Climate change

Building Britain's prosperity by increasing exports and investment, opening markets, ensuring access to resources, and promoting sustainable global growth.

Foreign Secretary's climate change speech

In a speech to the Council on Foreign Relations, Foreign Secretary William Hague said that an effective response to climate change 'underpins our security and prosperity'.

A 4 degree world

Our interactive map shows some of the possible impacts of a 4 degrees Celsius rise in global temperature.

Ice on the Han river in Seoul, South Korea. (Getty images)

Argentina: world cut winners

Our embassy in Argentina was the first international organisation to meet their 10:10 target.

Tackling climate change is essential to our security and prosperity

Climate change is a global problem and therefore requires a global solution. The FCO, with its network of posts across the globe, work on securing an international climate agreement.