'Plans Alone Do Not Protect People': MEP Warns as EU Prepares New Law for a World 3°C Hotter

'Plans Alone Do Not Protect People': MEP Warns as EU Prepares New Law for a World 3°C Hotter

The European Commission's proposed Climate Resilience Law would standardise climate-risk planning, while lawmakers debate its obligations and how to finance an estimated €70 billion in annual adaptation investment.

Europe braces for 3°C warming: the deadly €70 billion challenge

Heat now claims roughly as many lives worldwide as HIV or malaria, according to the latest Lancet Countdown report, which estimates 710,000 heat-related deaths

EU to hardwire 3C into resilience law after deadly summer

A coalition of insurers, regulators and public authorities to table measures tackling climate insurance gap by end of 2027.

EU’s first Climate Resilience Law: a step towards preparing Europe for climate change impacts

The Socialists and Democrats welcome the European Commission’s proposal for the EU’s first Climate Resilience Law, a timely response to citizens and public authorities facing the growing impacts of the climate crisis. Just two months after a summer that laid bare Europe’s vulnerability to extreme weather, the proposal marks an important shift: preparing for climate disasters before they strike, rather...