Defence and Climate Change
Defence Committee
Closed
Inquiry
What needs to be done to achieve the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy’s number one international priority of meeting climate change and biodiversity loss commitments over the next decade? What will be the impacts of climate change on future conflict and how are UK Armed Forces …
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Recommendations
12
Conclusions
1
Report
6
Oral sessions
6
Events
Activity timeline 14 events
8 Nov
2023
2023
Report published
18 Aug
2023
2023
Report published
23 May
2023
2023
Oral evidence
23 May
2023
2023
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
21 Mar
2023
2023
Oral evidence
21 Mar
2023
2023
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 6, Palace of Westminster
6 Mar
2023
2023
Oral evidence
6 Mar
2023
2023
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
28 Feb
2023
2023
Oral evidence
28 Feb
2023
2023
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 16, Palace of Westminster
24 Jan
2023
2023
Oral evidence
24 Jan
2023
2023
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 16, Palace of Westminster
Oral evidence sessions 6 sessions
23 May 2023
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Panel 1
John Kerry · Executive Office of the President of the United States
21 Mar 2023
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Baroness Annabel Goldie, Minister of State
Brig. Adrian Reilly · Ministry of Defence
James Clare · Ministry of Defence
Lt. Gen. Richard Wardlaw OBE · Ministry of Defence
Major General Robert Walton-Knight · Ministry of Defence
Nick Gurr · Ministry of Defence
Shimon Fhima · Ministry of Defence
6 Mar 2023
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David Beasley · UN World Food Programme
28 Feb 2023
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Dr Tim Clack · Climate Change and (In)security Project
Maj. Gen. (Rtd) Dr Andrew Sharpe · Centre for Historical Analysis and Conflict Research (CHACR)
24 Jan 2023
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Dr Stuart Parkinson · Scientists for Global Responsibility (SGR)
Linsey Cottrell · The Conflict and Environment Observatory
22 Nov 2022
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Lt. Gen. Nugee (Rtd), Lead of Ministry of Defence’s 2021 Climate Change and Sustainability Review
Reports 1 report · click to expand
| Title | HC No. | Published | Items | Response |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eighth Report - Defence and Climate Change | HC 179 | 18 Aug 2023 | 16 | Responded |
Recommendations & Conclusions
1 result
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Conclusion
Deferred
Eighth Report - Defence and Climat…
Dual responsibilities for MoD climate change director hinder urgent decarbonisation efforts.
Given increasing scientific concerns around failing to hold to the 1.5° limit on warming and the need for Defence to transition from establishing a comprehensive baseline of carbon emissions in Epoch 1 to significantly reducing emissions in Epoch 2, having …
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Government Response
The government's response for this conclusion consists only of a page reference and provides no substantive comment on the committee's observation that the dual responsibility of the climate change director may be too distracting.
Ministry of Defence
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