Roundtable Meeting with
Rear Admiral Neil Morisetti,
UK Climate and Energy Security Envoy (F)
and UK Foreign Secretary’s Special Representative
for Climate Change (F)
October 19, 2018
On October 19, 2018, Rear Admiral Neil Morisetti, UK Climate and Energy Security Envoy (F) and UK Foreign Secretary’s Special Representative for Climate Change (F) addressed GRF and GRF community members at a roundtable meeting. In his speech on the security implications of climate change, Rear Admiral Morisetti stated that the greatest effects of climate change are being felt in parts of the world that are already vulnerable to problems with security dimensions. Noting that climate change acts as a stress multiplier for the entire world, Rear Admiral Morisetti stressed the need for governments to coordinate with each other and the security community to come up with national security strategies that take climate change into account. Following his speech, Rear Admiral Morisetti answered the participants’ questions.