AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoEU Outermost Regions Strategy: The European Commission adopted a new strategic vision for EU outermost regions including Guadeloupe, aiming to adapt rules to local constraints and boost resilience, competitiveness, and fairer opportunities; the package proposes targeted changes across areas like agriculture, fisheries, migration, and taxation, with priorities such as the blue economy, renewable energy, biotechnology, research, and space. Remote-Region Boost: A related Commission push targets other hard-to-reach EU areas of strategic importance, promising better access to the single market and support for climate adaptation and environmental challenges. Sargassum Crisis: A new report highlights how massive sargassum blooms are smothering reefs and mangroves and disrupting tourism and fishing across the Caribbean and beyond, with health impacts for workers clearing beaches. Tsunami Preparedness: UNESCO warns the Mediterranean has a near-100% chance of a tsunami wave over 1 meter within 30 years, prompting faster coastal evacuation planning near the French Riviera. Mobile Data Costs: A study ranks the UK 46th for average mobile broadband price per GB, underscoring how data affordability varies widely by market. Sports Governance & Infrastructure: Former FIFA official Kenny Jean-Marie joins ACG’s advisory board to strengthen sport governance and large-scale sport district project structuring across Africa. Ocean Racing: Francesca Clapcich’s 11th Hour Racing team finished second in the Ocean Race Atlantic sprint from New York to Lorient.
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