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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12781

2 September 2021
Contents Publication in full By article 10 / 24
SECTORAL POLICIES / Climate
Number of disasters has increased fivefold over past 50 years, according to WMO
Brussels, 01/09/2021 (Agence Europe)

Weather, climate and water-related disasters have occurred at an average rate of one per day worldwide over the past 50 years (1970-2019), a five-fold increase, according to theAtlas of Mortality and Economic Losses from Weather, Climate and Water Extremes, published on 1 September by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

According to the UN agency, the cause of this increase is obvious: climate change.

“The number of extreme weather, climate and water events continues to rise....

Contents

SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE Interview: Matej Tonin says EU must be able to act more quickly
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
RULE OF LAW: MEPs still not convinced of effectiveness of Commission’s annual Rule of law reports
MEDIA: STA news agency calls for EU support to obtain funding it is owed by Slovenian government
SECTORAL POLICIES
JUSTICE: Ljubljana is working on rapid appointment of its European Delegated Prosecutors, promises Slovenian Justice Minister
TRANSPORT: ‘Fit For 55’, MEPs question charging infrastructure
TRANSPORT: Marian-Jean Marinescu expects very difficult inter-institutional negotiations over Single European Sky
TRANSPORT: Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar hopes for agreement with EU Council on driverless car hire by end of the year
AGRICULTURE: EU ministers to discuss strengthening dialogue between urban and rural areas on Tuesday 7 September
ENVIRONMENT: MEPs call for improved EU regulatory framework to enforce polluter pays principle
CLIMATE: number of disasters has increased fivefold over past 50 years, according to WMO
DIGITAL: Google to appeal €500 million fine imposed by French competition authority
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
ECONOMY: imminent disbursement of pre-financing of recovery plans in four EU countries
SOCIAL: some 30% of financial allocation of European Recovery and Resilience Facility earmarked for social expenditure
ECONOMY - FINANCE
GREECE: Greek economy has weathered Covid-19 pandemic well, says Christos Staikouras
FINANCE: US SEC Chairman calls for appropriate regulation of crypto-assets
EXTERNAL ACTION
TRADE: MEPs set out their expectations for future public procurement instrument
UNRWA: UN agency has reviewed textbooks, says Mr Lazzarini
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
TRANSPARENCY: General Court of EU annuls OLAF decision refusing access to a case report
NEWS BRIEFS
ENERGY: fifteen NGOs announce boycott of media events sponsored by fossil fuel companies
ENVIRONMENT: MEPs endorse European Parliament/EU Council agreement on amending EU’s Aarhus Regulation on public access to justice
MIGRATION: David Sassoli disappointed with EU Ministers for Home Affairs’ conclusions on Afghanistan
MIGRATION: green light for new agreement with Cape Verde on short-stay visas
CIVIL PROTECTION: Cyprus asks for EU help to stem oil spill from Syria
SOCIAL: ETUC appoints new Deputy General Secretary