I was quoted in Farming UK’s coverage of our report on the blind spot in national security assessment and management of climate risks.
“[Climate change] already poses severe threats to our security – this is not widely appreciated. But like Covid, severe climate impacts can come out of nowhere, with effects that cascade across society,” Laurie Laybourn said.
“Previous governments did not adequately address climate change in their national security assessment and planning – the UK is poorly adapted even to current climate threats.”
Mr Laybourn added that the new government had an opportunity to learn the lessons from the UK’s unpreparedness for the pandemic.
“It should undertake a rapid national security risk assessment to analyse key climate threats to security, and develop plans to better prevent and mitigate the consequences.”
Laurie Laybourn 