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Climate change can disrupt ecological, social and economic systems, with some regions and sectors suffering significantly. Therefore, adaptation plays a paramount role in responding to climate change

Global mean sea level (GMSL) has risen about 21 cm since 1900, at an accelerating rate. GMSL reached its highest value ever in 2020

The Baltic Environmental Forum (BEF) was founded in 1995 by the Baltic Ministries of Environment, Germany and the European Commission as a technical assistance project aiming at strengthening the co-operation among the Baltic environmental authorities. Over time the core project was prolonged and the BEF activities grew far beyond the initial project

The Irish Environmental Protection Agency is at the front line of environmental protection and policing. The main responsibilities of the EPA include: Environmental licensing; Enforcement of environmental law; Environmental planning, education and guidance; Monitoring, analysing and reporting on the environment; Regulating Ireland's greenhouse gas emissions; Environmental research development; Strategic environmental assessment; Waste management; Radiological protection

The Directorate-General for the Environment is one of the more than 40 Directorates-General and services that make up the European Commission. Commonly referred to as DG Environment, the objective of the Directorate-General is to protect, preserve and improve the environment for present and future generations

The CHR is an organization in which the scientific institutes of the Rhine riparian states develop joint hydrological measures for sustainable development of the Rhine basin. The CHR was founded in 1970 following advice by UNESCO to promote closer co-operation in international river basins

This prototype tool that can be used to estimate the economic costs of health impacts of climate change using data for health economic analysis and adaptation activity costs at the local level in the RAMSES cities within the WHO European Region.  The tool can be applied both prospectively and retrospectively, while the timeframe of the economic evaluation will be largely determined by that of the underlying health impact assessment

The analysis of the health and sanitation aspects of Integrated Flood Management (IFM) carried out in this Tool outlines the main measures to be undertaken to minimize impacts on public health during the whole cycle of flood management (flood planning and preparedness, response, and post-flood relief and recovery). While in the first phase actions should be aimed to mitigate the adverse impacts of floods on human health and environmental health services (WSS, food hygiene, vector control), the response stage should be centered on the implementation of an operational plan to assess damage and ensure emergency operation of WSS systems and health-care services

The Red Cross and Red Crescent organisation have developed this training kit to help their associates design and facilitate workshops on climate risk management. In particular, it aims to help trainers and facilitators shape interactive training events or workshops and tap into existing knowledge

The WHO Regional Office for Europe prepared this economic analysis tool to support adaptation planning to protect health from the negative effects of climate change in European Member States. It is based on a review of the science, and provides step-by-step guidance on estimating: (a) the costs associated with damage to health due to climate change; (b) the costs for adaptation in various sectors to protect health from such damage; and (c) the efficiency of adaptation measures: the cost of adaptation versus the expected returns, or averted health costs

The Vibrio suitability tool (Vibrio map viewer) shows the environmental suitability for Vibrio growth in the Baltic Sea. It is a near real-time model that uses daily updated remote sensing data to examine worldwide environmental conditions, such as sea surface temperature and salinity for Vibrio spp

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) quantitative microbial risk assessment (QMRA) tool supports public health officers in European member states in the estimation of relative public health risks due to climate change. Due to the complexity of microbiological processes under environmental influences, assessing relative risks of climate change-associated Food- and Water-borne diseases must be based on multivariate strategies

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Both, enhancing scientific evidence and implementing the health response are key goals of the WHO Global Programme on Climate Change & Health. As the WHO puts it, “Evidence on climate and health [are] poorly integrated into policy, practice and monitoring”

Copernicus, previously known as GMES (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security), is the European Programme for the establishment of a European capacity for Earth Observation. Copernicus consists of a complex set of systems which collect data from multiple sources: earth observation satellites and in situ sensors such as ground stations, airborne and sea-borne sensors

The JRC’s research on floods of the Joint Research Centre (JRC) brings together information on river floods and flood risk in Europe, in order to assess the physical and socio-economic impacts of global warming on hydrological extremes and on water resources availability in Europe. This research focuses on improving preparedness and response during a flood crisis, mainly through early warning and monitoring systems, but also through the assessment of mitigation and prevention measures

NatCatSERVICE is a global natural catastrophe loss database provided by re-insurance company Munich Re. It is one of the world's most comprehensive databases on natural hazard-based disasters with more than 28 000 entries

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The European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS) was established by the European Commission in collaboration with the national fire administrations to support the services in charge of the protection of forests against fires in the EU and neighbouring countries, and also to provide the EU institutions with harmonized information on forest fires in Europe. Since 1998, EFFIS is supported by a network of experts

The environment is a major determinant of health, estimated to account for almost 20% of all deaths in the WHO European Region. In 1989, concerned about the growing evidence of the impact of hazardous environments on human health, WHO/Europe initiated the first ever environment and health process, towards a broad primary prevention public health approach, and to facilitate intersectoral policy-making

Environmental change, land-use, globalisation, and socio-economic contexts are all widely recognised to affect the transmission patterns of infectious diseases. Yet data on these disease determinants are often highly dispersed and difficult to obtain

The European Flood Awareness System (EFAS)  supports preparatory measures before major flood events strike, particularly in the large trans-national river basins and throughout Europe in general.  EFAS is the first operational European system monitoring and forecasting floods across Europe

The European Drought Observatory (EDO)  contains drought-relevant information such as  maps  of indicators derived from different data sources (e.g

Since 1988, EM-DAT is a global database on natural and technological disasters that contains essential core data on the occurrence and effects of more than 17,000 disasters in the world from 1900 to present. EM-DAT includes geographical, temporal, human and economic information on disasters at the country level

ICLEI is an association of over 1,200 local governments that represents the interests of local authorities within the United Nations and at international policy forums. A movement driving positive change on a global scale through programmes and campaigns on local sustainability

This consise (24 p.) technical briefing was compiled for the WHO conference on health and climate and offers a current (2015) overview over the adaptation requirements in the health sector

Put health at the center of the climate agreement is the rationale for this series of concise, readable WHO fact sheets to support adaptation in the health sector. Content and style of this collection of two-pagers are tailored to six different target groups: Finance ministers General public Health ministers Health professionals Local authorities Young people

This report represents a synthesis and summary of frameworks for the monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of climate change adaptation and resilience (CCAR) interventions, with a specific focus on international development projects and programmes. The objective of this report is to: Provide an easy-to-read synthesis of current adaptation and resilience M&E resources, frameworks, and approaches so that practitioners are able to more easily identify the information and tools that are most relevant to their needs

This guidance considers who is at risk from heat, outlines approaches to assessing heat stress, presents the science and methodologies associated with the development of Heat–Health Warning Systems, overviews heat-intervention strategies which are a necessary part of any truly integrated HHWSs, considers the problem of communicating heat risk and how to evaluate HHWSs and draws attention to the essential elements of summer heat plans within which HHWSs are nested. The purpose of the Guidance is to act as a catalyst for bringing together key players from climate, health, emergency-response agencies and decision-makers, as well as the general public, for initiating action concerning the overall management of heat as a hazard

This report provides a short introduction to a methodological and modelling framework that can be used to assess climate risks and adaptation options. The framework has been developed in a Danish context but can generally be used in other countries too