What is the Adaptation Support Tool?
The aim of the Adaptation Support Tool is to assist users in developing climate change adaptation policies by providing guidance, links to relevant sources and dedicated tools.
The European Commission's EU strategy on adaptation to climate change includes a Staff Working Document that provides guidelines on developing adaptation strategies. For developers of physical assets and infrastructure specific guidelines are available on how to incorporate resilience to current climate variability and future climate change within their projects.
Guidance and tools
Adaptation Policy Frameworks for Climate Change Developed by UNDP on behalf of the Global Environment Facility, Adaptation Policy Frameworks (APF) for Climate Change: Developing Strategies, Policies an ... Guiding principles for adaptation to climate change in Europe The aim of the study is to provide a starting point for further work by EEA and/or other organizations on identifying success factors and c ... Design of guidelines for the elaboration of Regional Climate Change Adaptations Strategies This Policy Guidance is intended to assist regional authorities and other functional authorities in the region ... Further reading
IPCC Fourth Assessment Synthesis Report: Climate Change 2007 This Synthesis Report is based on the assessment carried out by the three Working Groups of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (I ... White Paper on Adaptation (July 2009) We will be faced with the impact of climate change for at least the next 50 years. We need therefore to take measures to adapt.
Adaptation in Europe is already ta ...