The seventh edition of the report, which has been published every five years since 1995, found:

    More than 80% of protected habitats are in a poor or bad state, with “unsustainable” consumption and production patterns driving loss of wildlife.

    The EU’s “carbon sink” has declined by about 30% in a decade as logging, wildfires and pests damage forests.

    Emissions from transport and food have barely budged since 2005, despite progress in other sectors.

    Member states have failed to adapt to extreme weather as fast as risk levels have risen.

    Water stress already affects one in three Europeans and will worsen as the climate changes.

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