You’d think after spending all that (taxpayer) money and forcing all those life restrictions on their citizens, banning fossil fuels, replacing with solar and wind, they’d be ready
EU ill-prepared for worsening climate change, advisers say
The European Union is not prepared for worsening climate change and should urgently step up its investments to protect people and infrastructure from mounting floods, wildfires and severe heatwaves, its independent advisers said on Tuesday.
Climate change has made Europe the world’s fastest-warming continent, according to the World Meteorological Organization, driving more frequent and intense heatwaves, flooding, coastal destruction and storms.
It’s strange how every place is the world’s fastest-warming. It’s almost like it’s simply a talking point
The economic damage to European infrastructure and buildings from weather and climate extremes is now 45 billion euros ($53.34 billion) per year, five times higher than in the 1980s, EU data show.
Things are more expensive. There are more buildings and such, especially in areas that are prone to flooding and they keep putting roads and buildings in areas that funnel water right down hills.
While the EU has ambitious targets to cut greenhouse gases – the main cause of climate change – its efforts have fallen short on adapting to the extreme weather climate change is already fuelling, according to the EU’s advisers, the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change.
“It is a lack of coherence, a lack of coordination, and also a lack of budget,” said the advisory board’s chair, Ottmar Edenhofer.
A lack of compliant citizens
Without stronger preparations, extreme weather will further harm the EU’s competitiveness, straining public budgets and increasing security risks, the advisers said.
They recommended the EU agree to prepare, across all member states, for risks associated with 2.8 to 3.3°C of warming by 2100.
OK, now it’s just gotten silly. Very silly. But, they make these far out prognostications because none making them will be held accountable for the prognostications.
It’s over, EU. Give it up. Why should your citizens sacrifice when the biggest polluters, China, United States, Indian, Russia, SE Asia etc refuse to?
Live it up! Let your descendants deal with negative consequences (if any).
Winning!!
BTW, electricity costs in the United States are increasing because: general inflation, increased demand, increased spending on transmission lines, substation and transformer maintenance. IOWs, Biden!!