{"id":133011,"date":"2024-08-13T09:20:36","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T06:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/europes-southerners-want-brussels-to-save-them-from-climate-change\/"},"modified":"2024-08-13T09:20:36","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T06:20:36","slug":"europes-southerners-want-brussels-to-save-them-from-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/europes-southerners-want-brussels-to-save-them-from-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe\u2019s southerners want Brussels to save them from climate change"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button \" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133011\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\nUrsula von der Leyen faces pressure from the south over climate adaptation plans. 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\u2019s climate-hit south and the less-affected north. The Greek prime minister, and Spain\u2019s deputy prime minister, who is the frontrunner to take the top green policy job in the next European Commission, have separately raised the alarm about the economic devastation climate change is causing to southern Europe. And both want Brussels to step up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;ve been focusing a lot on this topic,\u201d said Mitsotakis, speaking to POLITICO in his office in Athens last month. \u201cI&#8217;m a big believer [in] the green transition. [But] it cannot be at the expense of those who actually suffer from the consequences of climate change today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Preparations for the devastating effects of climate change are known under the catch-all term \u201cclimate adaptation.\u201d Commission President Ursula von der Leyen committed to a European Climate Adaptation Plan in her program for a second term. That was presented to the European Parliament in July. The Greek leader is a close confidant of von der Leyen and a powerful figure in her European People&#8217;s Party. He said the Commission president\u2019s focus on adaptation was \u201cextremely welcome.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But, as with other big issues facing the continent, one sticking point is how much money will be spent on an issue primarily affecting half the bloc. While the north will also face increasingly deadly heat, floods, fires and the spread of communicable disease, the hammer is falling first and hardest in the south. With discussions at EU level eventually likely to involve demands for cash to help the most affected regions, it could test how much rich but tight-fisted northern Europeans really want to aid their neighbors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou want to invest as soon as possible because that reduces the cost, and that provides early access to benefits. This is why the financial discussion is important,\u201d said Ribera, when asked if she envisaged a special EU fund to address the issue. But that could test EU-wide solidarity. \u201cHow much [are we] confident and believe in Europe?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n<p>Underneath this cross-continental bonhomie, the physics of climate change are already prying open one of the European Union\u2019s deepest fault lines, as the regions bordering the Mediterranean Sea are suffering disproportionately as the world heats up. A recent European Environment Agency report detailing the huge scale of destruction coming to Europe was \u201cso shocking,\u201d said Ribera, speaking to POLITICO in May. \u201cI don&#8217;t understand why people have not been talking about that much more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mitsotakis has led Greece through recent climate horrors. The summer of 2023 was marked by fires that killed dozens and shut down major tourist destinations in peak season. That brutal season ended with floods that wiped out agricultural production in the foodbowl region of Thessaly. \u201cIf I go talk to my farmers about climate-friendly agriculture, I first have to tell them that \u2014 if something happens like the storm which happened last year \u2014 I&#8217;m going to be here to support you,\u201d he said. Von der Leyen said in June she would develop a specific plan to help farmers cope with the changes in the weather that affect Europe\u2019s food security.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/kyriakos-mitsonakis-teresa-ribera-ursula-von-der-leyen-europe-south-climate-change\/\">Read more&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/kyriakos-mitsonakis-teresa-ribera-ursula-von-der-leyen-europe-south-climate-change\/\">Politico<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/vaufien\/europes-southerners-want-brussels-to-save-them-from-climate-change\/\">Europe\u2019s southerners want Brussels to save them from climate change<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[720,15676,606,607,608],"class_list":["post-133011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-brussels","tag-europes-southerners","tag-vau_viikkokatsaus","tag-vauen","tag-vaufien"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133011\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}