The climate and nature crisis is debated in Parliament on Monday 16 November at 4.30pm
There are just 11 days to go until Chris Packham’s petition calling for a government emergency briefing to the nation on the climate and nature crisis is debated in Parliament on Monday 16 November at 4.30pm.
Almost 5,000 of you have emailed your MP so far (thank you!). If you haven’t contacted your MP yet, time is running out. Please email them today and ask them to be there. This is a pivotal moment that could reset the UK conversation on the crisis.
More MPs join the call for an emergency briefing by government
We’re delighted to welcome more new MPs to the list of parliamentarians calling for a government-led emergency briefing. The latest total of supporting MPs now stands at an incredible 177. Our thanks also to the members of the Scottish and Welsh devolved legislatures signing up in support.
We’re getting lots of contact from parliamentarians right now and we know it’s all because of requests by constituents to engage with the petition. So please keep emailing your MPs. It’s really working…
Business Declares screening with Deborah Meaden
Our friends at Business Declares are hosting the first ever Business Emergency Briefing with 300 business leaders at Picturehouse Central in London on 24 November. They’ll be joined by Deborah Meaden, Professor Paul Behrens, Angela Francis and others, for a screening and facilitated discussion.
Meanwhile, our workplace screenings continue to see massive growth with October our busiest month to date. We now have 1,410 registered workplace screenings across 1,086 organisations including major companies like Costa Coffee, PwC, Deloitte, Aviva and BT Group.
If your business or workplace would like to host its own screening, please see the guide below or contact Donna Okell, Director of Business: donna@nebriefing.org
More councils pass motions in support
Councils across the UK have hosted 491 council screenings for staff, members, and residents. We’re also delighted to welcome more councils to the list of local authorities that have passed a cross-party motion calling on the government to deliver an emergency briefing to the nation.
If your council would like to screen the film, please see our council screening pack below.
Climate misinformation debunked
It’s 2026. 99.9% of science studies agree that climate change is primarily driven by human activity. Meanwhile, extreme weather is wreaking havoc on food production – so much so that Rice Krispies has changed its recipe due to a lack of rice.
You’d be forgiven for thinking that climate deniers had finally given up. But the success of the People’s Emergency Briefing film seems to have brought a few out of the woodwork. It worth noting that the value of global fossil fuel reserves is predicted to drop by $13 - 17 trillion if humanity acts to stabilise the climate - clearly an enormous incentive to spread disinformation.
To help shine a light, we’ve put together some well-referenced evidence-based responses. Our favourite denier claim? ‘The Earth was hotter 485 million years ago.’ True. But that was a world without humans where Earth's landmasses were largely barren rock!
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