AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoHeat & Health: Provisional figures from Europe’s EuroMomo monitoring point to at least 30,000 excess deaths linked to back-to-back heatwaves and drought, with more than 32,000 estimated between mid-July and mid-August and the deadliest weeks falling in late June and early July. Austria Climate Reality: Austria is among the hardest-hit countries in the tally, underscoring how extreme summer conditions are translating into real health impacts. Water Stress in Central Europe: Hungary’s drought crisis is now described as catastrophic, with 99% of the country facing severe to extreme drought and major risks for agriculture and water infrastructure. Energy Transition in Austria: Austria is preparing a “storage offensive” for its solar support rules: new solar funding will shift toward batteries, permitting for storage is set to speed up, and small standard PV support is expected to be phased out. Local Nature for Wellbeing: Austria’s own certified “healing forest” network gets a boost as Bussaco National Forest in Portugal joins certified therapeutic forest sites, linking nature conservation with supervised health and rehabilitation use. Invasive Species Watch: An EU-backed rapid-response fund is funding projects across Europe to stop invasive alien species from spreading further.
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