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Greece’ s climate projections online available
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The EU funded LIFE-IP AdaptInGR project has produced new climate projections for Greece to further boost mainstreaming of adaptation across policies and projects. High resolution GIS maps for 22 climate indices have been produced for three greenhouse gas emissions scenarios and for two future periods (2031-2060, 2071-2100). The maps are accessible through the GIS Mapsportal of the Greek Ministry of Environment and Energy.
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COP26 – Special Session: High Impact Climate Solutions
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This event will showcase how top profitable climate solutions contribute to the climate objectives of COP21, and engage the conversation with institutions to accelerate their implementation. Following an introduction by the European Investment Bank’s Director, General Chris Hurst, and Bertrand Piccard on the Solar Impulse Foundation’s side, there will be a showcase of a series of high-impact solutions across various sectors, followed by two rounds of panel discussions.
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Interconnection between climate change and pollution: health implications
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The Observatory now offers a summary of how climate change can exacerbate the impacts of pollution on human health and the environment, and highlights the existence of co-benefits and trade-offs of policies and measures addressing climate change adaptation and pollution.
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The Ripple Factor: Economic losses from weather extremes can amplify each other across the world
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Weather extremes can cause economic ripples along the supply chains. If they occur at roughly the same time, the ripples start interacting and can amplify even if they occur at completely different places around the world, a new study shows. The resulting economic losses are larger than the sum of the initial events, the researchers find in computer simulations of a global economic network.
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Information session on the European Union mission on adaptation to climate change
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The mission adaptation to climate change will help prepare for unavoidable climate impacts and accelerate Europe’s transformation into a climate-resilient continent. On 23 November 2021 an information session will be organized to present the concept and implementation mechanisms of the mission, and explain how the regions can engage in the process.
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The Green Central Banking Scorecard: 2022 Edition
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The 2022 Green Central Banking Scorecard updates Positive Money's ranking of G20 central banks and prudential regulators based on their environmental credentials to show which countries are leading the way, and which are falling behind.
The report showcases the complex environment in which central banks are operating, having to manage multiple crisis at the same time
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European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet) public webinar: One ocean one EMODnet
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The European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet) is the most comprehensive in situ marine data service in Europe including climate adaptation information. A public webinar demonstrating the upgraded EMODnet services will take place online on 16 February, 2023 from 15.30 to 17.00 CET.
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Will more frequent river floods cause widespread malfunction of European road networks?
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A new study on “Flood risk assessment of the European road network” has been released. It investigates whether the potential level of disruptive impact on the road networks of European countries could reach a socio-economic tipping point, with an abrupt and large loss of road-network function. This research applies a form of statistical analysis to large-scale flooding events in Europe, and aims to inform climate adaptation policy.
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Implementing the Green Deal: Commission launches Climate Resilience Dialogue
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The European Commission launched the Climate Resilience Dialogue, as announced in its Strategy for Financing the Transition to a Sustainable Economy as well as in the new EU Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change. The first meeting of the dialogue brought together insurers, reinsurers, the corporate sector, consumers, public authorities and other stakeholders to exchange views and best practices to address the losses incurred from climate-related disasters.
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The Bigger Picture: how climate and biodiversity are intimately linked, and what the European Union is doing to protect them both
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The European Union (EU) has had considerable success with funding local projects in Europe and worldwide towards global climate action and biodiversity protection efforts. However, urgent large-scale action is still needed to prevent countless plant and species from going extinct and ultimately avoid irreversible disruption of our ecosystems, with potential negative consequences for climate change.
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