This Working Paper explores changes related to the inclusion and framing of climate change in UK security policy and the possible implications for overseas development assistance (ODA).

This research indicates that the strongest links between climate change and security are present in the most recent national security reports and among representatives of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and Ministry of Defence (MOD), but this framing has not as yet translated into tangible mechanisms to take this agenda forward—although the ‘desired impact’ of the security framing is somewhat difficult to pin down.