US general: EU leaders must pressure Trump over climate change scepticism

(EurActiv, 5 Dec 2016) European Union leaders must heap pressure on Donald Trump over his climate change scepticism because global warming poses a global security threat, a retired US general has told EurActiv.com.

Stephen Cheney also revealed that, since Trump’s shock election, green groups had “gone to the mattresses” – gangster slang for going to war – but admitted no one knows what the President-Elect will do next.

General Stephen Cheney (retired) is the CEO of the American Security Project, which analyses climate change from a national security perspective. Cheney, who has more than 30 years experience in the marines, spoke to EurActiv news editor James Crisp about the security threat posed by climate change, and the recent election of climate-sceptic Donald Trump as US president. You can read an edited transcript below or listen to the full interview on SoundCloud here.

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EurActiv, 5 Dec 2016: US general: EU leaders must pressure Trump over climate change scepticism