EU wants capitals to adjust to warming of 3°C
The proposal would require governments to assign responsibility for climate disasters and factor hotter-weather scenarios into roads, bridges and neighborhoods.
- On Tuesday, the European Commission unveiled climate rules requiring the 27 member states to clarify responsibility for protecting citizens from extreme weather disasters. Climate Action Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra stated governments must "appoint and articulate where the responsibility is going to lie."
- Europe is warming twice as fast as the global average, with projections suggesting temperatures could rise 3C by 2100. The Commission warned climate change "is threatening to increasingly undermine Europe's social and territorial cohesion" as extreme weather events grow more frequent.
- Economic damages from this summer's extreme weather exceeded €100 billion, yet only around 25% of assets exposed to climate impacts are insured. Commissioner Hoekstra noted that many areas remain vulnerable to substantial losses.
- Member states must submit national climate adaptation plans by end-2030, ensuring infrastructure can withstand future conditions. The proposal arrives two weeks ahead of the COP31 climate summit in Turkey, positioning the bloc's preparedness strategy ahead of global climate negotiations.
- While the Commission counts on €30 billion from the European Investment Bank for adaptation through 2030, the strategy lacks new funding commitments. Effectiveness remains uncertain as climate spending competes with defense and security priorities in upcoming budget negotiations.
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After the record summer of 2026, the EU Commission declares adaptation to climate change a maxim. Europe should prepare for a three degree warmer world. However, it is poorly prepared.
The European Commission wants EU countries to better arm themselves against the consequences of climate change. In new plans, countries must take into account a temperature rise of 3 degrees by 2100. "We had the hottest summer to date this year, but you can assume that in ten years' time it was one of the coldest of the decade," says European Commissioner for Climate Wopke Hoekstra. In the plan to make the EU more climate-resilient, the Europea…
"Europe is not sufficiently prepared," said European Commission Vice President Teresa Ribera, responsible for a Clean, Just and Competitive Transition.
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It will have to be the individual countries of the European Union to develop strategic plans to adapt to the increase of global temperatures estimated in 2 degrees by 2050 and 3 degrees by 2100 compared to pre-industrial levels. This is expected by the new framework on climate resilience adopted by the EU Commission that for the first time is responsible for the states [...] The article Climate, the EU prepares for an increase of 2 degrees by 20…
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