MPs call on UK government to host televised emergency briefing on climate emergency
UK Members of Parliament are calling for a televised national emergency briefing on the climate crisis, supported by a film featuring environmentalist Chris Packham. The initiative highlights the urgent threats climate change poses to food security, public health, and the national economy.
Why it matters
It represents a significant push to elevate climate change from a policy issue to a national security priority requiring direct public communication.
The TV environmentalist Chris Packham holding a national emergency briefing in Westminster Hall last November. The TV environmentalist Chris Packham holding a national emergency briefing in Westminster Hall last November. Climate crisis MPs call on UK government to host televised emergency briefing on climate emergency As UK swelters in another heatwave, 50-minute Chris Packham film outlines threats to security, economy and health
Prefer the Guardian on Google MPs are calling on the UK government to host a televised national climate emergency briefing in response to what has been described as the most “insidious threat to our society”.
In November, in the “first-of-its-kind, national emergency briefing”, nine experts gave stark assessments in Westminster Hall of the scale of the changes needed to adapt the country to the rapidly changing climate and ecological landscape.
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