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News & Current Events Apr 6, 2026 at 2:12 PM

UK Government assessment: Global ecosystem collapse is now a "Critical National Security Issue" affecting food security and economic stability.

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Ecosystem collapse recognised as a critical national security issue by UK government
www.smithschool.ox.ac.uk
Ecosystem collapse recognised as a critical national security issue by UK government
The UK Government has just released a report that, if taken seriously, should transform how we think about climate, nature and security. The assessment, Global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security, is an official national security analysis commissioned by the government. It applies the same kinds of methods used for high-impact security threats – structured uncertainty judgements, confidence levels, and “reasonable worst-case” planning – to the ecological crisis.

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to_glory_we_steer Apr 6, 2026 +9
We could start with continuing rewinding efforts for portions of our national parks which are ecological deserts due to overgrazing and deforestation. We also need a farming policy that supports sustainable agriculture working alongside farmers to ensure that policy is practical and tailored to each area.
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QuantumBleep Apr 6, 2026 +4
Rewinding is good but rewilding might also help ..
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Fancy_Exchange_9821 Apr 6, 2026 +19
Nuclear energy is the way
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LordAnubis12 Apr 6, 2026 +3
Not sure what that has to do with biodiversity and nature?
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CountessOfCheese Apr 6, 2026 +9
I think they’re implying that other means of producing energy (coal, gas) have a worse impact on biodiversity and nature.
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LordAnubis12 Apr 6, 2026 +5
Sure but there's a huge issue with thinking that energy production is the same as nature restoration. Even if we had plentiful zero carbon nuclear energy, we would still have massive biodiversity and nature issues
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External-Praline-451 Apr 6, 2026 +1
The government is investing in nuclear, too. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-rips-up-rules-to-fire-up-nuclear-power
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FrostyImplement9565 Apr 6, 2026 +1
You’re not wrong but it’s not just like they can nip to Tesco to buy a reactor. It’ll take time to get things online.
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Historical-Mix8865 Apr 6, 2026 +3
Rolls Royce are very good at making small reactors, and have active government contracts  Even that would be a start. 
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Soft_Author2593 Apr 6, 2026 -8
You from 1985?
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OkWillingness6059 Apr 6, 2026 +2
Money for wara Yet no money to feed people in this world
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pevinsghost Apr 6, 2026 +2
Well, Oxford did solve the bee-pocolypse, so that might have bought us a little more time maybe.
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Automata-Omnia Apr 7, 2026
If King Charles, Prince William and the University colleges of Oxford and Cambridge, were really ecologists they would convert their vast estates from rent seeking farms into rewilded nature preserves, or at least plant hedges and native woodland amidst the vast crop fields they have opened up for the convenience of mechanised farming in the last 50 years.
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ErikChnmmr Apr 6, 2026 -9
Amazing how all this doom and gloom climate news is flooding media at the same time as the Iran war. Before the orange war I rarely saw articles about the climate. The second the war started, boom! Constant articles about end times weather, point of no return, catastrophe, etc
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NeedsMoreSpaceships Apr 6, 2026 +3
They are there constantly if you look, because the situation is getting continually worse and not nearly enough is actually being done.
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Sufficient-Will3644 Apr 6, 2026 +2
That more likely reflects your local geography. Some areas have been facing the impact for decades. See western North America.
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