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The Community of Practice of the Mission Adaptation to Climate Changes is launched
24 Feb 2023On 26 January 2023, 200 regions and local authorities participated to the Launch of the Community of Practice of the Mission Adaptation to network and share experience on the implementation of adaptation measures at regional and local level. Regional and local authorities were invited to describe their main challenges in terms of financing, citizen engagement and access to data.
Climate Talks - How to adapt to climate change in nature Protected Areas?
24 Feb 2023Climate Talks is a five-part documentary that aims at better understanding what it takes to help adapting nature to climate change and how to use nature-based solutions for adaptation. They discover the experience developed by nature conservation professionals in and around Nature Protected Areas across Europe.
Great opportunities, but also challenges, for NBS in the Nordics
23 Feb 2023The new report "Working with Nature-Based Solutions: Synthesis and mapping of status in the Nordics" provides an overview of the status of Nature-based Solutions, including research, political frameworks, challenges and examples of implemented projects in the Nordics. The report was funded under the Nordic Council of Ministers' research programme running from 2021-24. The progamme encourages the Nordic countries to work together and enhance their knowledge base on nature-based solutions, restoration, climate mitigation and blue/green infrastructure.
The Greek National Adaptation Hub is now available online
23 Feb 2023Greece has recently released its National Adaptation Hub. The Hub intends to provide tools and resources for assisting decision-makers, raise awareness of adaptation, and promote sharing of good practices among key adaptation stakeholders. The Hub has been developed in the framework of the LIFE-IP AdaptInGR project.
UrbanByNature South Eastern Europe Hub Webinar #3 Recap: Achieving environmental and social targets through Urban Greening Plans
13 Feb 2023The #3 UrbanByNature South Eastern Europe webinar addressed environmental and social targets through Urban Greening Plans. Likewise, aspects on how to outline an action plan through strong participation of citizens in defining priority topics and intervention areas for urban climate adaptation, resilience and urban nature among others were discussed. Case studies from Athens, Belgrade and from CLEVER Cities project were presented.
European Climate Risk Assessment
10 Feb 2023The Directorate-General for Climate Action of the European Commission (DG CLIMA) and the European Environment Agency (EEA) initiated the preparation of the first European Climate Risk Assessment (EUCRA). It aims to assess current and future climate change impacts and risks relating to the environment, economy and wider society in Europe. The assessment will focus on complex climate risks such as cross-border, cascading and compound risks.
Facing increasing river flood risk in Europe: adaptation measures can save lives and billions of euro
10 Feb 2023Flood adaptation strategies are needed to face the increased intensity and probability of floods in most parts of Europe due to global warming. A new paper co-developed by scientists from the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission and published in Nature Climate Change compares the costs and benefits of flood risk reduction measures in Europe. The study shows that flood adaptation can be highly cost-effective and is crucial to offset rising river flood risk in Europe with climate change.
Guide for Local Climate Change Adaptation Planning in the Baltic Sea Region
10 Feb 2023The “Guide for Local Climate Change Adaptation Planning in the Baltic Sea Region”, will help local governments and communities in taking initial action to create a safe, socially, and economically secure and sustainable society that is resilient to current and future impacts of climate change. The guidelines for preparing and drafting the climate change adaptation plan for local governments in the Baltic Sea Region (BSR) were prepared as the output of the Climate Mainstreaming Locally in the Baltic Sea Region (CliMaLoc) project.
European Union disaster resilience goals
10 Feb 2023The European Commission has developed, together with Member States, five Union disaster resilience goals to steer future work on disaster prevention and preparedness. These goals point to strategic areas where Member States and the Commission need to work together in order to strengthen our collective capacity to withstand future disasters (including extreme weather events), to protect citizens, and to safeguard livelihoods, as well as the environment.
Water scarcity conditions in Europe: Water scarcity affected 29% of the EU territory during at least one season in 2019
07 Feb 2023The European Environment Agency (EEA) indicator “Water scarcity conditions in Europe” has a biannual updating frequency. The recently updated helps to measure water consumption, water resources under stress and water scarcity probabilities due to climate impacts in the European Union territory. It shows that there has been no overall reduction in the area affected by water scarcity conditions.