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Europe’s €70bn annual climate adaptation bill soars as wildfires rage and heatwave deaths climb

EUobserver 08 July 2026, 14:51 UTC 08 Jul 2026

Europe’s €70bn annual climate adaptation bill soars as wildfires rage and heatwave deaths climb — EUobserver

Behind empty Strasbourg benches, a fight over whether polluting oil giants or national treasuries should pay for Europe’s €70bn-a-year adaptation is stalling any serious protection plan.

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