The Know Daily - Wednesday 20 May 2026

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It’s World Bee Day today! Here are six ways you can help them to thrive… co-founder Lynn is ahead of the game with her famous bee houses 💛

🗣️ The National Climate Briefing

What’s the briefing about?
Late last year, over 1,000 MPs, scientists and business leaders gathered in Westminster for the UK’s first National Emergency Briefing on climate and nature. The event featured ten experts speaking about how climate change and nature loss could affect everyday life in Britain, from food prices to national security. Rather than focusing purely on worst-case scenarios, the goal was to give the public and policymakers a clearer overview of both the risks and the possible solutions.

Why are we talking about it now?
Because the project has moved from Westminster into community cinemas, churches, universities and arts centres. The conversation has been adapted into a new 50-minute film called The People’s Emergency Briefing, which takes the original expert talks and turns them into something more accessible and discussion-friendly. Many screenings include local Q&As afterwards with MPs, researchers or environmental groups. You can check out where your nearest screening is here.

What issues and solutions does it explore?
The film focuses on how climate change and nature loss are already affecting people, rather than distant future scenarios. It highlights issues including more frequent flooding and heatwaves, rising food and energy costs, pressure on housing and infrastructure, and health concerns linked to heat and air pollution.

It also explores possible solutions to help cut emissions and prepare communities. These include better insulated homes to lower bills and keep homes cooler, more renewable energy (especially wind and solar power), restoring forests and wetlands to help absorb carbon and reduce flooding, improving flood defences and infrastructure, and supporting local food systems.

How does this link to government policy?
The UK government is not formally running or endorsing the National Emergency Briefing project itself. However, many of the topics raised align with existing government policies around net zero, climate adaptation and energy transition. The UK is legally committed to reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, with current policies including expanding renewable energy, improving home energy efficiency and investing in flood defences and climate resilience planning.

🇪🇺 Debate around the UK’s future relationship with the EU has resurfaced after MP Wes Streeting said he would ultimately like to see Britain “back in the EU” one day.

• The bigger story: While rejoining the EU is not current government policy, the comments have reignited discussion about what a closer relationship with Europe could realistically look like. A recent survey by Best for Britain found more than 80% of Labour, Liberal Democrat and Green voters supported fully rejoining the EU, although support across all voters was lower at 53%, highlighting how opinion on Brexit still remains divided.

👩‍⚕️ The artificial pancreas NHS rollout for people with type 1 diabetes has helped to narrow ethnic and socioeconomic inequality of treatment access.

🏹 The Bayeux Tapestry is returning to Britain for the first time in 1,000 years – here’s how you can get tickets.

🍻 Beer consumption has overtaken wine in France for the first time, new data has revealed. 

🐣 Chicks have hatched successfully from artificial eggs, a biotech company that aims to resurrect lost creatures has said.

🪩 Strictly Come Dancing’s new presenters have been confirmed, featuring three hosts for the first time ever. 

👩‍💻 The best workplaces to grow a career across three cities in the UK have been revealed by LinkedIn.

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