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  • LIFE projects aim to reduce forest fires across Europe

    23 Aug 2023

    At the height of the 2023 summer heatwave, more than one hundred wildfires were burning across southern Europe as temperatures topped 40 degrees Celsius. The need to find long-term solutions to one of the most destructive impacts of climate change is more urgent than ever. Several LIFE projects across Europe are applying innovative ways both to reduce the number of fires and their impact.

  • German city of Bonn’s new role in Global Resilience Hub: Building Bridges for Resilience

    17 Aug 2023

    The city of Bonn has recently been labelled as a global ‘Making Cities Resilient 2030’ (MCR2030) Resilience Hub. Joining the ranks of 23 cities recognized as Resilience Hubs: cities with a proven track record in disaster risk reduction and resilience, this German city is committed to bringing local and regional governments together to advance climate resilience efforts. Bonn intends to extend its outreach and address a larger resilience community by conducting online activities and international conferences, such as a Youth Adaptation Forum, which was held on 8 June 2023.

  • Horizon Europe Strategic Plan 2025-2027 Analysis

    16 Aug 2023

    The recently published Horizon Europe Strategic Plan 2025-2027 Analysis provides a solid evidence base to underpin the development of the next Horizon Europe Strategic Plan, as set out in the legal basis. The analysis looks at relevant developments for the EU policy priorities and provides examples of the role that research and innovation play in addressing them. With regard to climate change adaptation, the report analyses the past EU research efforts in the global context. It further outlines research gaps related to climate change adaptation.

  • Call for feedback on LIFE programme for mid-term evaluation

    03 Aug 2023

    The European Commission will carry out a mid-term evaluation of the LIFE programme for the environment and climate action (period 2021-2024) to improve the implementation and help inform the proposal for the subsequent programme. Feedback period: 1 August 2023 - 15 September 2023.

  • European Commission guidelines on Member States' adaptation strategies, plans and policies

    03 Aug 2023

    The European Commission has adopted a new set of guidelines to assist Member States in updating and implementing comprehensive national adaptation strategies, plans and policies. The guidelines are in line with the European Climate Law and the EU Strategy on adaptation to climate change and can help to upgrade preparations for the reality of rapidly intensifying impacts of climate change. They put forward new topics and policy areas that need to be considered in policy-making to ensure better outcomes such as Nature-based solutions and just resilience.

  • Tool to find funding opportunities for regional adaptation to climate change

    31 Jul 2023

    The REGILIENCE project, funded by the European Commission under HORIZON 2020, provides a comprehensive list of funding opportunities for climate adaptation projects. From local to international sources, this tool helps to filter funding opportunities based on your location, sectors (including agriculture, energy, transport, water, and more), project size and eligibility criteria.

  • Discover useful adaptation tools

    28 Jul 2023

    The Climate Adaptation Mission projects ARSINOE, IMPETUS, REGILIENCE and TransformAr are developing tools which support European regions in their efforts to adapt to climate change and achieve their sustainability goals. The first set of 14 tools are available.

  • The Climate Resilience Post - stay up-to-date with the latest developments in climate adaptation

    28 Jul 2023

  • Climate-Health Cluster joint session at conference on connecting Health & Climate Change

    26 Jul 2023

    The Climate-Health Cluster, including the BlueAdapt, CATALYSE, CLIMOS, HIGH Horizons, IDAlert and TRIGGER projects, organizes a joint session on “Health Impacts of Climate Change: a way forward with the Climate-Health Cluster" at the ENBEL 2023 conference.

  • Have your say to build a European Network on Climate Change Adaptation

    13 Jul 2023

    The EU Mission Adaptation project 'TransformAr', has recently launched a new questionnaire to build a European Network on Climate Change Adaptation. The questionnaire aims at building this network to foster collaboration and knowledge exchange, and discussion on transformative adaptation, starting with organizing webinars on various topics, such as Nature-Based Solutions and Digital & Technological Solutions.