AGP Executive Report
Last update: 12 hours agoHeat & Health: Europe’s record heat is reshaping summer life, with Spain and France reporting major temperature-linked death tolls and experts warning that extreme heat is now a lasting threat to tourism, transport, energy and water systems. Sleep Loss: A new study links climate-driven hot nights to steep reductions in sleep, with Europe’s south hit hardest and cities like Naples losing about 51 hours of sleep per year. Infrastructure Under Pressure: Reuters reports railways, roads and airports are struggling as heatwaves intensify, from Norway cooling runways with water to Sweden and others testing heat-resistant fixes and even using white paint to protect tracks. Carbon Pricing Fight: Ten EU countries are urging a rethink of the EU’s carbon fuel price (ETS2) amid fears of higher electricity costs and backlash over a new climate tax. Circular Packaging Push: HolyGrail 2030 moves flexible food-pack recycling toward industrial trials, using digital watermarks to sort hard-to-recycle flex PP. Sweden & Business: Stockholm-founded Float raises €4.5m Series A to finance European tech SMEs, while Swedish engineering firm Atlas Copco expands in Kenya with a focus on sustainable industrial technologies.
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