Government needs to act urgently on greatest security blind spot
1 October 2026
Australia is lagging behind traditional allies and failing to take the climate threat seriously.
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Former defence chief urges Australian Government to follow UK lead on climate security
24 September 2026
Calling on the Australian Government to follow the UK’s lead and embed climate risk directly into national-security planning.
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Albanese must match climate words in New York with action at home
21 September 2026
The new stakes: Climate security is national security.
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Oil wars drive energy and cost-of-living shocks
12 March 2026
Climate change will make it worse, say former defence leaders
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Climate Denial Is a Security Threat to Every Australian
25 September 2025
Australia cannot afford to base our future security on climate denial.
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Security leaders welcome Australia’s first climate risk assessment
15 September 2025
Call for strong actions to meet the severity of the threat
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Australia’s Security Leaders Call For A Climate-First Foreign Policy
Tuesday 2 September 2025
Australia’s current approach to foreign and security policy is dangerously out of date
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Record Floods and New Extremes
5 June 2025
Make Release of First National Climate Risk Assessment a Priority for Australian Government
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Budget Deepens Australia’s Climate Security Blind Spot
28 March 2025
Australia still flying blind on climate risk, government has missed a critical opportunity
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Nuclear power plan weakens Australia’s security and increases climate risks
28 February 2025
Australia should not proceed with the proposed plan for nuclear power stations
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Nation unprepared for game changing security and economic threats
8 October 2024
Global defence climate expert arrives in Australia for summit
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Nuclear & gas strategies will weaken Australia’s national security
20 June 2024
Security Leaders Sound Alarm on Dangerous Climate Policies
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Government drops the ball on climate security risks
2 May 2024
New report, Too hot to handle: The scorching reality of Australia’s climate–security failure.
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Government admits climate casualties will mount as global warming intensifies
30 November 2023
We must act faster say former Australian defence and security leaders
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‘Full alert’: National strategy to combat climate security risks urgently needed, say former defence & security leaders
13 September 2023
The government’s silence on climate-security risks means there is no informed public debate
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Australia’s security review shows climate risks require stronger action
24 April 2023
ASLCG has welcomed the incorporation of climate-related security risks into the review of Australia’s security posture as a first step.
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Government must release climate security risk assessment for transparent, credible defence debate
5 April 2023
Climate Security Risk Assessment needs to be public to help ground the current national debate
on defence priorities.
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Former Defence officials map path for Australia’s first climate-security risk assessment
3 August 2022
ASLCG urges the government to establish a framework to understand the potential existential security risks.
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Former security leaders welcome Climate Change Minister addition to Cabinet National Security Committee
14 July 2022
ASLCG highlight the need for urgency of broad-based climate-security risk assessment
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Australia must prepare for regional food crises caused by climate change, says former ADF chief
28 June 2022
Australia must urgently conduct a review of its food supply chains and how they will be affected by climate change
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To be taken seriously in the Pacific, Australia must put Pacific climate security front and centre, says former ADF chief
27 April 2022
The government needs to draw a red line on climate security, instead of specifically targeting the
Solomon Islands
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Climate and energy security must be top national election issues, urge senior former defence leaders in open letter
23 March 2022
Call for all Australian political parties to make climate security a key focus for the federal election
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Escalating reliance on ADF in response to worsening emergencies no substitute for effective climate policy
10 March 2022
Defence Force and other services are flying blind when it comes to planning for the future
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Government “missing in action” as climate security threats land on Labor’s radar
6 December 2021
Labor adopts key climate and security recommendations from ASLCG’s policy proposals
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US-Canberra talks should focus on climate disruption — not just China: Former defence chief
16 September 2021
Climate security must be a keystone of AUSMIN alliance talks
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“Missing in Action”: Former security leaders declare climate change a national security threat; call for rapid decarbonisation
2 September 2021
ASLCG Missing in Action report launch
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New report shows urgent need for Australian climate security risk assessment: former security leaders
7 June 2021
World Climate and Security Report 2021
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“Ill-prepared”: Former defence leaders sound alarm
20 April 2021
ASLCG calls for an urgent ‘Whole-of-Nation Climate and Security Risk Assessment’
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