AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoHeat & extreme weather: The UK is sweltering again, with Met Office reports of 37.6C in Surrey and 37C at Kew Gardens, as 2026 stacks up record-breaking heatwaves and raises risks for health, infrastructure, and wildfire conditions. Climate science & ecosystems: Wyoming fossils show ancient forests responded to the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum with about a 60% drop in canopy cover for over 100,000 years—an ecosystem warning for today’s warming. Air pollution accountability: The EPA has reportedly taken cancer-risk estimates from its air-pollution data tools, leaving the public with raw pollution numbers but less clarity on health impacts. Nature protection: UN biodiversity talks say the world is still far off protecting 30% of land and seas by 2030, with finance and policy implementation lagging. Waste & health: In the Philippines, groups are challenging renewed waste-to-energy incineration plans, arguing flooding and garbage failures need drainage and governance fixes—not burning. Local climate action: Stevens Point, Wisconsin, is asking residents to shape a climate action plan through an anonymous survey.
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