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Will Durrant

Climate breakdown could become next Me Too-style movement, Chris Packham says

Springwatch star Chris Packham accused the Government of ‘acting slowly’ on biodiversity loss and nature recovery (Jordan Pettitt/PA) - (PA Wire)

Climate and biodiversity breakdown could become the next Me Too or Black Lives Matter campaign, Chris Packham has said, as he described a “tragicomedy” in Westminster and Washington.

The Springwatch star warned that giving the green light to Heathrow Airport’s proposed third runway and building “misplaced housing” would result in a movement that is “not only going to be the fight of our lives but it’s going to be the fight for our lives”.

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