AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoHeatwave and sport meet climate reality: Tour de France leader Tadej Pogačar says the pro cycling calendar must be overhauled and that riders should stop racing in July and August in hot places, after stage 9 was cut by 30km due to a red heat alert in France’s Correze region; Tour de France impacts: Mathieu van der Poel won the shortened stage as teams grappled with record temperatures up to 40°C, with organisers and riders pushing for earlier starts and stronger heat protections; EU climate policy: MEPs advanced changes to CAP rules to help farmers with soaring fertiliser prices, including allowing unused rural development funds for fertiliser aid and faster payments; Biodiversity and food security research: The Horizon Europe COLiBRI project launched to better coordinate crop breeding research across Europe, aiming to support a “green Europe” amid climate and biodiversity loss; Local relevance for Slovenia: Slovenia is among the countries backing the 2016 South China Sea arbitral award as “final and legally binding,” reaffirming rules-based maritime order.
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