The UK has raised alarms about how climate crises and the upcoming El Niño could destabilize global security, warning that collapsing ecosystems risk triggering conflict, mass migration, and food shortages. Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband presented findings from a classified report by British intelligence agencies to EU and African foreign ministers, arguing these threats directly undermine national defenses. The revelations, previously suppressed under the current government, were shared during a private meeting at the UN General Assembly in New York. Governments are now being urged to treat climate breakdown as a core security priority.
El Niño poses critical threat to nations’ defences, says Ed Miliband in presentation to global foreign ministersThe UK has warned countries around the world that the climate and nature crises and the coming El Niño threaten their national security and defence, presenting foreign ministries with the findings of an explosive report suppressed under Keir Starmer.Ed Miliband, the foreign secretary, made a presentation to the foreign ministers of the EU as well as Kenya and other countries on Wednesday night at a private meeting during the UN general assembly in New York, based on the report by the UK’s spy chiefs that found the collapse of natural systems around the world would lead to conflict, migration and food shortages. Continue reading...
