• I AM concerned that the UK government has not responded to a warning from 15,000 scientists given last November regarding the worsening global environmental crisis.

World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity warned that runaway consumption of limited resources by a rapidly growing population is crippling the Earth’s life-support systems and jeopardising our future.

The warning identified population as a “main driver” of the crisis, and recommended actions include reducing fertility rates through education and family planning, and rallying leaders behind the goal of establishing a sustainable human population.

I have sent a copy of the scientists’ warning to Labour MP Sir Keir Starmer and hope that he will recognise the seriousness of the issue and press our government to respond.

NICK MORPHET
Royal College Street, NW1