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An assessment of climate threats to UK national security has highlighted climate tipping points as a severely overlooked danger, according to a new report from the Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR), Chatham House, the University of Exeter, and the Strategic Climate Risks Initiative.   The researchers drew parallels with the Covid-19 pandemic, highlighting that national security threats can stem from non-hostile actions – like climate change – and not just from malicious intent, like wars and terrorism.   The authors of the report say the government has a blind spot: major…

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The government must halt and reverse the UK’s unprecedented environmental crisis and depleting natural environment, or risk missing key climate targets, says IPPR. The country ranks among the bottom 10 per cent globally for biodiversity, with only 53 per cent of its biodiversity remaining. Alarmingly, 41 per cent of UK species have experienced significant population decline since 1970. The situation underscores the urgent need for government-led action to halt the decline and restore the nation’s ecosystems. The UK government has committed to protecting nature in 30 per cent of the…

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