Rear Admiral Neil Morisetti, the tireless former Climate and Energy Security Envoy for the United Kingdom, has been appointed to serve as the UK’s interim climate change envoy by the British Foreign Secretary, William Hague. For at least the next nine months, this puts Admiral Morisetti in charge of international climate change negotiations, where he will join his U.S. counterpart Todd Stern. We look forward to his contribution in this space, where he will be in a position to offer a very useful security perspective to the climate talks.

Also, if you subscribe to E&E news, Lisa Friedman published a good writeup this morning on the appointment, and the UK’s evolving climate priorities.