UK has 'no future' if it fails to act on ecosystem collapse

mepian 31 points 3 comments July 12, 2026
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palata

> Food shortages could result within five years. And we are only just starting to see the effects of global warming... while still emitting CO2, meaning that we are making it worse by the minute. But we have AI! What a time to be alive.

thatguy0900

At this point im just hoping that countries at least coordinate together the inevitable geoengineering projects and it's not a bunch of countries shooting stuff into the atmosphere independantly

sillywalk

Link to the 14 page report[0]. The fact that they refused to release the un-redacted report is troubling for many reasons. The most probable on reason they didn't was because the predictions were too dire. Australia had a similar situation a few years ago[1], and refused to even say when the report was completed. [0] https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/696e0eae719d8... [1] https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/30/offic...

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