The publication of the Strategic Defence and Security Review and the Coalition’s first National Security Strategy provided ample opportunity for the government to deliberate on the strategic implications of climate change for the UK. Yet while claims that we continue to live in a post-Cold War ‘age of uncertainty’ lay at the heart of both documents, on closer reading there is very little to suggest that uncertainty about climate change was a concern for those who conducted the review.
Article source: RUSI
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