Adaptation Measures in the EU: Policies, Costs, and Economic Assessment

Adaptation Measures in the EU: Policies, Costs, and Economic Assessment. Ecologic Institute, Berlin. The aim of this report was to identify the most appropriate measures on the EU level to address different threats. A final selection of measures to be assessed with a view to their costs and economic, social and environmental impacts was agreed at the first interim meeting with the Commission. Measures already part of EU wide assessment projects were no part of the assessment. The outcome was a matrix of measures indicating the EU policy areas vis-à-vis corresponding measures. While not going into detail on the way of implementation, the outcome included a first assessment of whether accompanying measures can be established to support “climate proofing” of existing EU legislation (e.g. guidelines, funding instruments) or whether legislative adjustments and new instruments would need to be implemented.

S. Altvater, D. de Block, I. Bouwma, T. Dworak, A. Frelih-Larsen, B. Görlach, C. Hermeling, J. Klostermann, M. König, M. Leitner, N. Marinova, S. McCallum, S. Naumann, D. Osberghaus, A. Prutsch, C. Reif, K. van de Sandt, R. Swart, J. Tröltzsch (2012).