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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.

Chemical pollution a threat comparable to climate change, scientists warn

More than 100 million ‘novel entity’ chemicals are in circulation, with health impact not widely recognised

climate misinformation is turning the crisis into a catastrophe, according to the authors of a new report

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The six biggest banks in the US have all quit the global banking industry’s net zero target-setting group, with the imminent inauguration of Donald Trump as president expected to bring political backlash against climate action

Climate crisis exposed people to extra six weeks of dangerous heat in 2024

Analysis shows fossil fuels are supercharging heatwaves, leaving millions prone to deadly temperatures

Climate crisis deepens with 2024 ‘certain’ to be hottest year on record

Average global temperature in November was 1.62C above preindustrial levels, bringing average for the year to 1.60C

McKinsey paid $1.6m to ‘guide’ Australian climate policy despite working for fossil fuel companies

studies calculating the role of the climate crisis in what are now unnatural disasters show 550 heatwaves, floods, storms, droughts and wildfires have been made significantly more severe or more frequent by global heating

Rich countries silencing climate protest while preaching about rights elsewhere, says study

"...crucially, because the climate crisis can only be averted if every country does its part."

Climate crisis is making days longer, study finds

Women should be at centre of climate policies as they face increased rates of violence and homelessness after disasters, researchers say

Klimawandel: red flags and warning signs in comments on social media

The climate cost of the first two years of Russia’s war on Ukraine was greater than the annual greenhouse gas emissions generated individually by 175 countries

‘Godfathers of climate chaos’: UN chief urges global fossil-fuel advertising ban

Twelve billionaires’ climate emissions outpollute 2.1m homes, analysis finds

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Wenn es bloß so wäre: Fossil fuel firms owe climate reparations of $281bn a year, says study