Climate adaptation strategies in the EU: Processes for design, implementation and review

This policy brief is an output of the EU FP7 project BASE. It provides an overview of the 2013 EU Adaptation Strategy, and its implications for adaptation planning in Member States. Six case studies from five Member States are also examined to understand the processes through which Member States designed and implemented their National Adaptation Strategy plans (NAS’s), and identifies challenges and trends both common and unique.
NAS’s currently being designed and implemented for Italy, Czech Republic and Denmark are reported, as well as NAS’s currently being reviewed and/or revised such as for Finland, Portugal and Denmark.
Additionally, as the EU Adaptation Strategy encourages cities in Europe to adopt climate adaptation strategies at the local level, the policy brief also examines three case studies where such strategies have been implemented. Findings from all the examined case studies are considered and some conclusions and policy recommendations are drawn.