Last week the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) hosted a three-day Commonwealth Conference on Parliamentary Scrutiny and Oversight of National Security. The conference brought together representatives from 14 Commonwealth countries to share learnings on laws relating to national security at a time when security-related issues are at the top of the international agenda. P4P Chair, Baroness Hayman, Chaired a session on the intersection of climate change and national

There have been numerous and increasing calls to link up climate and health, and for the first time this year, COP28 will have a Health Day and health-inter ministerial meeting with promises to elevate attention to health and climate issues. On the 08 November, ahead of this year’s UN summit, P4P partnered with the APPG on Global Health on an event in parliament to explore the health impacts of climate change and practical policy actions that can be taken to address them, ju

Peers meet with experts to discuss emerging climate and security risks This week P4P Peers gathered with cross-party parliamentarians and military and sector experts for a wide-ranging discussion on the defence and security risks relating to climate change, in particular relating to economic risks to financial and trade systems. The meeting, hosted by the APPG for Climate & Security , included representatives from the armed forces, Ministry of Defence, Foreign Office, Cabinet