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The EU Taxonomy is a tool to help investors, companies, issuers and project promoters navigate the transition to a low-carbon, resilient and resource-efficient economy. The Taxonomy sets performance thresholds (referred to as "technical screening criteria") for economic activities which: make a substantive contribution to one of six environmental objectives of which climate change adaptation is one; do no significant harm (DNSH) to the other five objectives (Mitigation, protection of water ressources, transition to a circular economy, pollution prevention control and protection and restoration of biodiversity and ecosystems, where relevant); meet minimum safeguards (e

Collapsing power cables causes temporary loss of power to users, and brings about additional reparation costs for power providers. Storms can damage power lines, and hence cause power outages and black-outs, through direct impact or indirect impact (e

Disaster risks and losses are of great concern for society, since they have increased over the last years. Such events are expected to further increase as a result of several factors such as projected demographic development, land use change, expansion of residential and economic activities in disaster-prone areas and projected climate change

Based on 18 business cases around the world, this report deals with the risks and vulnerabilities the power sector is likely to face due to climate change and more frequent extreme weather, and the options the sector can tap in order to become more resilient.

Urban environmental issues operate at different scales, and this is the case for climate change adaptation strategies that necessarily complement mitigation measures. Adaptation and mitigation operate at different spatial scales: while mitigation measures have a global effect; adaptation strategies must be designed at the regional or local scale depending on the climate change impact

HEAT-SHIELD aims at addressing the negative effects of climate change, in particular increasing workplace temperature, on the working population. The effects of heat exposure includes productivity loss in many jobs, and HEAT-SHIELD will study this issue and its prevention in different sectors

The United Nations General Assembly declared safe and clean drinking water as a human right. However, recent studies have revealed that water resources are under increasing pressure, mainly due to land use and climate change

This report is a review of climate change adaptation for UK domestic and international (wild capture) seafood, performed by Sea Fish Industry Authority (Seafish) in collaboration with key partners, for the UK Government under the Climate Change Adaptation Reporting Power. The report considers the major industry impacts arising from key climate change drivers and sets out major areas of adaptation action

Urban Green Infrastructure planning (UGI) is a strategic approach to develop interconnected and multifunctional networks of blue and green spaces that potentially provide a wide range of environmental, social and economic benefits and simultaneously enhance the climate resilience of cities. The European Commission emphasizes strategic green space planning at different spatial scales (from neighbourhood to city-wide) and encourages cities to promote delivery of ecosystem services and protection of biodiversity

Natural and man-made hazards threaten people, property, the environment and cultural heritage. Climate change will increase disaster risk amplifying the impacts of extreme weather events, floods, droughts and wildfires unless adaptation and mitigation measures are undertaken

Droughts impact water resources and agriculture production, cause soil erosion, reduce carbon sequestration and contribute to land degradation. Southern Europe is expected to be especially vulnerable, with higher risks of reduced water supply and increased demands for irrigation

The project aims to investigate how changes in land cover and land management can help to meet the mitigation and adaptation objectives of the Paris Agreement, as well as the Sustainable Development Goals. The project partners' findings will be disseminated through a number of tools, events and products and by closely involving stakeholders and policy-makers, with the aim to support sustainable land use decision-making

The Malta Environment and Planning Authority (MEPA) is the national agency responsible for land use planning and environmental regulation in Malta. Established under the mandate of the Environment Protection Act (2001) and the Development Planning Act (1992) of the Laws of Malta, MEPA is also responsible for the implementation of around 200 Directives, Decisions and Regulations under the EU Environmental Acquis

The climate adaptation app gives urban designers, engineers or others insight in feasible measures for a project with a specific climate adaptation goal. The app will generate a selection of feasible climate adaptation measures in less than a minute

LIFE LOCAL ADAPT aims to integrate climate change adaptation into the work of local authorities. It will establish partnerships to increase the climate change adaptation capacities of selected local authorities in Germany, Austria, Czech Republic and Latvia

This Life+ project aims to design and develop multifunctional green and blue infrastructure in the Flemish Belt around Brussels and in De Wijers. Urban green and blue infrastructure not only supports the fight against biodiversity loss, it also helps cities to adapt to climate change, thereby generating a high social added value

RECONECT aims to contribute to European reference framework on Nature Based Solutions (NBS) by demonstrating, referencing and upscaling large scale NBS and by stimulating a new culture for 'land use planning' that links the reduction of risks with local and regional development objectives in a sustainable way. To do that, RECONECT draws upon the network of carefully selected Demonstrators and Collaborators that cover a range of local conditions, geographic characteristics, governance structures and social/cultural settings to successfully upscale NBS throughout Europe and Internationally

Grapevine, olive, cherries and lemons are among perennial crops in the Mediterranean area currently facing climate change. Farmers are changing their practices accordingly

This Technical Paper provides an initial assessment on the Key Type of Measures (KTMs) of climate change adaptation that were reported by the EEA member countries, on a voluntary basis, under the Energy Union Governance Regulation and its specification in the Implementing Act. It also discusses the main challenges of reporting on KTMs and options to overcome them in view of the next reporting cycle.

Countries, communities and companies are empowered to effectively and justly manage the full range of climate risks to which they are exposed. Together, they coordinate their adaptation efforts in ways that deliver global public goods, building a resilient world in which all people are secure and can prosper

Climate adaptation gains in importance, and the Paris Agreement 2015 calls on Parties to strengthen cooperation on enhancing action on adaptation. This, along with recognition that policymakers require high-quality and relevant information to support decision-making, has led many countries to establish web-based climate adaptation platforms whilst other countries are now actively planning such platforms

The project INNOVA helps the society managing the impacts of climatic change and finding innovative climate risk management solutions, and extreme risk response options. This project emphasis on cutting-edge climate services research by a combination of social and economic innovation

CRISI-ADAPT II aims to monitor and improve adaptation planning through real-time implementation and validation according to near and seasonal range forecast of climate risks.​ Therefore, the specific objectives are: Identify climate-related problems in strategic sectors and critical infrastructures

Across the Europe Region, composed of 55 UN Member Countries, 37 National Platforms for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) are in place. The structure of these coordination mechanisms, as well as their legal status, budgets, scope and level of activity, vary across countries

One of the emerging blue economy sectors with considerable “greening” potential for a stable water supply in the ever-growing areas with increasing water imbalances is the desalination sector. This report aims at analysing the sector from the innovation, the EU policy and regional perspectives - in the latter with examples of implementation of desalination technologies in the three types of regions with specific water supply issues across Europe.

CLIME is a climate service developed by Regional Models and geo-Hydrological Impacts Division (REMHI) of CMCC Foundation, to provide climate data and solutions to different types of users with different backgrounds and needs. CLIME is able to take care of the whole information production chain: from the climate data collection/storage since processing of climate data according to user needs

Green surfacing (the conversion of urban surfaces to green surfaces) is associated with water, energy, climate, and well-being benefits. In this study, an EU-wide assessment was conducted to quantify the costs and benefits of green surfacing for different climate scenarios. The results suggest that they provide a multifunctional, cost-effective solution to the emerging risks of climate change and urbanization.

For peer-to-peer learning on adaptation in Europe, Climate-ADAPT can already build on a successful cooperation with EEA Member countries in sharing news, events and promoting them through the quarterly Climate-ADAPT Newsletter, and in sharing knowledge resources through the Climate-ADAPT database. In this online event on 27 April 2022, the EEA, supported by the ETC CA, provided technical instructions on how to use the Climate-ADAPT webforms to submit news and events to the Climate-ADAPT database and on the set-up of weblinks to Climate-ADAPT

Climate mainstreaming locally in the Baltic Sea Region (CliMaLoc) is a project which aims to foster climate adaptation among the small and medium municipalities in the Baltic Sea Region. The project aims to make best use of existing knowledge and capacity in the region and Europe to support the exchange of best practices that will encourage municipalities to take steps towards climate adaptation even when resources and skills are scarce

PLOTO aims at increasing the resilience of the Inland Waterways (IWW) infrastructures and the connected land- infrastructures, thus ensuring reliable network availability under unfavourable conditions, such as extreme weather, accidents and other hazards. The goal is to combine downscaled climate change scenarios (applied to IWW infrastructures) with simulation tools and actual data, to provide the relevant authorities and their operators with an integrated tool able to support more effective management of their infrastructures at strategic and operational levels