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Extreme sea storms events are recognized, by the scientific community, as one of the major factors, together with the anthropic pressures, affecting the coastal changes. Coastal flooding and erosion, impacts on ecosystems, and damages to infrastructures and productive activities can be worsened if combined with the absence of adequate early warning systems, coordinated strategies, or coastal management and planning, with significant related economic costs

The URBAN GreenUP project aims at the development, application and replication of Renaturing Urban Plans in a number of European and non-European partner cities with the aim to mitigate the effects of climate change, improve air quality and water management, as well as to increase the sustainability of our cities through innovative nature-based solutions. Cities involved are three runner cities -Valladolid (Spain), Liverpool (UK) and Izmir (Turkey) - where the URBAN GreenUP methodology will be validated and five follower cities - Mantova (Italy), Ludwigsburg (Germany), Medellin (Colombia), Chengdu (China) and Binh Dinh-Quy Nhon (Vietnam), which will set up their own Renaturing Urban Plans to replicate the URBAN GreenUP strategy and its green economy approach

Vibrio bacteria are found in lowly saline, warm waters and can cause a range of human infections, including gastroenteritis, wound infections or blood poisoning (septicaemia). This indicator assesses the influence of a changing climate on the environmental suitability for the transmission of these infectious diseases

There was no discernible trend in European ozone concentrations between 2003 and 2012, in terms of the annual mean of the daily maximum eight hour average measured at any type of station. It is difficult to attribute observed ozone exceedences, or changes therein, to individual causes such as climate change

The research proposed in this project is focused on the study of one of the most challenging and potentially-dangerous impacts of climate in European societies: the mortality associated with environmental temperatures in the current context of global warming. The research objectives of the proposal are: (i) the description of the dependency between counts of deaths and climate variables contributing to increased body stress; (ii) the inference of future projections of mortality under scenarios of increased greenhouse gas concentrations; (iii) the study of the effect of adaptation measures on these projections; (iv) the development of an early warning system of mortality risk as a climate service for European societies

CLIMOS aims to assist mitigation of climate- and climate change-induced emergence, transmission and spread of vector-borne and zoonotic pathogens based on Eco-health and One Health approaches. This will be achieved by quantifying climate and environmental-related drivers of sand fly vector populations and the sand fly-borne diseases (SFBDs) across Europe

The Environment, Climate and Health Cooperation Project (ÇİSİP in Turkish) was launched by the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL), HASUDER (Association of Public Health Professionals-Turkey) and Kocaeli University Department of Public Health in April 2020. Funded by the European Union, CISIP’s aim is to bring together all environmental health actors in Turkey and to support health professionals in the fields of environmental and climate policies

HARMONIA will leverage existing tools, services and novel technologies to deliver an integrated resilience assessment platform working on top of GEOSS, seeing the current lack of a dedicated process of understanding and quantifying Climate Change (CC) effects on urban areas using Satellite and auxiliary data available on GEOSS, DIAS, urban TEP, GEP etc. platforms

Over the past 10 years, arboviral diseases, such as dengue, Zika, chikungunya and yellow fever, have (re)emerged with increasing prevalence and severity. Although these arboviral diseases are more prevalent in tropical countries, increasing numbers of autochthonous cases are being reported from European countries, at least partly due to climatic changes

In 2013, the European Commission funded three major projects to assess climate change impacts, adaptation and vulnerability for “high-end scenarios” - defined as global warming exceeding 2°C relative to pre-industrial. These projects are: HELIX (High-End cLimate Impacts and eXtreme); IMPRESSIONS (IMPacts and REsponses from highend Scenarios: Strategies for Innovative SolutiONS) RISES-AM (Responses to coastal climate change: Innovative Strategies for high-End Scenarios - Adaptation and Mitigation), This report presents the findings of these three projects as of early 2017

GlobalABC is a large platform, counting over 130 members, including 29 countries, targeting governments, the private sector, civil society, and intergovernmental and international organizations to increase action towards a zero-emission, efficient and resilient buildings, and construction sector.

The aim of the ADAPT2CLIMA Decision Support Tool is to enhance understanding of climate change and its impacts on agriculture in order to support farmers, policy makers and other relevant stakeholders (agronomists, agribusiness industry, etc.) in adaptation planning

This briefing note was published by FAO to provide practical information on the planning and implementation of ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) approaches in the agriculture sectors as part of national adaptation planning processes. It presents entry points for mainstreaming EbA throughout the four elements of the National Adaptation Plans (NAP) formulation process: (i) lay the ground and address the gaps, (ii) preparatory element, (iii) implementation strategies, and (iv) reporting monitoring and review (as defined by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) - LEG, 2012)

Extreme temperatures are characterized as climatological hazards, this includes heat and cold waves, and extreme winter conditions. In the EU and neighbouring countries, especially heat waves are considered a problem and are known to cause a rise in both morbidity and mortality

The guidance prepared by the PIANC´s technical working group introduces a four-stage methodological framework to help port and waterway operators prepare strategies and select measures aimed at adapting assets and operation to climate change.

Climate change will affect the frequency, intensity and regional occurrence of extreme weather events and lead to gradual climatic changes. Although impacts appear locally at first, they spread beyond political borders due to the global physical and economic interconnectedness. A new UBA report provides an overview of the potential impact chains of global climate change on the German economy.

This policy paper is a result of deliberations at the online conference ‘Climate change and the European water dimension – Enhancing resilience’ held on November 4-5, 2020, and provides recommendations for the European Commission and EU Member States on how to increase water-related climate resilience and initiate the transformational change required to ensure resilience in the future. The paper provides input for the current political debate and, in particular, the new EU Adaptation Strategy expected for early 2021. It also aims to influence targeted EU initiatives to enhance adaptation efforts at EU, Member State and transboundary levels.

The JRC organised the "Acequia workshop" called "Climate change, droughts and water uses in Gran Canaria" that took place in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria from 18 to 20 June 2018. This report is one of the outcomes of the workshop and has a twofold objective. Firstly, it summarises the main conclusions obtained in the Acequia workshop and, secondly, it also aims to move a step forward in proposing more detailed actions to tackle drought risks in Gran Canaria by means of co-creation practices.

Climate change is already having a serious impact on human lives and health. It threatens the basic elements we all need for good health – clean air, safe drinking water, nutritious food supply and safe shelter – and will undermine decades of progress in global health.

The 1.5 health report serves as a guiding document for policymakers worldwide who seek to design and implement science-based policy measures to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, strengthen and implement the global response to climate change, as well as advance sustainable development, poverty eradication and the reduction of inequalities.

Global agricultural trade has increased significantly in value terms since 2000. Its pattern has also changed – emerging economies and developing countries play a bigger role in international markets, and South–South agricultural trade has expanded significantly

The IPBES Workshop Report on Biodiversity and Pandemics is a scientifically robust examination of the evidence and knowledge about links between pandemic risk and nature since the COVID-19 pandemic began - with the contributions of 22 of the world's leading experts from different fields (e.g

Most human activity in the Arctic takes place along permafrost coasts, making them a key interface. They have become one of the most dynamic ecosystems on Earth because permafrost thaw is now exposing these coasts to rapid change: change that threatens the rich biodiversity, puts pressure on communities that live there and contributes to the vulnerability of the global climate system

This document presents the second iteration of the OECD report on The Post-2020 Biodiversity Framework: Targets, indicators and measurability implications at global and national level. This report has been prepared under the oversight of the OECD Environmental Policy Committee and its Working Party on Biodiversity, Water and Ecosystems.

This paper sets out feedback from the Platform to the European Commission regarding the first draft Delegated Act supplementing the EU Taxonomy Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2020/852). In November 2020, the Commission released the draft Delegated Act which sets out technical screening criteria for determining when economic activities can contribute substantially to climate change mitigation and adaptation, and when they can be considered to cause significant harm to other environmental objectives within the context of the EU Taxonomy

EEA Report No 10/2020

MED-Foreste deals with the prevention of forest fires, through experiments and construction of works aimed at the active management of the forest. The risk of fires in the Mediterranean area is undoubtedly linked to the climate changes underway, but in the case of forests the risk is greatly aggravated by the general abandonment of agricultural and forestry-pastoral activities, especially in mountainous and marginal areas

Nature based solutions (NBS) can contribute to tackling many types of urban challenges such as the impacts of climate change. The  Nature4Cities project aims to develop the following modules to engage urban stakeholders to collectively learn about re-naturing cities: an NBS database including associated environmental, economic and social performances an observatory of best practices and case studies of  NBS projects  innovative business, financial and governance models for the deployment of NBS, supplemented with a tool for  identifying eligible models for different contexts an impact assessment toolbox for NBS projects  The modules will be integrated to the N4C Platform to assist NBS project developers along the entire life cycle of their projects from opportunity studies and project definition to performance monitoring

State of the Environment and Development in the Mediterranean (SOED) is an evidence-based, action-oriented assessment report with a systemic scope. A wide a range of sustainability issues and the interconnections related to the environment and development in the Mediterranean region are considered

The guidance serves to showcase and illustrate the importance of developing and using appropriate climate services for health, with the aim of highlighting common needs, good practices and the potential for future expansion of climate services for health.