EU officials warn climate breakdown and wildlife loss ‘are ruining ecosystems that underpin the economy’

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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