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The LIFE SHARA project finishes: Fostering awareness and governance for adaptation to climate change
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The EU funded LIFE SHARA project (Sharing awareness and governance of adaptation to climate change), has strengthened the network of collaboration between Spain and Portugal in climate change adaptation. In addition, the generation and transfer of knowledge has been boosted through the creation of a technical platform for adaptation to climate change “AdapteCCA”.
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Adaptation Gap Report 2021
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The sixth edition of the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) Adaptation Gap Report: 'The Gathering Storm' looks at how Europe and the entire world is doing in adapting to the impacts of climate change. The report finds that there is an urgent need to step up climate adaptation finance.
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Smarter, faster and systemic: Accelerating adaptation for a climate-resilient tomorrow
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This event addresses the need for smarter, faster and systemic climate change adaptation. It convenes leaders and practitioners to discuss solutions for key obstacles hindering adaptation action. A high-level launch will highlight adaptation ambition in developed and developing country contexts. A panel discussion will follow, focusing on accelerating adaptation action.
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International Guidelines on Natural and Nature-Based Features for Flood Risk Management
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The International Guidelines are a set of real-world guidelines resulting from a ten years of work of building, learning, and documenting the best practices for constructing Natural and Nature-Based Features (NNBF).
The NNBF Guidelines is intended to inform the efforts of practitioners, organizations, and communities seeking to increase the performance of Floods Risk Management (FRM) systems and achieve long‑term risk mitigation, increase water infrastructure resilience and sustainability, reduce infrastructure maintenance and repair costs, and, ultimately, increase the value produced by FRM infrastructure investments
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Do governments track the implementation of national climate change adaptation plans? An evidence-based global stocktake of monitoring and evaluation systems
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Highlights
• More than 60% of countries that adopted a national adaptation plan (NAP) are not tracking its implementation.
• 23 countries have published a NAP implementation report and 15 have undertaken a NAP evaluation, almost twice as many as 2017.
• Almost 40% of countries reporting on NAP implementation are developing countries but only three are Least Developed Countries.
• The number of countries engaged in developing or using mechanisms to track NAP implementation has increased by 40% since 2017.
• NAP M&E systems support reporting on adaptation progress under the Global Stocktake of the Paris Agreement.
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COP26- Generating a pipeline of climate adaptation projects: Directing finance towards climate resilience
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This virtual event, organised by The European Investment Bank in collaboration with the European Court of Auditors, focuses on the challenge of generating a pipeline of climate adaptation projects in the European Union (EU). The event examines the role of advisory services in this challenge and explores opportunities to work with EU member states, cities and regions on translating adaptation plans and strategies into bankable adaptation projects.
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Large and very large trees in the Sonian forest
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More than 25.000 large and very large trees have been recorded in the forest. Author: Frederik Vaes
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Climate change adaptation in a peri-urban beech forest with a high number of visitors - Sonian Forest, Belgium
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Policy brief: Stronger together for a climate resilient north – Mainstreaming adaptation to climate change at the local level in the Nordic Countries
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The policy brief presents the results of the 6th Nordic Conference of Climate Change Adaptation (NOCCA23): the conference explored the current state of adaptation and the challenges, opportunities, and learnings from the implementation process of adaptation in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. Finally, the role of the Nordic Council in accelerating adaptation measures within the Nordic region and beyond is discussed.
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ECCA2023 side event: mainstreaming adaptation at the local level
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Key messages from the 6th Nordic Conference on Climate Change Adaptation (NOCCA 2023) will be presented at an European Climate Change Adaptation (ECCA) side event. This side event will discuss and explore measures for mainstreaming climate change adaptation at the local level amongst the European community. All ECCA2023 participants interested in topics such as transboundary risks, nature based solutions, and master planning at the local level are welcome to join the session.
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RESILIENCE IN ACTION 2023 Public Water Operators' Strategies to Tackle Water Scarcity and Drought
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The members of Aqua Publica Europea set the issue of drought and water scarcity as one of the key priorities of the organisation. Building on previous exchanges of experiences and public debates with stakeholders, the publication explores the strategies and approaches that public water operators can deploy to address this critical issue
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