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Britain names Madeleine Alessandri climate security envoy

By Thomson Reuters Nov 11, 2026 | 4:59 PM

Nov 11 (Reuters) – Britain has appointed ​former ‌joint intelligence committee chair Madeleine Alessandri ‌as ​its ⁠special representative ⁠for climate security, the government said ​on Wednesday.

The announcement ⁠comes ⁠as Prime ​Minister Andy ​Burnham prepared to ‌tell the COP31 climate ⁠conference in Turkey that climate change ⁠posed ‌an ⁠increasingly urgent ​threat.

(Reporting ‌by Natalia ​Bueno ⁠Rebolledo in Mexico City; Editing by Chris ​Reese)