Environment Protection: National Security
Commons · Question 126160 · Tabled 10 Apr 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 16 Apr 2026
Question
Asked by Chris Coghlan
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what urgent steps she will take to protect national security further to her Department's publication entitled National security assessment on global ecosystems, updated on 2 February 2
Answer
Answered by Mary Creagh, 16 Apr 2026
On 20 January, the Government published the Nature Security Assessment which examined the potential impacts that may arise from global biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation. The assessment reinforces the importance of protecting nature as a foundati...