EU clean-energy push risks thin ice as adaptation funding lags

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EU clean-energy push risks thin ice as adaptation funding lags

EU policymakers project €700 billion in annual spending to meet clean-energy targets, yet only a fraction is allocated to adapting to an already-changed climate. Breakingviews columnists warn the political consensus behind this spending rests on thin ice.

Key Facts

EU policymakers envisage €700 billion of annual spending to hit clean-energy targets.
Only a fraction of that sum is allocated to adapting to an already-changed climate.
Breakingviews columnists discuss the thin ice beneath an unsteady political consensus.

Funding Gap

EU policymakers project €700 billion in annual spending to meet clean-energy targets. Only a fraction of that sum is directed toward adapting to an already-changed climate. The disparity leaves adaptation measures underfunded relative to mitigation efforts.

Political Consensus

Breakingviews columnists describe the political consensus behind the spending as unsteady. They discuss the thin ice beneath this consensus in the latest Viewsroom podcast. The columnists are Aimee Donnellan and Jonathan Guilford, based in Ireland and New York respectively.

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EU clean-energy push risks thin ice as adaptation funding lags

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