British military reacting to climate change

LONDON – Climate change is forcing the British military to tailor its strategy and equipment for more extreme weather, a junior defense minister said Wednesday.

Under-Secretary of State for Defense Derek Twigg said the British military was working on heat-resistant medical supplies and ways to reduce the weight carried by its soldiers in anticipation of hotter battlefields.


“We’ve moved beyond merely theorizing whether climate change has ramifications for defense. We know it will,” Twigg told a conference on climate change and security at the Royal United Services Institute in London.

“Our equipment will have to be adapted to operate in more extreme and much more difficult conditions across the globe,” he said.

AP