@urlyman Page 10:
"The UK is unable to be food self-sufficient at present, based on current diets and prices"
"The UK does not have enough land to feed its population and rear livestock"
There's a solution to this particular problem. One we've known about for decades. They're saying it, but without actually saying it: #GoVegan.
@urlyman
Is it the one they wanted to keep secret because impacts national security?
@urlyman Page 10:
"The UK is unable to be food self-sufficient at present, based on current diets and prices"
"The UK does not have enough land to feed its population and rear livestock"
There's a solution to this particular problem. One we've known about for decades. They're saying it, but without actually saying it: #GoVegan.
@hembrow @urlyman
The trouble with promoting #GoVegan as a solution is that at the moment to most people it feels too extreme. Practically, it’s also more extreme than it needs to be. Hill farmed sheep, for example, mostly use land and resources which would not be switched to other production. #GoFlexitarian may be a better message for now.
Objectively, given the options that exist now, not going vegan is bonkers, but people are not objective. They most readily respond to what is directly in front of them, and collapse isn’t, yet. Or they react to social contagion which can spin off from quite small numbers
Good job the UK media is reporting on a plan of action for this every day and holding the UK government’s feet to the fire on it, and not daily obsessing about economic growth, AI or the zero sum pursuit of critical minerals to make weapons with
…Circa 2031:
Luckily, Jonathan diligently and recursively highlighted the worst failing.
While food scarcity cascaded and water became more dangerous to drink, Jonathan kept highlighting that reporting analysis of our descent should not be done in an #effingPDF
The community resistance in the Twin Cities / Minneapolis is one model - though global warmers are less "kill you now" in-your-face
…The item numbers are those published in the summary above
UK gov: high risk
1. Global ecosystem degradation and collapse threaten UK national security and prosperity. The world is already experiencing impacts including crop failures, intensified natural disasters and infectious disease outbreaks. Threats will increase with degradation and intensify with collapse. Without major intervention to reverse the current trend, this is highly likely to continue to 2050 and beyond.
…UK gov: high risk
3. Critical ecosystems that support major global food production areas and impact global climate, water and weather cycles are the most important for UK national security. Severe degradation or collapse of these would highly likely result in water insecurity, severely reduced crop yields, a global reduction in arable land, fisheries collapse, changes to global weather patterns, release of trapped carbon exacerbating climate change, novel zoonotic diseases…
3 continued (UK gov: high risk).
…and loss of pharmaceutical resources. The Amazon rainforest, Congo rainforest, boreal forests, the Himalayas and South East Asia’s coral reefs and mangroves are particularly significant for the UK.
…UK gov: high risk
4. Ecosystem degradation is occurring across all regions. Every critical ecosystem is on a pathway to collapse (irreversible loss of function beyond repair).
…UK gov: moderate risk
2. Cascading risks of ecosystem degradation are likely to include geopolitical instability, economic insecurity, conflict, migration and increased inter-state competition for resources.
6. All countries are exposed to the risks of ecosystem collapse within and beyond their borders. Some will be exposed sooner than others and are likely to act to secure their interests, particularly water and food security.
…UK gov: moderate risk
7. Without significant increases in UK food system and supply chain resilience, it is unlikely the UK would be able to maintain food security if ecosystem collapse drives geopolitical competition for food. The UK relies on imports for a proportion of both food and fertiliser and cannot currently produce enough food to feed its population based on current diets…
