impact on South Caucasus and Georgia.- Chapter 4: Disasters and Security: Key Concepts.- Chapter 5: Disaster Risk Management: Planning for Multiple Stressors and Risks Using Whole of Government Approaches.- Chapter 6: On the Necessity of Improving the Research Infrastructure in the Western Black Sea for the Purposes of Flood Risk Management.- Chapter 7: Floods in the Republic of Serbia (2014) – Response and Lessons Learned.- Chapter 8: Military Medical Detachment for Emergency Response – Chapter 9: Tool for Disaster Medical Education and Interaction.- Chapter 10: CIMIC in Medical Disaster Relief Operations.- Chapter 11: Condition and Impacts of Climate Change.- Chapter 12: Disaster Risk Management: Planning for Multiple Stressors and Risks Using Whole of Government Approaches.- Chapter13: Disaster Risk Management: Assessing and Leveraging Existing Capacities.- Chapter 14: Geoinformatics for Disaster Risk Assessment, Monitoring, and Management.- Chapter 15: How are Climate Change and Human Security Interrelated?.- Chapter 16: Climate Change Implications on Military Activities; Operation Damayan.- Chapter 17: Approaches on Building of Resiliency, Mitigation Vulnerability by Radioactive Sources and Management of Radiological Situation in Albania.- Chapter 18: Tuning Military Concepts, Doctrine and Force Design to Mitigate Human Security Challenges arising from Global Environmental Change.- Chapter 19: Environmental Security and Climate Change – a ‘Security Assessment of the Balkan Region’.- Chapter 20: Climate Change – Fundamentals, Agroclimate Conditions in Bulgaria and Resilience Agriculture through Adaptation.- Chapter 21: Climate Change and Water as a Resource will cause Serious Security Implications around the Globe.