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Australia’s Spy Chief to Assess Climate Change Security Risks

  • New PM is attempting to improve Australia’s climate standing
  • Review could create a new climate change security agency
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Australia’s top intelligence official will investigate national security threats arising as a result of climate change, as the new government attempts to improve the country’s reputation on climate action.

Director-General of the Office of National Intelligence Andrew Shearer has been asked to assess “the implications for national security of climate change,” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s office said in a statement Wednesday.