The Senate has opened an inquiry into climate change’s implications for national security, with the role of mitigation policies in reducing risk among the topics to be addressed.

Other areas of focus include:

• The capacity and preparedness of relevant national security agencies to respond to climate change risks
• The role of Australia’s overseas development assistance in climate change mitigation and adaptation
• The role of humanitarian and military responses in addressing climate change, and the means by which these are implemented
• Threats and long-term risks posed by climate change to national security and international security.

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