AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoDrought and food security: Europe’s record heat and prolonged drought are hitting grain farmers hard, with wheat, maize and barley output down about 16.7 million tonnes since June—an estimated €3.2bn loss, including Germany’s 2.5 million tonnes shortfall. Water stress: Copernicus reports exceptionally low river flows across major European waterways, with the Rhine and Danube among those seeing record-low discharge—disrupting freight and cooling for power generation. Renewables push: The EU added three cross-border renewable projects to its list—650 MW of Ukraine wind, a Polish-German wind-plus-solar scheme with heat use, and an Austria-Germany geothermal district heating network—making them eligible for Connecting Europe Facility Energy support. Climate adaptation on peatlands: Ireland’s PaludiFair highlights paludiculture on rewetted peatlands as a way to cut peatland greenhouse gases while creating farm income, backed by an Interreg BUFFER+ project with partners across north-west Europe. Energy transition politics: France and Germany are moving toward compromise on EU car rules, linking tailpipe CO₂ targets with “Made in Europe” subsidy and procurement demands. Nature and climate signals: Switzerland’s melting glaciers are exposing archaeological finds, while Antarctic sea-ice reaches its third-lowest winter maximum—both underscoring accelerating climate impacts.
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