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2020 is ‘last chance’ to save the planet
‘We need to change the way we live,’ environmental campaigners warn
New South Wales Rural Fire Service crews fight the Gospers Mountain Fire as it impacts a structure at Bilpin

THE coming year will be our “last chance” to come together and fight the climate emergency, environmental leaders are warning today.

The warnings come at the end of a year punctuated by devastating fires, hurricanes and floods driven by climate change — marking the end of the hottest decade on record.

Natural England chairman Tony Juniper and Environment Agency chairwoman Emma Howard Boyd say that recent flooding in Britain and devastating wildlife loss prove that the “dire consequences” of rising temperatures are already being felt.

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