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

By Timothy Clack, Lecturer in Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Oxford

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 the context of one of the world’s biggest security issues – climate change – threats and adaptations are evolving at pace.

In summer 2021, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change raised…

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