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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 ...

Dieses Dokument ist eine Zusammenfassung der vom Ausschuss für Landwirtschaft und ländliche Entwicklung in Auftrag gegebenen Studie zu den Auswirkungen extremer Klimaereignisse auf die landwirtschaftliche Erzeugung in der EU. Die vollständige Studie ist in englischer Sprache unter folgendem Link abrufbar: https://bit.ly/3yDzsLB

Die Zahl der Menschen, die weltweit humanitäre Hilfe benötigen, wird 2022 voraussichtlich auf 274 Millionen ansteigen, was fast zwei Drittel mehr sind als im Jahr 2020. Heute dauern humanitäre Krisen durchschnittlich mehr als neun Jahre, wobei die Hilfe oft unzureichend ist und immer häufiger gegen das humanitäre Völkerrecht verstoßen wird. Die Europäische Kommission hat neue Wege der Zusammenarbeit mit Partnern und anderen Gebern in der ganzen Welt vorgeschlagen, um schneller auf Notsituationen ...

European Union Solidarity Fund

Briefing 03-09-2021

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 ...

Der Vorschlag zur Inanspruchnahme des Solidaritätsfonds der Europäischen Union in Höhe von 279 Mio. EUR zwecks Hilfeleistung für Portugal, Spanien, Italien und Österreich nach Naturkatastrophen, die im Laufe des Jahres 2019 in diesen Mitgliedstaaten eingetreten sind, wird vom Entwurf des Berichtigungshaushaltsplans Nr. 4/2020 (EBH Nr. 4/2020) begleitet. In dem Entwurf wird vorgeschlagen, dass die erforderlichen Mittel sowohl für Verpflichtungen als auch für Zahlungen nach Abzug des bereits ausgezahlten ...

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 ...