AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoWater Stress & EU Policy: The EU’s Water Resilience Strategy (launched June 2025) is aimed at a crisis where 30% of Europeans and 20% of land face water scarcity each year, as heat dries soils and shrinks rivers. Climate Extremes: Copernicus reports record July ocean temperatures tied to developing El Niño, while western Europe logged its hottest June-July on record—fueling wildfires and drought. Central Europe Heat & Forest Loss: A satellite study finds European forests lost about 6.5 petagrams of aboveground biomass since 1985, with harvesting driving most losses and a sharp post-2018 acceleration linked to drought-stressed bark beetle outbreaks in Germany, Czechia and Poland. Danube Drought Fallout: Record-low Danube levels are exposing WWII wrecks and even Nazi-era ships in Serbia, while shells have also been found in drying riverbeds across the region. Security & Energy Corridors: Russia’s “shadow war” is intensifying with drone breaches near NATO’s eastern flank, while a Ukrainian drone crash in Bulgaria exploded near a key gas pipeline, underscoring how the Vertical Gas Corridor remains a strategic target. Transport & Trade: Croatia’s HŽ Cargo and Slovakia’s Railtrans International plan an intermodal freight joint venture to move 500,000 tonnes of Adriatic cargo by 2028.
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