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This At a glance note summarises the study of the same title. Europe is grappling with increased wildfires due to climate extremes, with protected areas especially vulnerable and fires in contaminated lands presenting distinctive challenges. European response mechanisms are constructive, but they require enhanced comprehensive management strategies, including community involvement and preventive measures. The Cohesion Policy does fund aids against wildfires, yet issues with governance, focus, and ...

According to recent statistics published by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, over 376 million people around the world have been forcibly displaced by floods, windstorms, earthquakes or droughts since 2008, with a record 32.6 million in 2022 alone. Since 2020, there has been an annual increase in the total number of displaced people due to disaster compared with the previous decade of 41 % on average. The upward trend is alarmingly clear. With climate change as the driving catalyst, the ...

This study, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the Committee on Petitions (PETI), analyses the kinds of compensation available to victims of climate change disasters in the EU. The study outlines the dangers and effects of climate change in the EU as well as the EU policies and mechanisms to deal with climate change disasters. A theoretical framework is developed to determine appropriate compensation mechanisms ...

El presente documento es la síntesis del estudio solicitado por la Comisión de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural sobre El impacto de los fenómenos climáticos extremos en la producción agrícola de la Unión. El estudio completo, que está disponible en inglés, puede descargarse en el siguiente enlace: https://bit.ly/3yDzsLB

El número de personas que necesitan ayuda humanitaria en todo el mundo aumentará a 274 millones en 2022, casi dos tercios más que en 2020. En la actualidad, las crisis humanitarias duran por término medio más de nueve años. La ayuda es a menudo insuficiente y la violación del Derecho humanitario es más frecuente. La Comisión Europea ha propuesto nuevas formas de trabajar con socios y otros donantes de todo el mundo para reaccionar con mayor rapidez ante las emergencias y prestar ayuda humanitaria ...

Established in 2002 to support disaster-stricken regions, the European Union Solidarity Fund (EUSF) complements the efforts of public authorities by helping to fund vital emergency and recovery operations in areas affected by catastrophes such as flooding, earthquakes and forest fires. EUSF funding is granted following an application from a Member State or candidate country, and may be used to finance measures including restoring infrastructure to working order, providing temporary accommodation ...

Draft Amending Budget N°9/2020 (DAB 9/2020) accompanies the proposal to mobilise the European Union Solidarity Fund (EUSF) for a total of €823.5 million to provide assistance to Croatia and Poland in relation to natural disasters, and advance payments to seven Member States relating to a public health emergency. DAB 9/2020 proposes to enter in the 2020 general budget a total of €734.6 million in commitments and payments, after deducting the advance already paid to Croatia. The European Parliament ...

El proyecto de presupuesto rectificativo n.º 4/2020 (PPR n.º 4/2020) acompaña a la propuesta de Decisión relativa a la movilización del Fondo de Solidaridad de la Unión Europea por un importe de 279 millones de euros para prestar asistencia a Portugal, España, Italia y Austria tras las catástrofes naturales ocurridas en dichos Estados miembros en 2019. En dicho PPR se propone que se consignen en el presupuesto de 2020 los créditos necesarios, tanto en compromisos como en pagos, una vez deducidos ...

The Amazon rainforest, which is the largest ecosystem of its kind on Earth and is shared by eight South American countries as well as an EU outermost region, was ravaged by fires coinciding with last summer’s dry season. However, most of these fires are set intentionally and are linked to increased human activities in the area, such as the expansion of agriculture and cattle farming, illegal logging, mining and fuel extraction. Although a recurrent phenomenon that has been going on for decades, some ...