While general trends may be identifiable, impacts may vary hugely between regions and from year to year. Identifying the security implications of climate change thereforerequires a case-by-case approach at the regional level. For these reasons, the OSCE and its joint implementation partner, the European Environment Agency (EEA), have adopted aparticipatory scenario-building approach to project implementation, with the aim of improving understanding of the issues and providing a basis for discussing strategies to avoid the main risksidentified.