Source · Select Committees · Environmental Audit Committee
Recommendation 24
24
Accepted
Accelerating environmental changes are severely impacting Antarctica's biodiversity, requiring urgent science-led responses.
Conclusion
The accelerating environmental changes in Antarctica, driven by climate change, sea ice loss, and increasing human activity, are having serious and compounding impacts on the continent’s biodiversity. These changes demand urgent, science led responses. (Conclusion, Paragraph 141)
Government response summary AI-generated
The government partially accepts, explaining that current Antarctic research priorities and existing funding through UKRI and the National Academies, including over £900m allocated for 2025/26, are already focused on understanding biodiversity changes and other impacts of climate change.
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 ↗