Climate change is creating security threats around the world - and militaries are responding

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Defense minister Jeremy Quin meeting soldiers at the new site | Credit: Cpl Danielle Dawson MOD Crown Copyright 2021
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Defense minister Jeremy Quin meeting soldiers at the new site | Credit: Cpl Danielle Dawson MOD Crown Copyright 2021

The Climate crisis is forcing countries to review both their security strategies and their military sustainability, writes University of Oxford lecturer Timothy Clack

The British military is currently "too slow and resistant to change", according to Admiral Sir Tony Radakin, the UK's chief of defence staff. The urgent always takes priority over the important. But in...

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