The UK Foreign Secretary, alongside the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission, and Kenya's Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs, co-hosted a meeting of Foreign Ministers on September 23, 2026. The dialogue aimed to underscore the security risks posed by the intensifying climate and nature crisis.
The co-hosts stated that unprecedented wildfires, droughts, crop failures, and extreme heat are significantly impacting the resilience of communities, economies, and ecosystems globally. They expressed deep concern that global ecosystem degradation is becoming more acute across all regions, with a realistic possibility that some ecosystems will start to collapse from 2030.
The statement highlighted that cascading and compounding risks are likely to include geopolitical instability, economic insecurity, conflict, displacement, migration, and increased resource competition. The co-hosts committed to regarding the climate and nature crisis as a national and global security threat, and to strengthening cooperation and, where appropriate, joint risk assessments, scenario, and contingency planning on the security implications of accelerating climate change and nature loss.