"The national security assessment on biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse was supposed to have been published in October 2025, but Downing Street sought to make it disappear.
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"The national security assessment on biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse was supposed to have been published in October 2025, but Downing Street sought to make it disappear. Apparently there were two reasons: because its conclusions were “too negative”, and because it would draw attention to the government’s failure to act.
When the report at last appeared, The Times reported that it had been significantly “abridged”."
The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot
It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
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"The national security assessment on biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse was supposed to have been published in October 2025, but Downing Street sought to make it disappear. Apparently there were two reasons: because its conclusions were “too negative”, and because it would draw attention to the government’s failure to act.
When the report at last appeared, The Times reported that it had been significantly “abridged”."
The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot
It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
"The absence of any formal briefing or ministerial comment is itself revealing – climate risks appear to be treated differently from other risks to national security. It’s hard to imagine a report warning of national security risks from AI [or] China getting the same treatment.
This episode is not even especially unusual, historically.
Climate deniers insist governments are exaggerating the threat. In reality, the evidence increasingly suggests the opposite."
A UK climate security report backed by the intelligence services was quietly buried – a pattern we’ve seen many times before
Governments have been warned about climate change for 70 years. They’re still suppressing the worst news.
The Conversation (theconversation.com)
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"The absence of any formal briefing or ministerial comment is itself revealing – climate risks appear to be treated differently from other risks to national security. It’s hard to imagine a report warning of national security risks from AI [or] China getting the same treatment.
This episode is not even especially unusual, historically.
Climate deniers insist governments are exaggerating the threat. In reality, the evidence increasingly suggests the opposite."
A UK climate security report backed by the intelligence services was quietly buried – a pattern we’ve seen many times before
Governments have been warned about climate change for 70 years. They’re still suppressing the worst news.
The Conversation (theconversation.com)
"When nations with well-resourced intelligence gathering services, like the UK and Australia, choose to shield their citizens from the very real impacts of planetary warming and ecological disruption, they risk aligning themselves with climate denialism efforts like those occurring in the US, such as current National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard’s decision to excise any mention of climate change from the spy community’s most recent Annual Threat Assessment."
Deny, delay, downplay: How governments hide climate change intelligence - MR Online
When nations with well-resourced intelligence gathering services, like the United Kingdom and Australia, choose to shield their citizens from the very real impacts of planetary warming and ecological disruption, they risk aligning themselves with climate denialism efforts like those occurring in the United States, such as current National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard’s decision to excise any mention of climate change from the spy community’s most recent Annual Threat Assessment.
(mronline.org)
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