# UK appoints world’s first special representative for climate security

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/uk-appoints-worlds-first-special-representative-for-climate-security/
- Published: 2026-11-11T22:30:01+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-11T22:49:13+00:00
- Original publisher: The Guardian (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/nov/11/uk-appoints-worlds-first-special-representative-for-climate-security
- Topics: Climate, Government, Politics, Science, UK, World

## Key points

- Madeleine Alessandri will advise on climate-related security risks.
- A JIC report warned of impacts within five years.
- Campaigners say UK fossil fuel decisions undermine its climate stance.

## Summary

The UK is appointing Madeleine Alessandri, chair of the Joint Intelligence Committee, as the world’s first special representative for climate security. She will advise the government on national security risks linked to climate change, reflecting concern that environmental disruption overseas could lead to crises affecting the UK.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham is due to announce the role at the UN climate summit in Turkey, where he will reaffirm the UK’s net zero target for 2050 and support a proposed 35% electrification target by 2035. A JIC report warned that ecosystem collapse could bring food shortages, higher prices, mass migration and conflict within five years. Campaigners criticised the government’s climate credibility, citing support for North Sea oil and gas projects and possible changes to electric vehicle targets.

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