NATO “excellence” centre coming here

As presaged by La Presse last week, NATO will be placing its “centre of excellence” for climate change and security in Montreal.

When I posted about this last week, regular reader Su commented: “This has to do with the Arctic. As it is warming (many times faster than anywhere else) to the delight of many. The vast resources (oil, gas, “green” rare metals) and brand new shipping routes are open to exploitation.”

But even the phrasing of Thursday’s piece makes it clear that the purpose of this “centre of excellence” (why the bogus management-speak when you can just say “headquarters”?) is concerned with the effects of climate change on the national security of NATO countries, and not on efforts to counter climate change in itself.

No news yet about the scale of this installation or where it will be located in town.