AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoHeat & health: Denmark hit a new record high of 37.0°C as Europe’s heatwave keeps breaking norms, with experts warning extreme heat is now a climate-driven public health emergency. Climate policy backlash: A US move to rescind the 2009 EPA “endangerment finding” would strip the legal basis for regulating greenhouse gases, raising fears of higher emissions from power plants, industry and transport. Water stress: Southern Water’s Hampshire Water Transfer and Water Recycling Project is entering the examination phase to protect chalk streams as river flows drop during heat. Plastic pollution: Hawaii is testing a plan to turn discarded fishing nets and plastic waste into asphalt roads, aiming to keep debris out of landfills and the ocean. Nature-based solutions: Central Nepal’s watershed restoration is helping farmers grow paddy again after decades of flood damage. Wildfire/deforestation pressure: Environmental stakeholders in AJK are calling for tougher enforcement against illegal forest fires and tree cutting as climate risks mount. Local climate action: Lagos says it’s pushing ahead on waste transfer loading stations to decongest landfills and support “waste to wealth.” Renewables risk map: Zurich analysis flags Rajasthan, Gujarat and Arunachal as high-risk for India’s renewable build-out by 2030, urging resilience planning.
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