Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the impact of climate change on trends in the level of violent extremism and terrorism in the Sahel.

The Department's publication, 'Global Strategic Trends' published at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/global-strategic-trends addresses security threats arising from climatic change in the Sahel, including those from extremism and terrorism. We keep under review such threats to the UK and its allies. It is ever more important that we use COP 26 as the opportunity to secure meaningful commitments from nations to address the causes of climate change.