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Resilience in the new EU policy - towards the European Climate Adaptation Plan
In the Political Guidelines 2024-2029 for the European Commission, President Ursula von der Leyen announced the European Climate Adaptation Plan (ECAP) to support the Member States on preparedness and resilience planning. Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra has taken the lead in the work on ECAP, and the policy package will be presented during the 2nd half of 2026.
Climate resilience and preparedness have already been flagged for particular attention in several key EU policy documents including the Competitiveness Compass, Vision for Agriculture, and the Communication on the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF).
The Competitiveness Compass highlights changing climate and extreme weather events as increasingly threatening European economic security. Resilience and preparedness must be strengthened by regularly updating climate risk assessments and improving critical infrastructure resilience by design. Integration of climate resilience in urban planning, deployment of nature-based solutions, development of nature credits and adaptation in agriculture while preserving food security, are also among the options to avoid supply chains to become compromised.
The Vision for Agriculture calls out for resilient agriculture supported by the post 2027 Common Agriculture Policy (CAP). Agricultural practices and interventions that make local production fit for future climate conditions will be strongly supported and incentives for farmers reinforced to reduce their vulnerability and exposure to risks through adaptation at the farm level. Crisis management tools should encourage farmers to proactively manage risks, Member States should work towards efficient and adapted risk management strategies in agriculture and collaboration with financial institutions should be strengthened.
In the Communication on the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), the more frequent and dramatic climate-related disasters are recognized as having a heavy social and economic toll. In light of the financial risks that a 3°C warming scenario could pose to cumulated economic losses (i.e estimated EUR 175 billion, what means about 1.4% of EU GDP), policies and investment decisions cannot disregard climate risks. The MFF communication acknowledges the recommendation of future-proofing EU funding for climate adaptation by the European Court of Auditors.
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