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

Timothy Clack, University of Oxford

25 January 2022 • 5 min read

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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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