European Commission's proposal to issue up to €750 billion in EU debt to finance its recovery plan is a step in the right … strong grip on revenues. To be politically sustainable, similar central control would be needed in the EU. The treaty …-based EU framework is the closest to fulfilling these criteria with political accountability through the European Parliament …

discuss what sort of adaptation policies are being pursued at EU level and on what grounds. We argue that a stronger … three-layered governance framework based on intensive cooperation to establish binding adaptation plans. Second is an EU … EU regional and agricultural policies specifically to adaptation in the most vulnerable regions. …