Select Committee · Environmental Audit Committee

Climate change and security

Status: Closed Opened: 18 Mar 2024 Closed: 24 May 2024

The Environmental Audit Committee is undertaking an inquiry into the interaction of climate change and security issues and the UK Government’s approach to anticipating, preventing, and responding to the security threats posed by climate change. Read the call for evidence for more information about this inquiry.

Oral evidence sessions

1 session
Date Witnesses
14 May 2024 Dr Helen Adams · King's College London, Dr Kira Vinke · German Council on Foreign Relations, Erin Sikorsky · Center for Climate and Security, Margaret Read · National Infrastructure Commission, Professor Jim Hall · National Infrastructure Commission, Professor Stephen Belcher · Met Office, Richard Millar · Climate Change Committee, The Baroness Brown of Cambridge DBE · Climate Change Committee View ↗

Who gave evidence

8 witnesses
WitnessOrganisationSessions
Dr Helen Adams · Senior Lecturer in Disaster Risk Reduction and Cl… King's College London 1
Dr Kira Vinke · Head of Center for Climate and Foreign Policy German Council on Foreign Relations 1
Erin Sikorsky · Director Center for Climate and Security 1
Margaret Read · Director of Policy National Infrastructure Commission 1
Professor Jim Hall · Commissioner National Infrastructure Commission 1
Professor Stephen Belcher · Chief of Science and Technology Met Office 1
Richard Millar · Head of Adaptation Climate Change Committee 1
The Baroness Brown of Cambridge DBE · Chair, Adaptation Committee Climate Change Committee 1