Chris Packham has urged MPs to “listen to the science” on climate change as he warned of a “dangerous wave of misinformation”.

The TV presenter and naturalist attended an “emergency climate change summit” on Thursday, where MPs, peers, business leaders and celebrities heard from experts about how the UK was unprepared for rising temperatures.

Delivering a speech at the start of the briefing, Mr Packham, 64, questioned why progress on the issue had been slow.

“Why are we unbelievably pulling back on rapidly and forthrightly addressing the greatest crisis to ever threaten our species, climate breakdown, and biodiversity loss?” he said.

“Well, to start with, climate denialism has been a mainstream thing again, thanks to the well-oiled machines of the rich, powerful and influential lobbyis

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