The potential consequences of biodiversity loss for human populations have for too long been overlooked. It is vital that nature recovery is also prioritised in our economic recovery efforts alongside action on climate change. If measures to promote economic recovery are not treated as an opportunity to ‘grow back better’, then the global collapse in biodiversity, together with the impacts of pollution and climate change, may, if left unchecked, result in an even more catastrophic crisis.

The potential consequences of biodiversity loss for human populations have for too long been overlooked. It is vital that nature recovery is also prioritised in our economic recovery efforts alongside action on climate change. If measures to promote economic recovery are not treated as an opportunity to ‘grow back better’, then the global collapse in biodiversity, together with the impacts of pollution and climate change, may, if left unchecked, result in an even more catastrophic crisis. Type: conclusion | Number: 2 | Paragraph: 20 | Response status: under_consideration Government response: The Government set out in its recent Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy that tackling climate change and biodiversity loss will be the UK’s international priority through 2021 and beyond. This will include investing in nature and a ‘nature positive’ economy, and i