Polanski calls for report on ecosystem collapse to be published in full
Green leader says ministers must stop ‘hiding the truth’ about threat to UK security from climate and nature crisis
TL;DR
- Zack Polanski is demanding the UK government release a full, unredacted report by spy chiefs on the national security risks of overseas ecosystem collapse.
- The unreleased report allegedly warns of severe food shortages, price rises, migration, political destabilisation, and possible war due to the climate and nature crisis.
- A redacted version was published, but the government has refused to release the full report despite freedom of information requests and calls from MPs.
- Green groups have warned the Prime Minister that the UK is failing to meet its legally binding target to restore 30% of nature by 2030.
- Two-thirds of the UK’s protected nature sites require urgent repair and significant investment is needed to restore them.
- The groups are calling for more funding, stronger laws, and decisive enforcement to protect the natural world.