Crop failure and heat exposure one of many risks facing the Continent, Dublin conference told
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Sea-level risk poses huge challenges for Europe that probably means “having to give land back to the ocean”. In addition, freshwater flooding exacerbated by climate extremes would have devastating consequences for people and infrastructure. Delays in mitigation had to be addressed while preparing for inevitable emergencies in the form of heatwaves, floods and wildfires. It also necessitated climate-resilient development and “bringing bureaucratic silos together”. A system of “governance for emergencies” was needed to overcome inertia, he said.
Equally, there was no economic or political option other than to accelerate “deep mitigation” in cutting emissions, he said. Echoing the EU’s missionary origins, he said: “The mission between now and 2050 is to make peace with nature.”
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