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National Emergency Screening I attended last night.

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BluebellGran Sat 12-Sept-26 16:09:14

As a grandmother I need to share this.

A National Emergency Briefing, held at Westminster Central Hall on 27 November 2025 was attended by over 1200 MPs, peers and leaders from across UK society. It brought together senior experts who presented a clear evidence based account of the risks facing the UK and the latest evidence on the climate and nature crisis.

I am a grandmother, like all of you, and although I am unlikely to be personally affected, I have grandchildren who will be, and we must wake up before the tipping point is reached and it’s too late.

Many MPs, my local LibDem one included, are backing the idea of a government backed, primetime televised emergency briefing to the nation.

The scale of what is coming is so huge that we all feel overwhelmed, thinking there’s nothing we personally can do. Ultimately our MPs will have to make difficult unpopular decisions which the nation will only support if we know the consequences for our descendants if we bury our heads in the sand and carry on fiddling while Rome burns.

You can watch the film, which is being screened around the country, by searching for ‘National Emergency Briefing’ where the film hosted by Chris Packham is available.

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valdali Sat 12-Sept-26 16:12:47

Thanks Bluebellgran.

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62Granny Sat 12-Sept-26 16:18:16

I am not sure I want to know? That may be burying my head in sand I am not normally an anxious person I'm usually the person who looks for a solution to a problem but this type of thing is so overwhelming it can't be solved easily and I find that very overwhelming.

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petra Sat 12-Sept-26 16:30:51

The tipping point has been reached. Can you imagine the panic if this was broadcast worldwide.

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eddiecat78 Sat 12-Sept-26 17:31:10

Sadly I've come to the conclusion that most grandparents don't care enough about the future to make changes themselves.
I have several times on Gransnet mentioned the problems associated with buying more and more unnecessary, usually plastic, stuff, usually from China.
I have been accused of being a sanctimonious killjoy. The usual response is "I've worked hard all my life, buying stuff gives me pleasure so I'm going to carry on doing it".
The fact that the planet is drowning under plastic is of no to concern to these people. They are not going to agree to anything else that "inconveniences" them.
Our only hope is that the younger generation have more sense.

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OldFrill Sat 12-Sept-26 17:34:09

Here's a link where you can download the key points

National Emergency Briefing share.google/lyxGVKvo9Vp1diSzG

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Fallingstar Sat 12-Sept-26 17:56:51

I feel very worried about climate change. Europe is heating up twice as much as anywhere in the world. Wildfires are becoming the norm with the loss of ecosystems, wildlife, and human life.
People keep thinking the hot weather we are getting is ok, just hotter than normal, but this is not ok, far from it and with El Niño made worse by climate change we face terrible storms this winter and next spring probably with flooding and power cuts, and an even hotter summer next year. The number of people dying from the heat has risen substantially.
Europe is in danger, not from threats to our security from Putin et al, but from extreme weather. Hence the warning for people to stockpile certain essential items.

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Cossy Sat 12-Sept-26 18:14:26

Thank you flowers

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MawsRosie Sat 12-Sept-26 18:29:48

Sounded good - until you lost me at the inclusion of Chris Packham..

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Fallingstar Sat 12-Sept-26 18:33:15

MawsRosie

Sounded good - until you lost me at the inclusion of Chris Packham..

I actually like Chris, he has championed ecosystems and wildlife for many years. I agree he isn’t everyone’s cup of tea and am sure he knows this too, but he will robustly fight for those without a voice that are losing their precious habitats and make no apology for that.

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