A New Security Agenda: Clean Energy, Nature Restoration, and Economic Security

The language of security and sovereignty now dominates political debate. This reality underscores, rather than displaces, the importance of taking action across climate and nature. Security is not ideological: it depends on the systems that sustain our societies, including affordable energy, reliable food, clean water, resilient ecosystems, functioning supply chains and public trust in the capacity of governments to protect citizens from foreseeable harms.

In May 2026, the UN General Assembly voted by 141 to 8 to operationalise the findings of the International Court of Justice and asked the UN Secretary General to report on how compliance can be advanced. Our lack of preparedness and vulnerability to the changing climate and biodiversity loss is already being treated as a security risk by some intelligence agencies, banks, as well as defence and foreign ministries. As heads of state and governments from around the world will gather at the UN General Assembly, and for them to respond to these crises by acting on energy and nature security, we are calling them to consider the following priority policy asks:

1. Deliver a managed fossil fuel phase-out
2. Treat ecosystem protection and restoration as security infrastructure
3. Align budgets and public finance with climate and nature security imperatives