ecosystem collapse

UK has 'no future' if it fails to act on ecosystem collapse

2 months ago

UK MPs demand full publication of a classified spy agency report warning that ecosystem collapse abroad will have catastrophic national security consequences, including severe food shortages within five years.
The government has only released a redacted 14-page summary despite the report detailing risks of food shortages, price hikes, migration, political destabilization, and possible war due to human-induced climate crisis and over-exploitation.
MPs criticize the government for failing to link national security threats to climate and biodiversity collapse while cutting overseas aid and climate finance budgets, contrasting with increased defense spending.
The unpublished report, involving the Joint Intelligence Committee, highlights risks from collapses in ecosystems like the Amazon rainforest, which could shift from a carbon sink to a carbon source.
Publication of the full report was blocked by Downing Street last October and again at the Cop30 summit, with insiders attributing the suppression to political advisors.
Despite claims of being "laser-focused" on nature protection, the UK has slashed climate assistance to poor countries, removing ringfenced nature spending and affecting projects globally.