On Monday 5 June, Samantha Burgess, Deputy Director of the European climate observation programme Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), presented the Copernicus 2022 annual report on the state of the climate – ‘European State of the Climate’ – which was published on 20 April, to the European Parliament Environment Committee (see EUROPE B13166A21). During her discussions with MEPs, Ms Burgess emphasised the urgent need to take ambitious measures to tackle climate change, which is...