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Europe in 2050: a survivor's guide to climate change

By Michael Marshall

28 November 2012

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Europe is now in a race against the climate. With little hope of a global deal to cut greenhouse gas emissions, temperature rises of 3 or 4 °C above preindustrial levels are likely before 2100. That means countries have just decades to prepare.

Now a report by the European Environment Agency (EEA) outlines how the climate has already changed across the continent, and what will happen next. For the first time, we have a reasonably clear picture. From reshaping cities to defending coastlines, how will countries need…

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