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- Zack Polanski will challenge Andy Burnham’s government at the Wild Summit in Bristol on Wednesday to publish the report in full and without redactions.
- The joint intelligence committee’s report found that food shortages would be almost certain, migration would increase and unrest or armed conflict—including nuclear war—could result from overseas ecosystem collapse.
- Downing Street ensured the report’s planned publication at a Natural History Museum event attended by King Charles was pulled at the last minute last October.
- The UK government released a redacted 14-page version in January but has repeatedly refused to publish the full report despite freedom of information requests and calls from MPs.
- The UK’s 30% nature-restoration target is on course to be missed, and the government’s latest plan for reaching it in England has been called “pathetic” and “completely insufficient”.
- Protected nature sites require urgent repair in two-thirds of cases, while new research estimates that restoration by 2042 needs around £2bn annually, up from roughly £1.1bn today.
- Labour says it has launched the UK’s first taskforce on the security risks of climate change and nature loss and is delivering the largest nature-friendly farming budget in history.
Why it matters: Ministers face a direct transparency test: only 14 redacted pages have been released, and Downing Street previously halted publication. The policy need is equally concrete because two-thirds of protected sites require urgent repair and new research puts annual restoration investment at £2bn by 2042, up from £1.1bn today.
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