Once again, Europe confronts the catastrophic consequences of heavy rainfall and severe flooding. Several citizens have lost their lives and the number is rising. Thousands have lost their homes and belongings. It is important that citizens know that Europe won’t leave them alone in their hardest times. Strong civil protection measures, paired with adequate EU solidarity funding, are essential to mitigating human suffering. However, Europe has to do more, not only to provide immediate relief to all affected by the floods, but also to prevent such disasters from happening in future and avert the impact of climate change.
And yet the far right continues to deny the reality of climate change. Where they govern they spread environmental hoaxes, delay the implementation of low-emission zones and reject EU policies, ignoring that the cost of inaction to curb global warming is already higher than the cost of combating it.
This should not become the new normal, nor should the climate denial of the far right.
