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The security blind spot: Cascading climate impacts and tipping points threaten national security

A path-breaking report on the blind spots in the assessment and management of climate risks in national security. published by IPPR, Chatham House, and the University of Exeter as part of the Strategic Climate Risks Initiative. Read it here. The Covid-19 pandemic demonstrated that profound national security threats can result from non-hostile action and notContinue reading “The security blind spot: Cascading climate impacts and tipping points threaten national security”

Interview: Metro

I was interviewed by Jen Mills for the UK’s Metro newspaper about blind spots in national security assessment and planning on climate risk and how to respond, including the risks posed by the potential collapse of circulations in the Atlantic Ocean. Read is here: https://metro.co.uk/2024/10/09/uk-flying-blind-towards-looming-risk-caused-little-ice-age-21750928/.

Coverage: Farming UK

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,”Continue reading “Coverage: Farming UK”

Coverage: Farmers Weekly

I was quoted in an article in the UK’s Farmers Weekly on threats to food security from escalating climate risk – and the blind spots in how governments assess and manage these risks. The article is here: https://www.fwi.co.uk/news/uk-climate-report-warns-of-food-security-risks-and-national-threats.

Quote: UK’s £22bn carbon capture pledge follows surge in lobbying by fossil fuel industry, records show

I was quoted in a Guardian article about the UK government’s approach to carbon capture and storage (CCS) and the power of the fossil fuel industry. Fossil fuel companies often have the engineering knowhow to build CCS projects, so the government naturally has to meet with them. But that might create a risk whereby theseContinue reading “Quote: UK’s £22bn carbon capture pledge follows surge in lobbying by fossil fuel industry, records show”

Interview: DeSmog, carbon capture and storage

I was interviewed by DeSmog as part of their investigation into lobbying by fossil fuel companies to influence government policy and carbon capture and storage. Read it here: https://www.desmog.com/2024/10/07/uks-22-billion-carbon-capture-pledge-follows-surge-in-lobbying-by-fossil-fuel-industry-records-show/.

Green Gathering: The Climate Blindspot – What Government Risk Assessments Miss

I spoke at the Green Gathering festival in summer 2024.

Keeping the UK Secure in a Climate-Changed World

I wrote an article for the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) on priorities for climate change and national security facing the incoming UK government, co-authored with Matt Ince, associate fellow at RUSI. The original article is here. — The new UK government faces a world being made more volatile by climate change. In response, theContinue reading “Keeping the UK Secure in a Climate-Changed World”

Quote: Bloomberg Green

I spoke with Olivia Rudgard at Bloomberg about the role of games in understanding and acting on climate risk. “Games are a great way to help those people, and wider society, grapple with the challenge to their imagination of something that has never happened before. The things that could happen if we don’t deal withContinue reading “Quote: Bloomberg Green”

Leadership in the climate and ecological crisis: UCL lecture

I gave a lecture at the 2024 Sustainability Leadership Conference at University College London.