This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. On Tuesday, MEPs approved over €1 billion in EU Solidarity Fund aid to support recovery efforts in five EU countries due to severe floods that occurred in 2023. The €1,028,541,689 in aid from the European Union Solidarity Fund (EUSF) will be distributed as follows: […]Five countries to receive over €1 billion in EU aid following natural disasters
October 10, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. On Tuesday, MEPs approved over €1 billion in EU Solidarity Fund aid to support recovery efforts in five EU countries due to severe floods that occurred in 2023. The €1,028,541,689 in aid from the European Union Solidarity Fund (EUSF) will be distributed as follows: […]Record levels of displacement amid global conflict and natural disasters
June 24, 2024 by 1 Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. There are twice as many internally displaced people today as there were ten years ago – the largest numbers ever recorded, said Special Advisor on Solutions to Internal Displacement Robert Piper, on Friday. Mr. Piper said that the current global figure of 76 million represented those who have […]Three countries to receive nearly €455 million in EU aid after natural disasters
October 5, 2023 by Leave a Comment
On Wednesday, Parliament approved nearly €455 million in EU Solidarity Fund aid in response to recent natural disasters in Romania, Italy and Türkiye. MEPs express their “deepest solidarity with all the victims, their families and all the individuals affected” by the natural disasters in Romania, Italy and Türkyie. They point to the “increasing number of […]Three countries to receive nearly €455 million in EU aid after natural disasters
September 20, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. €33.9 million for Romania following damage caused by severe 2022 drought Italy to receive €20.9 million for the damage caused by the September 2022 flooding in the Marche region €400 million to Türkiye following two major earthquakes in February 2023 On Wednesday, MEPs approved […]Counting the cost of natural disasters, plus the other climate-crisis stories you need to read this week
January 31, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Stefan Ellerbeck, Senior Writer, Formative Content 1. News in brief: Top climate crisis stories to read this week Natural disasters, many driven by the climate crisis, caused global economic losses of $313 billion in 2022, according to insurance broker […]Here’s how natural disasters impact middle-class incomes
November 7, 2022 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Regina Pleninger, Economist, World Bank Natural disasters have short- and long-term effects on the economy as well as people’s lives. For example, weather shocks and the resulting macroeconomic fluctuations cost the economy 0.3% of permanent consumption in New […]EU solidarity in action: Commission proposes €86.7 million for the recent natural disasters in France and Greece
March 22, 2021 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the European Commission is proposing a financial support of €86.7 million from the European Union Solidarity Fund (EUSF) to provide relief to the population of several regions in France and Greece hit by natural disasters in 2020. Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms, Elisa […]Austria, Italy, Portugal, Spain receive €279m after natural disasters in 2019
May 29, 2020 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. On Thursday, Budgets Committee Members approved €279 million in EU aid following extreme weather events in Austria, Italy, Portugal and Spain in 2019. The draft report by rapporteur José Manuel Fernandes, (EPP, PT), who recommended that the assistance be approved, was adopted by 38 […]We can’t rid Asia of natural disasters. But we can prepare for them
December 12, 2018 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Nathanial Matthews, Program Director, Global Resilience Partnership & Deon NelCEO, Global Resilience Partnership Haiyan, Mangkhut, Yutu. Asia is one of the regions most affected by natural disasters, like the super typhoons named above. An estimated 40% of global losses […]
