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‘Earth sends a warning’: Newspapers react to record-breaking temperatures
It comes as a judge told the government to rewrite its climate emergency plan to set out how they will achieve their emissions targets.
Ros Atkins’ 2 minute explainer on why this is not a re-run of 1976 is a must watch
The peak that year was 35.9C. That has already been beaten by the current temperatures and on Tuesday it could go as high as 41C.
Prepare for a ‘silent spring’: Expert warns we are closer than ever to catastrophic biodiversity loss
“The biodiversity crisis is a crisis because it won’t just kill the plants and animals it is killing, it will kill us too."
Don’t look up: 50-50 chance of exceeding 1.5C warming threshold in next five years
In 2015, the chance of exceeding the key threshold for global warming was zero.
Record heatwaves at Earth poles prompt fears of faster climate breakdown
"These events drive home the urgency of action," one scientist said.
Environment Agency ‘lowered 93 per cent of serious pollution prosecutions’
Only 35 out of 495 serious incidents of water and waste crimes were carried forward, despite its own conclusion that all should be prosecuted.
‘Atlas of human suffering’: UN report warns of ‘devastating’ climate impacts
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned that many impacts of the climate crisis were already "irreversible".
Liz Truss criticised after flying on private jet instead of commercial flight or train
“Commercial travel options were not possible for this trip due to the foreign secretary’s busy schedule, and would have been more expensive," the government's foreign office said in defence of the Tory secretary.