When we talk about climate action and just transition, we sometimes forget how important these factors are to ensuring and sustaining peace - without which property on this common planet cannot exist.

Speaking to a UN Security Council meeting yesterday, UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres has warned - once more - that climate change is “an aggravating factor” for instability, conflict and terrorism.

He said the regions that are most vulnerable to rising temperatures “also suffer from insecurity, poverty, weak governance and the scourge of terrorism". He said that when people lose their livelihoods after extreme weather events, “the promises of protection, income and justice – behind which terrorists sometimes hide their truce designs – become more attractive".

The urgency to act has never been stronger.