Green Party Urges Action on Nature Security as National Security Threat

• •Green Party calls for nature loss to be treated as a national security threat.
• •The UK experienced extreme heat and wildfires, leading to significant economic losses.
• •The government has not released a full report on ecosystem threats to national security.

The Green Party of England and Wales has called for a new law to treat nature loss and biodiversity decline as serious national security threats. This motion, supported at the party’s conference, follows a summer of extreme heat and wildfires in the UK that resulted in significant economic losses and fatalities. The proposal includes statutory risk assessments and resilience planning for nature, aligning it with critical national infrastructure. The call for action comes after the Joint Intelligence Committee warned that global ecosystem degradation threatens UK national security, yet the government has not released the full report. Green Party leaders have demanded transparency from the government regarding the report's findings, which indicate severe consequences from ecosystem collapse, including food shortages and political destabilization. The proposed Nature, Biodiversity and National Security Act aims to integrate nature protection into government decision-making processes.