Today, the Environment Secretary and I want to share with the British people what we know about the scale of the climate and nature crisis and explain the actions that we are taking in response. The past decade has seen the 10 warmest years globally, with long-term global warming estimated at between 1.34°C and 1.41°C above pre-industrial levels, making last year the first time a single year exceeded 1.5°C. The UK's climate is getting hotter and wetter, with more extreme events. Over the past 50 years, days over 28°C have doubled, and those over 30°C have trebled. Sea levels around the UK rose by 13.4 cm over the last three decades. Globally, species are being lost at an unprecedented rate, with a quarter of British mammals and nearly half of bird species under threat of extinction. The abundance of species in England has fallen by one-third since 1970. Extreme weather impacts include heavy rainfall affecting harvests and more than 6 million properties at risk of flooding. Climate change threatens to cut GDP by 8% by the early 2070s, based on current GDP figures. Britain must act to protect our way of life from these threats. We can do this through reducing emissions, protecting nature, and adapting to impacts. The UK has a history of leadership in climate action, such as the Climate Change Act (2008), net-zero by 2050 legislation (2019), and halting species decline by 2030. At COP26, the UK announced a 1.5°C-aligned target for 2035, based on previous Conservative Government legislation. We are driving forward with ambitious climate targets, clean energy investment, and nature protection measures like the £7.9 billion flood defence programme over the next decade.