Ed Miliband says national security of all countries at risk from climate crisis
Exclusive: UK foreign secretary to tell world leaders at Cop31 summit that sci-fi scenarios of destruction ‘now regular occurrences’
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The national security of all countries is at risk from the climate crisis, as “science fiction” scenarios of widespread destruction are already coming true and economic shocks from fossil fuels are now the norm rather than the exception, the UK’s foreign secretary is to warn world leaders gathered in Turkey on Wednesday.
Ed Miliband will tell the Cop31 UN climate summit that security and defence objectives are the new “frontier” of climate action, because the rapid heating of the planet will lead to food shortages, widespread economic disruption, migration and conflict.
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