A PUBLIC screening of the People’s Emergency Briefing in Midsomer Norton is planned for May 28.

The screening forms part of a growing UK-wide programme of events designed to help ensure that both the public and decision-makers are clearly and honestly informed about the climate and nature crisis.

In November 2025, more than 1,200 MPs, peers and leaders from business, culture, faith, sport and the media gathered at Westminster Central Hall for the National Emergency Briefing; a landmark event bringing together leading experts to assess the UK’s exposure to climate and nature risks.

This national event has now been adapted into a 50-minute public film, The People’s Emergency Briefing, which launched nationwide on April 7 and is now being screened in communities across the UK.

Among others, the film features broadcaster and campaigner Chris Packham, part of the National Emergency Briefing team, and Dragon’s Den’s Deborah Meaden who attended and was inspired by the event.

Chris Packham said: “I’d encourage people everywhere to attend a screening of The People’s Emergency Briefing. It creates exactly the kind of honest local conversation we now urgently need, both about what these changes mean where we live, and about what we can do together to address them.”

With screenings taking place nationwide, local events form part of a broader effort to build a shared understanding of climate and nature risks across the UK, and to support constructive public dialogue about future choices.

Midsomer Norton screening host Kevin Stephens said: “It’s part of a wider programme of screenings taking place across the UK, designed to help communities understand the climate and nature crisis and discuss what it means locally. The event will include a short facilitated discussion afterwards.”

The community screening takes place at Orchard Hall BA3 2RA in Midsomer Norton on May 28 starting at 7.30 pm.