Britain names Madeleine Alessandri climate security envoy

​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.