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In 2024, 1.9 million people face extreme lack of food and exhaustion of coping capacities – a Catastrophe (IPC/CH 5) classification.
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New roadmap to help the EU Space Programme better monitor polar regions.
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JRC model estimates EU imports use cropland the size of Spain to sustain consumption needs.
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Global warming and an ageing population are driving factors behind the increasing mortality risk.
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