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

The aim of CYPADAPT was to strengthen and increase Cyprus adaptive capacity to climate change impacts through the development of a National Adaptation Strategy. The project had the following aims:

- outline knowledge about current climate variations;
- describe future changes projected for the 21st century;
- characterise adaptive capacity to cope with present-day climate;
- provide estimates of potential impacts under future climate change;
- assess the relative vulnerability of different systems, sectors or communities to climate change;
- propose appropriate measures for adapting to climate change.

Both the vulnerability assessment and the adaptation measures refer to all the policy areas of Cyprus that are – or expected to be – affected by climate change. The categorization of the adaptation policy areas was based on the White Paper of the European Commission entitled “Adapting to climate change: towards a European framework for action”.