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Europe urgently needs to step up adaptation to climate change impacts
12 Oct 2020Despite the increasing awareness of climate change impacts and the need to adapt, many of Europe’s cities and towns are struggling to handle the impacts of heatwaves, severe droughts and destructive floods. Two new European Environment Agency (EEA) reports stress the urgent need for action to improve adaptation and resilience at local and national government levels.
Climate risk drivers, hazards, and consequences in the Baltic Sea Region
09 Oct 2020The EU project Community Safety Action for Supporting Climate Adaption and Development (CASCADE) reports an overview on the climate risks drivers, hazards and consequences in the Baltic Sea Region. The report illustrates cascading consequences of climate hazards for the region by collecting local examples.
New LIFE climate action projects: applicants seek nearly €500 million in EU funding
07 Oct 2020In response to the EU LIFE programme’s 2020 call for climate action projects, the European Commission has received 258 new proposals. This represents a 55% rise on last year’s figures. It also shows a growing commitment to tackle and adapt to climate change. Applicants come from all Member States and the proposed projects have an estimated total cost of approximately €978 million.
Horizon 2020 projects added on Climate-ADAPT
02 Oct 2020Three ongoing and four recently finalized Horizon 2020 projects have been added to Climate-ADAPT’s catalogue of highlighted Research and Innovation Projects. The recently published projects include: CASCADES, CLARITY, ClimeFish, NAIAD, SOCLIMPACT, ThinkNature, and URBAN GreenUp.
Nights warming faster than days across much of the planet
01 Oct 2020Global warming is affecting daytime and night-time temperatures differently, and greater night-time warming is more common than greater daytime warming worldwide, UK research shows.
Marine heatwaves are human made
17 Sep 2020Heatwaves in the world’s oceans have become over 20 times more frequent due to human influence on the climate. This is what researchers from the Oeschger Centre for Climate Research at the University of Bern are now able to prove. Ambitious climate goals are the only way to prevent the irreversible loss of some of the most valuable marine ecosystems.
Evaluation of the socio-economic impact of climate change in Belgium
11 Sep 2020According to this report of the National Climate Commission, climate change in Belgium will mainly be felt through heat waves, floods and droughts. Warmer and more humid summers, and milder and humid winters are becoming normal. These impacts will affect a large number of sectors, resulting in major costs but also benefits, with costs dominating strongly. Well-considered and fair adaptation measures are required.
Get involved in EU Missions
11 Sep 2020Citizens get the opportunity to react to ideas that came out from the citizen engagement deliberative events on the respective Missions that have taken (and still are taking) place over the summer. Therefore, a call runs from 1st September to 14th September 2020. Ideas can be written in English, German and French. The results of the project will be announced on 22 September during the European Research and Innovation Days 2020.
Strategic Foresight Report towards a more resilient Europe
09 Sep 2020The European Commission identified emerging challenges and opportunities to better steer the European Union’s strategic choices. It considers EU resilience in four dimensions: social and economic, geopolitical, green, and digital. Green resilience entails mitigation and adaptation to climate change, which will be monitored by a so-called 'resilience dashboard'.
Tackling pollution and climate change in Europe will improve health and well-being
08 Sep 2020Air and noise pollution, the impacts of climate change such as heatwaves, and exposure to dangerous chemicals cause ill health in Europe and contribute to 13 % of deaths. An integrated approach to environment and health policies is needed to tackle environmental risks, protect the most vulnerable and fully realise the benefits that nature offers in support of health and well-being, according to the EEA.