Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 117945

Climate Change: Biodiversity

Tabled: 4 March 2026
Answered: 9 March 2026

Question

Pippa Heylings

Liberal DemocratSouth Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made an estimate of the potential impact to GDP in the UK from nature and biodiversity loss due to climate change.

Answer

Mary Creagh
Defra co-funded a 2024 report on Assessing the Materiality of Nature-Related Financial Risks for the UK, led by the Green Finance Institute working with academic partners. The report found that environmental degradation could lead to a potential reduction...

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