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EU ill-prepared for worsening climate change, advisers say
EU advisers urge urgent investment to adapt for 2.8–3.3°C warming and boost early warning systems as climate damages cost $53 billion annually, risking competitiveness and security.
- On Feb 17, the EU's independent advisers warned the European Union is unprepared for worsening climate change and must urgently boost investments to protect people and infrastructure.
- The World Meteorological Organization reports Europe is the fastest-warming continent, causing more frequent extremes, with infrastructure damages now 45 billion euros per year, five times higher than the 1980s.
- Advisers recommended preparing for 2.8 to 3.3C of warming by 2100 across EU member states, with measures like avoiding flood-exposed housing, aiding drought-hit farmers, and urban cooling.
- Advisers said failing to act will harm competitiveness, strain budgets, and increase security risks; the European Commission plans a climate resilience strategy later this year. `It is a lack of coherence, a lack of coordination, and also a lack of budget,` said Ottmar Edenhofer.
- Average global temperatures are now 1.4C above pre-industrial levels, while only a quarter of climate-related economic losses in the EU are insured, advisers said.
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