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What we told UK leaders about climate and nature at a national emergency briefing

Paul Behrens, University of Oxford – The Conversation

04 December 2025 • 4 min read

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Paul Behrens speaking at the National Emergency Briefing on climate - Credit: National Emergency Briefing

I joined eight other experts to deliver a National Emergency Briefing in late November on the climate and nature to around 1,200 of the UK’s leaders — across politics, business, faith and culture — in Central Hall Westminster.

Much like the televised national briefings delivered during Covid, the aim was to deliver sober, science-based overviews of the various climate and nature crises that the UK faces. Chaired by the academic...

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What we told UK leaders about climate and nature at a national emergency briefing

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