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Seminar on natural hazards and climate change in mountain areas
This transnational project seminar of the European regional development fund MONTCLIMA SUDOE will focus on defining the link between the risks of drought, floods, erosion and forest fires in mountain areas in Southwest Europe and the impact of climate change on these four risks.
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Publication and Report Monitoring and evaluation of national adaptation policies throughout the policy cycle
The Global Goal on Adaptation aims to enhance adaptive capacity, strengthen resilience and reduce vulnerability to climate change. Given the impact of climate-related hazards, the question is not whether adaptation is necessary, but what are the adaptation options to increase resilience.
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Europe urgently needs to step up adaptation to climate change impacts
Despite the increasing awareness of climate change impacts and the need to adapt, many of Europe’s cities and towns are struggling to handle the impacts of heatwaves, severe droughts and destructive floods. Two new European Environment Agency (EEA) reports stress the urgent need for action to improve adaptation and resilience at local and national government levels.
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The Netherlands in 2120, a vision to adapt to climate change
Wageningen University & Research has drafted a vision on what it believes a climate-proof Netherlands could look like in 2120. Green cities, circular agriculture, and more forests, water and swamps are feasible in 100 year from now. Similar vision building will be used for European purposes as well in the future.
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RESPONSe midterm conference: climate adaptation of Adriatic coastal communities
After 21 months of research on climate change and adaptation measures in Adriatic regions, RESPONSe (Interreg) project partners organizes an event to gather people interested in learning more about these topics and to share through discussion groups.
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Publication and Report Driving Finance Today for the Climate Resilient Society of Tomorrow
The UNEP Finance Initiative partnered with Climate Finance Advisors to deliver this report to the Global Commission on Adaptation with the objective of focusing greater attention on climate risks and opportunities in private sector investment decisions, as well as accelerating the flow of finance into adaptation activities. The report outlines the many efforts that have been made to tweak the financial system to better integrate climate change into decision making, but finds that the necessary best practice, regulations, rules and standards are currently weak and ill-defined
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Climate change undermines the safety of buildings and infrastructure in Europe
Higher temperatures will accelerate corrosion of buildings, and will expose infrastructure to higher stresses, thus undermining the safety of constructions. Researchers of the Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change and members of the scientific network established by the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, co-authored two studies, suggesting a review of the EU standards for structural design.
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Webinar about the Climate-ADAPT Adaptation Support Tool: practical experience and use for policy, planning and decision making
This Climate-ADAPT webinar aims to improve knowledge dissemination on the Adaptation Support Tool (AST) and to promote its use, e.g. for: strategic policy processes, awareness raising, planning, and development of guidelines. At the same time, the webinar intends to highlight and present how the AST is being used in practice and can be tailored to the real needs of users.
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