"I know it's almost impossible to turn your eyes away from the Trump show, but that's the point. His antics, ever-grosser and more preposterous, are designed to keep him in our minds, to crowd out other issues. His insatiable craving for attention is a global-threat multiplier. You can't help wondering whether there's anything he wouldn't do to dominate the headlines. But we must tear ourselves away from the spectacle, for there are other threats just as critical that also require our attention."
"Apparently there were two reasons: because its conclusions were too negative, and because it would draw attention to the government's failure to act. When the report at last appeared, thanks to an FoI request lodged by the Green Alliance, The Times reported that it had been significantly abridged, I expect by the same goons. Some of its starkest conclusions had been omitted."
"It echoes warnings some of us have made for years, only to be dismissed as nutters, doomsayers and extremists. It tells us that ecosystem degradation is occurring across all regions. Every critical ecosystem is on a pathway to collapse (irreversible loss of function beyond repair). This presents a threat to UK national security and prosperity. It says the world is already experiencing impacts including crop failure"
Media fixation on sensational political figures diverts public attention from critical, less-visible threats. A UK national security assessment on biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse was withheld and significantly abridged, apparently because its conclusions were too negative and would highlight governmental inaction. The assessment, believed compiled by the joint intelligence committee including MI5, MI6 and GCHQ leaders, finds ecosystem degradation across all regions and states that every critical ecosystem is on a pathway to irreversible collapse. The assessment links ecosystem collapse to threats to national security and prosperity and notes already occurring impacts such as crop failure.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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