Source · Select Committees · Environmental Audit Committee
Recommendation 17
17
Acknowledged
Integrate Antarctic scientific and environmental significance into international climate and nature negotiations.
Conclusion
These environmental changes are accelerating and have global consequences for climate stability and biodiversity. While the Antarctic Treaty System provides important protections, it cannot address climate change and biodiversity loss in isolation. Antarctica’s scientific and environmental significance must be better integrated into international climate and nature negotiations. The UK has a key role in ensuring that Antarctic issues, including the protection of its fragile biodiversity, are consistently represented in global forums such as the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Convention on Biological Diversity processes. (Conclusion, Paragraph 106)
Government response summary AI-generated
The government accepts this conclusion, articulating its view on the necessary outcomes for UNFCCC COP30 regarding climate action. It also highlights existing commitments from Antarctic Treaty Parties to share climate change research and confirms the UK's ongoing commitment and past participation in global forums to communicate the threat and implications of climate change for Antarctica.
Government Response
The government responded to this report on 11 September 2025. No passage in that response could be matched to this conclusion. Read the response document ↗