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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Pippa Neill Environment reporter

Britons kept in dark about scale of climate crisis, say viewers of ‘first-of-its-kind’ emergency briefing

A man dressed in a black sweatshirt and jeans carrying a microphone stand walks off stage. In the backdrop is a the logo of the National Emergency Briefing with a British flag on it
The TV environmentalist Chris Packham outlined the threats to security, economy and health in the 50-minute national emergency briefing film screened in Westminster Hall, London. Photograph: PA Images/Alamy Stock Photo/Alamy Live News

The British government must be honest about the scale of the threat posed by climate and nature breakdown, researchers have said, after nine out of 10 people surveyed after watching a briefing on the issue felt more motivated to act.

Last November, in the “first-of-its-kind national emergency briefing”, nine experts gave stark assessments in Central Hall in Westminster of the scale of the changes needed in the UK to adapt to the rapidly changing climate and ecological landscape.

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