Jean-Claude Juncker, the European Commission President, has called for the world to sign an ambitious deal to tackle climate change this year, and warned rising temperatures could worsen the migrant crisis Europe is currently facing.
In his State of the Union speech this morning, Juncker warned there was “no time to lose” in committing to a bold agreement at the United Nations climate change summit in December.

He said the EU should fight for an ambitious deal and should not be prepared to sign anything.
With thousands of migrants entering Europe this summer from the Middle East, sparking a crisis between member states over where they will be able to reside, Juncker warned that the future refugees would come to Europe to escape the worst impacts of climate change.

…we should not be surprised or astonished if the first climate refugees are coming to Europe.

“We are tackling the root causes of the next migration wave in the coming decades,” he said.

“Because tomorrow morning we will have climate refugees and we should not be surprised or astonished if the first climate refugees are coming to Europe. We have to act now because we don’t have time to lose and that’s why I want the European Union and its member states to be as ambitious as possible on the way to Paris.