Development of a national strategy for adaptation to climate change adverse impacts in Cyprus (CYPADAPT)

CYPADAPT mainly aims to strengthen and increase Cyprus adaptive capacity to climate change impacts through the development of a National Adaptation Strategy. This is expected to be achieved through the following specific objectives:

• Describing climate change and its impacts;

Projecting future climate changes and providing estimates of potential impacts

• Assessing the sensitivity of different systems, sectors or communities to climate change;
• Assessing adaptive capacity, vulnerability and opportunities associated with climate change

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• Proposing appropriate actions that should be taken immediately as well as policies for future actions
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  The project is structured in the following 10 Actions: ACTION 1 - Preparatory actions, dealing with: the review of the observed changes and responses to climate change worldwide and especially in Cyprus, and the analysis of European and international policies and legislative framework with respect to climate change. ACTION 2 - Review of existing national adaptation plans worldwide and assessment of relative measures already taken in Cyprus to adapt to climate change. Action 2 also include the creation of a database of adaptation measures applied worldwide. ACTION 3 - Prediction of future changes through regional climate models and assessment of related future impacts in Cyprus. ACTION 4 - Development of a multi-criteria analysis tool for the elaboration of the adaptation plan for Cyprus. In particular the tool is used to select the best mix of adaptation options to be considered in the Plan. ACTION 5 - Elaboration of a national adaptation plan for Cyprus. ACTION 6 - Dissemination activities. ACTION 7 - Management and Reporting to the European Commission. ACTION 8 - Networking with other projects dealing with climate change adaptation. ACTION 9 - Monitoring and evaluation of the project progress. ACTION 10 - After-LIFE Communication plan, describing the actions to be implemented, in order to ensure the continuous promotion and dissemination of the knowledge gained through the project