Europe defenseless against climate change

[Evangelos Bougiotis/AMNA]

Environmental degradation threatens the European way of life, with three quarters of eurozone businesses babelike connected ecosystem services, according to a European Environment Agency study released Monday.

The quinquennial appraisal covering 38 European countries warns that water scarcity affects 34% of Europeans, with agriculture identified arsenic the astir superior menace to ecosystem health.

For Greece, the study acknowledges advancement successful ember phase-out and renewable energy. Coal’s stock successful the vigor premix dropped to 10.1% successful 2023 from implicit 54% successful 2014. Protected areas present screen 35% of territory, with plans to summation marine protected zones from 18.3% to 30%.

The reports stated that contempt improvements, Greece remains vulnerable to climate-related threats including heatwaves, droughts, floods and fires. CO2 emissions from vigor accumulation are projected to attack zero by 2035. Waste absorption remains problematic. Recycling rates fell to 17.3% successful 2023, acold beneath the European average. Packaging recycling dropped from 54.1% successful 2021 to 43.4% successful 2023.

The study notes clime situation is reshaping vigor consumption. It said that arsenic heating needs alteration and cooling request increases, this displacement places further unit connected the vigor system, underscoring the value of affordable electricity. It warned that precocious vigor prices hinder economical competitiveness.