Former ADF chief backs study saying threats ‘continue to escalate in the absence of far stronger climate action than we have seen thus far’
Prime minister Anthony Albanese will task the head of the Office of National Intelligence, Andrew Shearer, to lead a review of security threats posed to Australia by the climate crisis.Prime minister Anthony Albanese will task the head of the Office of National Intelligence, Andrew Shearer, to lead a review of security threats posed to Australia by the climate crisis.Last modified on Tue 21 Jun 2022 18.
But Guardian Australia has established that Shearer – the most senior member of Australia’s intelligence community – would now take the lead on the project. “Like many governments around the world, the Albanese government does see climate change as a security issue, as well as being a central environmental and economic issue,” a spokesperson for Albanese’s office said.Sign up to receive the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning
Barrie, one of the group’s executive members, said the proposed assessment was important “because a comprehensive assessment of climate security risks has never previously been undertaken in Australia and it should form the basis for any serious climate policy”.“This is what we are now seeing in Australia because of the accelerating physical impacts of climate change, far faster than forecast, and the damage already caused to our communities by drought, bushfires, floods and storms.
Barrie said those risks would “continue to escalate in the absence of far stronger climate action than we have seen thus far, globally and here”.
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