The first-ever European climate risk assessment finds a continent unprepared for growing extremes
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FILE - A man wraps his shirt over his face as he tries to extinguish a fire, near the seaside resort of Lindos, on the Aegean Sea island of Rhodes, southeastern Greece, on July 24, 2023. Europe is facing growing climate risks and is unprepared for them, the European Environment Agency said in its first-ever risk assessment for the bloc Monday, March 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File)FILE - A woman uses a fan in the courtyard of the Louvre museum, Sept. 7, 2023, in Paris. Europe is facing growing climate risks and is unprepared for them, the European Environment Agency said in its first-ever risk assessment for the bloc Monday, March 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla, File)FILE - A wildfire burns in the village of Dikela, near Alexandroupolis town, in the northeastern Evros region, Greece, Aug. 22, 2023. Europe is facing growing climate risks and is unprepared for them, the European Environment Agency said in its first-ever risk assessment for the bloc Monday, March 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Achilleas Chiras, File)FILE - Firefighters rescue an elderly man in the flooded village of Castel Bolognese, Italy, on May 17, 2023. Europe is facing growing climate risks and is unprepared for them, the European Environment Agency said in its first-ever risk assessment for the bloc Monday, March 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)FILE - An abandoned canoe sits on the cracked ground amid a drought at the Sau reservoir, north of Barcelona, Spain, Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. Europe is facing growing climate risks and is unprepared for them, the European Environment Agency said in its first-ever risk assessment for the bloc Monday, March 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)FILE - A girl drinks water from a public fountain tap in Madrid, Spain, July 18, 2023. Europe is facing growing climate risks and is unprepared for them, the European Environment Agency said in its first-ever risk assessment for the bloc Monday, March 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Paul White, File)
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FILE - A man wraps his shirt over his face as he tries to extinguish a fire, near the seaside resort of Lindos, on the Aegean Sea island of Rhodes, southeastern Greece, on July 24, 2023. Europe is facing growing climate risks and is unprepared for them, the European Environment Agency said in its first-ever risk assessment for the bloc Monday, March 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File)