Britain will provide £331 million ($438.24 million) to the Global Environment Facility to address instability linked to climate change and biodiversity loss. The funding will support food and water security and ecosystems, including forests in the Amazon and Congo Basin.
Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband urged world leaders at New York Climate Week, held alongside the UN General Assembly, to include climate change in national-security assessments and in defense, intelligence and military planning. He said shocks can spread across borders through supply chains, financial markets and migration.
Climate transition minister Katie White said the UK was “leading the way” on climate security ahead of COP31, which begins November 9 in Antalya, Turkey. She said the military has long viewed climate change as a “threat multiplier,” while politics has lagged behind security officials. The article also notes that the Iran war has driven up oil and gas prices, with some countries using more coal and others adopting solar power and electric vehicles.
