How UK cuts to climate finance could bankrupt ecosystems at home - and abroad

In this week's newsletter: From nature projects to biodiversity funds, key programmes will suffer as the UK aims to lower its international climate finance commitments by billionsThe UK's spy chiefs are accustomed to being listened to at the highest levels of government. Prime ministers and cabinets take notice when the joint intelligence committee (JIC), which directs MI5 and MI6, warns of threats to national security. Except, it seems, when it comes to the future of the planet.Last year the JIC produced a hard-hitting report which, the Guardian revealed, found the collapse of globally important ecosystems around the world - including the potential shift of the Amazon from rainforest to savannah, the demise of coral reefs, and the loss of glaciers - would threaten the UK's national security, through food shortages at home and the potential for conflict overseas.Dirty water, death and decline: the inside story of a privatisation scandalGlobal sea levels have been underestimated due to poor modelling, research suggests'I live in constant fear': surge in giant sinkholes threatens Turkey's farmersWhat exactly is climate finance? Who pays it? And who gets it? | ExplainerWe can move beyond the capitalist model and save the climate - here are the first three steps | Jason Hickel and Yanis VaroufakisBiodiversity collapse threatens UK security, intelligence chiefs warn Continue reading...