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European Union 2026

Европейский союз

The European Union enters 2027 with falling emissions, a rising share of renewable energy and a set of shared hazards that cross every border. Net domestic greenhouse-gas emissions were 40% below 1990 in 2024, and the legal 2040 target is a 90% net cut.

Read the editionПодверженность опасностям
Выводы
12
each with its status and source
Sectors with findings
5 of 6
Infrastructure not assessed
Risk objects
4
order carries no rank
Источники
49
Evidence close 30 September 2026

01 · Readings

European Union in six readings.

Six readings that frame the European Union baseline, and the eight questions this edition answers, each with its status and source.

  • 452.0millionpopulation, 1 January 2026 [13]
  • 22.0%aged 65 or over, 2025 [14]
  • 40%net domestic emissions below 1990, 2024 [1]
  • 57%energy import dependency, 2024 [8]
  • 25.2%renewables in final energy, 2024 [7]
  • 27member statesin the Union at evidence close [13]

02 · Sectors

Six sectors, one hexagon.

Water first, then Energy, Infrastructure, Food, Health and Biodiversity. Each count is the findings of this edition in that sector: coverage of the evidence, never a score. Infrastructure is not assessed: the edition holds no Infrastructure finding and its coupling matrix does not assess it.

  1. WATВода1 finding

    28% EU land under water scarcity in at least one season, 2023. Сообщённые данные

    Scarcity touched 28% of EU land and 32% of people in 2023; abstraction fell 14% since 2000.

  2. ENEЭнергетика2 findings

    25.2% Renewables in gross final energy consumption, 2024. Сообщённые данные

    Renewables 25.2% of final energy; 57% of energy imported.

  3. INFИнфраструктураnot assessed

    Duties on critical entities and network security are in law; asset condition is not assessed here.

  4. FOOПродовольствие1 finding

    33.2% Farm managers aged 65 or over, 2020. Сообщённые данные

    9.1 million farms in 2020; a third of managers 65 or over.

  5. HLTЗдравоохранение1 finding

    62,775 deaths Смоделировано heat-related deaths, 32 European countries, summer, 2024. Сообщённые данные

    Modelled heat deaths of 62,775 in summer 2024; local dengue and chikungunya now recorded.

  6. BIOБиоразнообразие1 finding

    26.1% EU land in protected areas, 2022. Сообщённые данные

    Protected land 26.1% and sea 12.3% in 2022; record burnt area in 2025.

Outside the six sectors: Climate forcing 3, Finance 1, Systemic 1, Trade 1.

03 · Hazard exposure

The hazards this edition reads.

The edition’s own risk objects, in its order, each read across driver, exposure, vulnerability, capacity, cascade and horizon. The hexagon marks the sectors the cascade reaches; the domain beside each is an editorial reading of its hazard words.

  • RSK-EU-CLI-001

    Heat, drought and wildfire in a single season

    Сообщённые данныеEQL 4

    Движущая сила
    longer, hotter summers
    Подверженность
    southern and central member states; forests and protected sites
    Уязвимость
    older population; scarcity on 28% of land [19]
    Мощность
    civil protection mechanism and rescEU [41]
    Каскад
    CLI → WAT, HLT, BIO, ENE
    Горизонт
    seasonal

    Атмосфера и погодаВодные системыСуша и экосистемы

  • RSK-EU-ENE-002

    Gas supply disruption during the Russian phase-out

    InferredEQL 3

    Движущая сила
    loss of remaining Russian volumes or an LNG price spike
    Подверженность
    power, industry, heating
    Уязвимость
    imports cover 57% of energy [8]
    Мощность
    storage rules and stockpiling strategy [12] [40]
    Каскад
    TRD → ENE → FOO, FIN
    Горизонт
    1 to 3 years

    No domain reading

  • RSK-EU-FIN-003

    Uninsured catastrophe losses reach public budgets

    Сообщённые данныеEQL 3

    Движущая сила
    floods, storms, heat and fire
    Подверженность
    households and public infrastructure
    Уязвимость
    less than 20% of losses insured [23]
    Мощность
    national schemes; an EIOPA and ECB proposal [26]
    Каскад
    CLI → FIN → public budgets
    Горизонт
    ежегодно

    Водные системыАтмосфера и погодаСуша и экосистемы

  • RSK-EU-HLT-004

    Heat and vector-borne disease load on health systems

    Сообщённые данныеEQL 3

    Движущая сила
    longer summers and warmer seasons for mosquitoes
    Подверженность
    older adults; southern regions
    Уязвимость
    22.0% of the population aged 65 or over [14]
    Мощность
    ECDC surveillance in operation [33] [34]
    Каскад
    CLI → HLT → ENE peak
    Горизонт
    seasonal

    Атмосфера и погода

Scenario · SCN-EU-CLI-01

Compound summer of heat, drought and fire

Under this scenario, results describe a conditional season under stated assumptions. It is not a forecast, and no intervention described here has been carried out.

2 of 12 findings name a hazard in their text. Show them

  1. 1CLI → HLTprolonged heat raises deaths, mainly among older people
  2. 2CLI → BIOлесные пожары burns forest and protected sites
  3. 3CLI → WATscarcity spreads across basins
  4. 4WAT → ENEheat and low flows strain cooling and raise peak demand
  5. 5ENE → HLTtight supply while cooling is most needed
  6. 6HLT → FINuninsured losses fall on public budgets

04 · Couplings

How the sectors carry risk into each other.

The European Union matrix types the twenty couplings between the five core системы. Strengths are Nexus estimates from the cited evidence and analogue events; they set the starting graph that the Q1 2027 Foundry cut will test.

Coupling matrix, from row to column
ОтWATENEFOOHLTBIO
WAT·StrongStrongУмеренныеStrong
ENEУмеренные·StrongStrongУмеренные
FOOУмеренныеWeak·StrongStrong
HLTWeakWeakУмеренные·Weak
BIOStrongУмеренныеStrongУмеренные·

Water: 4 couplings out, 4 in; Energy: 4 couplings out, 4 in; Food: 4 couplings out, 4 in; Health: 4 couplings out, 4 in; Biodiversity: 4 couplings out, 4 in. Infrastructure is not in the coupling matrix: none of the edition matrices types it, so it carries no value.

Cascade paths, in the edition’s order

  1. CLI → HLTheat raises deaths, mainly among older peopleСообщённые данные
  2. CLI → BIOheat and drought feed лесные пожары that burns protected sitesСообщённые данные
  3. CLI → HLTwarmer seasons let mosquito-borne disease spread locallyСообщённые данные
  4. CLI → WAT → FOOdrought and heat cut water for crops and riversInferred
  5. TRD → ENE → FOOgas and fertiliser supply shocks pass into food costsInferred

05 · Findings

Every finding of European Union.

Search, filter by sector, system or status, and sort. The address bar keeps the view, so a filtered list can be shared. Every row opens the finding at its source.

All 12 findings

Findings of European Union
IDВыпускSector or systemСтатусStatement
CLI-001Европейский союзCLI Climate forcing Сообщённые данныеNet domestic greenhouse-gas emissions were 40% below 1990 in 2024 and 3% below 2023; on the 2030 target basis the cut was 37%.
CLI-002Европейский союзCLI Climate forcing Сообщённые данныеA 90% net cut by 2040 is now in the European Climate Law, and Member States collectively expect 54% by 2030 against a 55% target.
ENE-003Европейский союзENE Энергетика Сообщённые данныеRenewables supplied 25.2% of gross final energy consumption in 2024, 17.3 points below the 42.5% target for 2030.
ENE-004Европейский союзENE Энергетика Сообщённые данныеNet imports covered 57% of EU energy needs in 2024, and oil made up 67% of energy imports.
TRD-005Европейский союзTRD Торговля Сообщённые данныеThe Russian share of EU gas imports fell from 45% to 12% in 2025, and a regulation to phase out Russian gas has been in force since 3 February 2026.
CLI-006Европейский союзCLI Climate forcing Сообщённые данные2024 was the warmest year on record for Europe, and at least 95% of Europe was above average in 2025.
HLT-007Европейский союзHLT Здравоохранение Сообщённые данныеA peer-reviewed study models 62,775 heat-related deaths in 32 European countries in summer 2024.
WAT-008Европейский союзWAT Вода Сообщённые данныеДефицит воды conditions affected 28% of EU land and 32% of the EU population in at least one season in 2023.
BIO-009Европейский союзBIO Биоразнообразие Сообщённые данныеThe EU burnt 1,079,538 hectares in 2025, the highest since records began in 2006; about 39% fell inside Natura 2000 sites.
FIN-010Европейский союзFIN Финансы Сообщённые данныеWeather and climate extremes caused about EUR 822 billion of losses from 1980 to 2024, and less than 20% was privately insured.
FOO-011Европейский союзFOO Продовольствие Сообщённые данныеThe EU had 9.1 million farms in 2020, 5.3 million fewer than in 2005, and 33.2% of farm managers were 65 or over.
SYS-012Европейский союзSYS Системные риски Expert inputThe leading compound pathway for 2027 testing is a summer of heat, drought and fire across several member states at once, met by tight energy supply.
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06 · Editions and calendar

The desks’ editions for European Union.

The desks’ editions for European Union
БюроВыпускСтатусИдентификатор
GCRI Systems EvidenceEuropean Union 2026Drafted, in stewardship reviewNR-COUNTRY-EU-2026-BASELINE-v1.0.0
GRF Public DeliberationPublic Deliberation: European Union 2026В подготовке
GRA Capital ReadinessCapital Readiness: European Union 2026В подготовке
Standards ProgressNo edition in the 2026 Baseline cycleNot in this cycle
Academy CapabilityNo edition in the 2026 Baseline cycleNot in this cycle
Index MeasurementMeasurement: European Union 2026В подготовке

Calendar · 2026 Baseline

  1. 01Call opensset by the editor
  2. 02Contribution closeset by the editor
  3. 03Закрытие доказательной базы30 September 2026
  4. 04Desk review and releaseset by the editor
  5. 05Collection compilationset by the editor
  6. 06Collection releaseset by the editor
  7. 07Исправленияafter release, as needed

Evidence cut NQ-EU-2026-Q0-1. Next cycles: Q1 2027, Q2 2027, Q3 2027, Q4 2027; their dates are set by the editor.

07 · Take part

Read it, improve it, cite it.

Журнал исправлений

Versions and corrections
ВерсияДатаСтатусИзменениеУведомление
NR-COUNTRY-EU-2026-BASELINE-v1.0.0October 2026DRAFTBaseline Edition 2026, inaugural annual edition,нет
Data gaps3What the repository does not hold yet, and the source proposed for each
Data gaps and proposed sources
РазрывShown here asProposed source
Exposure values per hazard (people, assets, hectares)the edition’s own risk objects, without valuesthe Index country profile once the Index releases values, risksindex.com/eu/
The NHS-1 hazard types and their assignment to this edition’s risk objectsan editorial reading of the hazard wordsthe NHS-1 type assignment through the Registry
Infrastructure in the coupling matrixInfrastructure marked not assessedan Infrastructure row and column in the edition matrix at the next cut
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