Hidden UK climate-security briefing exposes decades of inaction
TL;DR
UK Defra-commissioned climate-security briefing, backed by intelligence agencies, warned that ecosystem collapse could trigger food shortages, mass migration and conflict, but was buried; a leak reveals harsher projections—including Congo rainforest loss and Himalayan river declines driving European migration—and highlights a recurring pattern of secrecy and inaction on climate risk.
Topics:worldenvironment#climate-change#climate-migration#defra#environment#government-secrecy#national-security
- A UK climate security report backed by the intelligence services was quietly buried – a pattern we’ve seen many times before The Conversation
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- Business as usual is unacceptable – the National Security Risk Assessment Travel Tomorrow
- Decline of Himalayan rivers could trigger nuclear war: UK report Times of India
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