The UK has reduced the number of staff in the Foreign Office working full time on climate change by over two thirds from 26 in Last year to just eight at present. The number of overseas staff working on the issue has fallen to 149 from 177 in Last year. 2013, Baroness Anelay of St Johns, minister of state for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, claimed that climate change was “a top priority” for ministers and was linked to “global security and economic prosperity”.
The UK has reduced the number of staff in the Foreign Office working full time on climate change by over two thirds from 26 in 2013 to just eight at present. The number of overseas staff working on the issue has fallen to 149 from 177 in 2013. Last year, Baroness Anelay of St Johns, minister of state for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, claimed that climate change was “a top priority” for ministers and was linked to “global security and economic prosperity”.