AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoExtreme Weather: Flooding killed one person on Greece’s Rhodes and two in Istanbul, while heavy rain inundated homes and roads. In France, more than 12 million homes sit on clay soils vulnerable to drought-driven cracking; repair claims could rise sharply by 2050. Climate Resilience: A study warns that nearly half of Cyprus households could face poverty by 2100 under severe warming without stronger adaptation. Data Centre Pressure: Lombardy plans tighter rules for a surge in data-centre proposals, favouring industrial brownfields over farmland and pushing for renewable power and lower water use. Pollution and Regulation: Brussels is taking legal action over severe PFAS pollution in Uccle, while the EU’s proposed one-year delay to methane import rules has drawn environmental backlash. Climate Risk: European insurers are cutting cover for weather losses as risks grow, and reports of toxic spills in Britain’s waterways underline the continuing pollution burden.
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