TAG: Climate adaptation
It’s time to cancel debt for climate-stricken nations, Barbados leader says
AMSTERDAM — Countries on the front lines of climate change should have their debt forgiven, the prime minister of Barbados told POLITICO as she pushes to mainstream an issue long considered taboo. “We need to have a different deal for island countries and...
6 months ago
How the EU’s flagship nature law became an electoral punching bag
BRUSSELS — Election fever is slowly killing an embattled law seeking to rehabilitate the European Union’s ailing rivers, forests and seas. The Nature Restoration Law, once billed as a pillar of the European Green Deal, is a shadow of its former self after...
6 months ago
Bullets not bees: EU ditches green focus ahead of June election
BRUSSELS — A quick scan of a leaked EU priority list for the rest of the decade reveals a telling quirk: The only mention of “environment” is a promise to create a “business-friendly environment.” Instead, the document — essentially a mood board EU leader...
6 months ago
Von der Leyen slammed for ‘huge’ climate mistakes
Teresa Ribera wants to be the EU’s next Green Deal chief — and she thinks the woman who might be her boss is making a colossal and damaging mistake. In an interview with POLITICO, Spain's deputy prime minister said European Commission President Ursula von...
4 months ago
Pragmatism over principle: Europe’s Greens adapt to survive
BRUSSELS — Europe’s chastened Greens are preparing to trade idealism for influence. After taking a beating in last month’s European Parliament election and losing a quarter of their seats, the environmentalists are scrambling to remain relevant as surging...
2 months ago
Key leader in Ireland’s government quitting as Green Party chief
DUBLIN – A key leader of Ireland’s three-party government says he’s quitting as Green Party leader, escalating speculation that the Irish soon could face a snap election.Eamon Ryan announced after Tuesday's Cabinet meeting that he will resign as Green chi...
2 months ago
Heatwave blanketing Olympics ‘impossible’ without climate change
The blistering temperatures engulfing athletes and fans at the Paris Olympics in recent days are connected to a month-long heat bender that would have been “virtually impossible” without man-made climate change, leading climate scientists have concluded. ...
2 months ago
Europe’s southerners want Brussels to save them from climate change
ATHENS — They make an odd couple: a Harvard-educated Greek conservative and a Spanish eco-socialist.But Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Teresa Ribera are united by a concern which is driving a wedge between Europe’s climate-hit south and the less-affected north.T...
2 months ago
Central Europe battles severe rain, flooding
Parts of the Czech Republic, southern Poland and Romania were underwater Sunday after torrential rains in recent days caused massive flooding. Other areas of central Europe also were affected. At least six deaths have been reported in the region since the...
1 month ago
Climate change doubled likelihood of Central European flood catastrophe, scientists say
BRUSSELS — Burning oil, gas and coal is increasing the probability and ferocity of flood-bringing rains in Central Europe, scientists warn. The rising waters that killed at least 24 people from Poland to Romania this month are twice as likely to occur in...
3 weeks ago
Summer 2024 was Europe’s warmest on record, scientists say
This summer was the hottest ever recorded in Europe, even if it might not have felt that way in all parts of the Continent. While northwestern regions saw temperatures close to or below average, southeastern areas registered record-breaking heat stress, t...
2 weeks ago