The Report '...provides an independent, comprehensive and evidence-based assessment of the state of Australia’s environment.' (Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Canberra) >

'How Microplastics in Agrochemicals Are Affecting Our Soils, Our Food, and Our Future.' (Center for International Environmental Law, Geneva, Switzerland) >

Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: code red for a healthy future. 'Record temperatures in 2020 resulted in a new high of 3·1 billion more person-days of heatwave exposure among people older than 65 years and 626 million more person-days affecting children younger than 1 year, compared with the annual average for the 1986–2005 baseline.' (The Lancet, London) >

Seven megatrends that will shape the next 20 years. "Australia is at a pivotal point. There is a tidal wave of disruption on the way, and it’s critical we take steps now to get ahead of it." — CSIRO Chief Executive Dr Larry Marshall. • Adapting to a changing climate • Leaner, cleaner and greener • The escalating health imperative • Geopolitical shifts • Diving into digital • Increasingly autonomous • Unlocking the human dimension (CSIRO, Brisbane) >

'Emissions are measured in carbon dioxide equivalents (CO2eq). This means non-CO2 gases are weighted by the amount of warming they cause over a 100-year timescale' (Our World in Data, UK) >

'The globe just had the third warmest June on record, according to Europe’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, with widespread episodes of extreme heat. Antarctic sea ice was the lowest on record for the month of June.' (World Meteorological Organization, Geneva) >

'With air temperatures in excess of 10°C above the average for the time of year in parts of Europe, the United States and Asia [Northern Hemisphere Summer], June 2022 has gone down as a record breaker.' (European Space Agency, France)

Climate change is a major public health crisis. NEJM and NEJM Group are committed to raising awareness of the effects of climate change on health conditions and medical care systems. A growing collection of articles and other resources is freely available to support physicians and other health care professionals. (The New England Journal of Medicine, Massachusetts Medical Society) >

Mental health and climate change: tackling invisible injustice. 'A key factor that contributes to climate anxiety is knowing danger is coming but not having any appropriate scripts, skills, or direct agency in place to mitigate it.' Harriet E Ingle and Michael Mikulewicz (The Lancet, London) >

Floods expose social inequities, and potential mental health epidemic in its wake. 'University of Sydney experts say floods and disasters leave communities highly vulnerable to health problems, which include anxiety, PTSD and mosquito borne diseases, unless action is taken.' (The University of Sydney) >