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6th European Climate Change Conference (ECCA2023): Calls are open for activities before February 27, 2023
Europe’s influential climate adaptation conference, ECCA2023, takes place from 19 to 21 June 2023, and will be held in Dublin, Ireland. It has opened its call for contributions to share climate adaptation solutions and challenges, content proposals, posters, and creative arts. Deadline to submit applications is on Monday, February 27, 2023 before 23:59 (CET).
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European Union disaster resilience goals
The European Commission has developed, together with Member States, five Union disaster resilience goals to steer future work on disaster prevention and preparedness. These goals point to strategic areas where Member States and the Commission need to work together in order to strengthen our collective capacity to withstand future disasters (including extreme weather events), to protect citizens, and to safeguard livelihoods, as well as the environment.
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Facing increasing river flood risk in Europe: adaptation measures can save lives and billions of euro
Flood adaptation strategies are needed to face the increased intensity and probability of floods in most parts of Europe due to global warming. A new paper co-developed by scientists from the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission and published in Nature Climate Change compares the costs and benefits of flood risk reduction measures in Europe. The study shows that flood adaptation can be highly cost-effective and is crucial to offset rising river flood risk in Europe with climate change.
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