Abingdon Peace Group: People's Emergency Briefing, and a redacted climate report the government didn’t want you to see

Posted: 22nd August 2026

Dear Peace Group supporter,

Our friends in Abingdon Carbon Cutters and One Planet Abingdon have sent us this invitation:

Dear friend,

You have probably heard of the National Emergency Briefing which took place in Westminster Hall in November 2025? The short videos of each speaker are powerful, honest and alarming – do take time to watch them on YouTube if you haven’t already.

Now the same team has created a short film The People’s Emergency Briefing showing reactions to the briefings by people from all walks of life. You can’t watch the whole film online, because the makers want us to gather together in our communities to watch it. So we have booked the film for our September meeting on Wednesday 16th September at 7.30pm in the Baptist Church in Ock Street.

We anticipate it will be popular: you can book your seat here. 50 people have already booked! Please share this email with friends and family, neighbours and members of groups you belong to – this is going to need all of us!

See you then?

P.S. from me: The briefings include a section on defence and security which sets out clearly the links between the environmental crisis and the military threats. Worth a watch, as is the ITV programme below:

Dear friends,

This is an interesting bit of investigative journalism from ITV: https://youtu.be/59DZiPdsOc8?si=wK0hexcwMoSp3YRw Worth watching and sharing?

ITV News has seen a classified government intelligence report which appears to show some of the most worrying potential impacts of our loss of nature weren’t disclosed to the public.

In January, the government published a report on the security and economic threats resulting from nature decline.

The long-awaited government-commissioned report had initially been scheduled for an autumn release.

Although the government received the report, it chose not to publish it and cancelled the launch.

After pressure from campaign groups, including an FOI, it was released in January.

However, the version which was published was a short summary version which left out some of the key points experts had found.

Watch it here: https://youtu.be/59DZiPdsOc8?si=wK0hexcwMoSp3YRw and prepare to be outraged!

Enjoy the rest of the summer,

Sally Reynolds,

Secretary, Abingdon Peace Group

01235 526265 or 07786 055195