Declaring war on the climate emergency
TIME FOR DEFENSIVE ACTION
Ahead of US president
Joe Biden’s climate summit this week, more than 30 current and former defence personnel have formed the Australian Security Leaders Climate Group, which argues the Australian government is lagging behind its allies in combating climate change, and is pushing for a whole-of-nation assessment of the security risks the climate emergency poses.
Former chief of defence Admiral
Chris Barrie told the Nine papers “As ex-service members and experienced practitioners of national and international security who have witnessed up close the devastation of war and crisis, we recognise that climate change is a fundamental threat to the security and prosperity of all Australians. Yet Australia is ill prepared for climate impacts, with climate security risks not being fully assessed or understood in Australia.”