It's time for a televised emergency briefing on the climate and nature crisis, introduced by the PM and delivered by independent experts, as an essential step to unlock the wartime-scale response now required.
Our new film, presented by Chris Packham, is screening in communities and workplaces across the UK to raise awareness and build public support for that government-led briefing.
How this started…
Last November, ten of the UK’s leading experts briefed an invited audience of over 1,200 politicians and leaders from business, culture, faith, sport and the media.
The briefing set out the implications of climate and nature breakdown for health, food systems, national security and the economy.
What's happening now…
Our ask
We are calling for a wartime-scale response to the climate and nature crisis.
The first step towards this is for government to level with the public by staging a prime-time, multi-channel televised national emergency briefing to the nation.
Such a briefing would launch a major public engagement plan, combatting rising disinformation and securing support for the urgent action now needed.
MPs from across the parties are joining our Parliamentary Call for a televised emergency briefing. It's time for full transparency. Informing the public is a fundamental principle of democracy.
Isn't the UK doing enough?
The UK has taken some major steps to protect our shared environment. Under the Conservatives, we became the first country to adopt a net zero target, and we are making excellent progress developing cheap homegrown renewables. We are grateful to the politicians from across all parties who have worked hard to reach this point, often in the face of fierce resistance from vested interests.
But progress is frequently overstated. Electricity production causes just a fifth of UK emissions. In most other sectors, emissions are barely moving. UK emissions fell by only 1.8% in 2025, and even exclude some key sectors. The climate and nature crisis is an immense challenge and the reality is that we are moving far too slowly. Action at a far greater scale is now needed to avoid severe consequences.
Read more about why UK progress is falling far short of the wartime-scale action needed to protect the nation.
The People's Emergency Briefing film
A full documentary from the briefing is now being shown across the UK. It brings together the science and national implications in one compelling film.
The film is designed for communities to watch together with their MP and other local decision makers - to see the same evidence - on the record - as those briefed in Westminster.
Why is the film only available to watch in-person?
Our model of in person screenings is designed to achieve a number of goals. Watching with others helps people process the information and find agency through connection. It is also our key mechanism for ensuring MPs attend screenings and are briefed alongside their constituents. We make exceptions for invite-only workplace screenings, where it is sometimes necessary for the film to be streamed to colleagues in various locations.
NEB Connectors
If you are in a position to secure multiple screenings via your networks, could you help by becoming an NEB Connector?
Endorsements
Lord Deben
“The National Emergency Briefing could not be more timely. The science is moving fast, and every year the risks become clearer. Britain has led before, and we must lead again - not with words, but with action to protect our people, our prosperity and our children’s future. But first, all policymakers must ensure they are fully informed."
Professor Joanna Haigh CBE
“We face a climate emergency. MPs need to be awake to the risks and ready for action, which is why I ask them to prioritise attending a local screening of the People's Emergency Briefing film."
Professor Michael Mann
"I urge all policymakers to engage with this critically important scientific advice. I’d like to see a National Emergency Briefing in every country."
