Climate change threatens EU with mass deaths and huge costs: Report

Olive production faces climate risks, the new report says, noting that southern Europe will face critical food threats [Thanassis Stavrakis/AP]

Europe urgently needs stronger measures to respond to climate change risks, a new report has warned.

The 32-paged assessment, published on Monday by the European Environment Agency (EEA), asserted that the bloc is not prepared to respond to the increasingly severe risks that climate change poses. The policy adviser’s first-ever report on the threats faced by the world’s fastest-warming continent warns of “catastrophic” consequences.