Global peace and stability depend on climate security
FCO Minister Field attended the Berlin Climate and Security Conference on 4 June 2019.
Foreign and Commonwealth Minister of State for Asia and the Pacific, Mark Field, highlighted the importance of factoring the risks of climate change into all 바카라 사이트al decision-making at the Berlin Climate and Security Conference.
Speaking before the conference, Minister Mark Field said:
I very much want to echo our German hosts바카라 사이트™ view that climate security must be at the heart of foreign policy work at a global level. I am grateful for Germany바카라 사이트™s action in shining a spotlight on this issue.
Extreme weather events are becoming increasingly devastating for the world바카라 사이트™s most vulnerable communities. Changing weather patterns cause instability, fuel conflict and leave humanitarian crises in their wake.
I am proud that the UK was the first to push for climate security to be put on the UN Security Council agenda more than a decade ago and that we continue to be a leader on it.
The UK will lead on building resilience to the impacts of climate change at the United Nations Secretary-General바카라 사이트™s Climate Summit later this year. It has already committed more than £5.5 billion in International Climate Finance between 2016 and 2021.
UK work will focus on three key areas: reducing the cost of disasters; securing resilient eco-systems and sustainable value chains; and integrating climate resilience into all investment decisions.
Minister Field met with a number of foreign ministers at the conference to discuss climate change, sustainability, and bilateral relations. He also spoke about the opportunities and risks posed by a rising Asia at an event hosted by the Koerber Foundation.
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