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Wildfires are becoming more intense and more frequent, ravaging communities and ecosystems in their path. Recent years have seen record-breaking wildfire seasons across the world from Australia to the Arctic to North and South America. With global temperatures on the rise, the need to reduce wildfire risk is more critical than ever.

This review summarizes research on the understanding of the health impacts of climate change among the public, health professionals, and public officials. It synthesizes findings from 195 peer-reviewed research studies published on this topic between January 2000 and July 2023 in English, Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish

The European HERA is a central element for strengthening the European Health Union with better EU preparedness and response to serious cross-border health threats, by enabling rapid availability, access and distribution of needed countermeasures.

Beach nourishment or replenishment is the artificial placement of sand on an eroded shore to maintain the amount of sand present in the foundation of the coast, and this way to compensate for natural erosion and to a greater or lesser extent protect the area against storm surge. Nourishment may also use gravel and small pebbles, in particular for the shoreface (the nearshore area within the low water mark and the limit where fair weather waves interact with the seabed)

With climate change, mean temperatures and precipitation patterns will change in Europe. This will have consequences for the traditional tourism destinations

Climate change is a potential threat to society and business. Although research has noted that the tourism sector may be robust on the macro scale, significant losses at local levels have been suggested

The negative impacts of climate change for the ski industry have been well documented. However, research has largely focused on key ski markets in North America and Continental Europe

The growing knowledge on business options in the Alpine winter tourism sector to respond to the impacts of climate change is not matched by a sufficient understanding of the required capacity of business organizations to consider, plan and implement these options. The business management perspective of organizational learning allows us to look under the surface of a business organization in order to understand the driving and inhibiting processes that constitute the capacity of tourism firms to effectively respond to climate change

Ski industry has become one of the main economic activity for many mountain regions worldwide. However, the economic viability of this activity is highly dependent of the interannual variability of the snow and climatic conditions, and it is jeopardized by climate warming

LIFE ADAPTATE’s main objective is to contribute to improving climate policy and legislation at the local level in the European Union, in line with the EU Strategy on adaptation to climate change and the 2030 climate and energy framework. The project targets in particular the process of design and implementation of local adaptation policies, their coordination with mitigation actions and the adaptation of local policies to meet climate change challenges

Its focus on snow-dependent activities makes Alpine winter tourism especially sensitive to climate change. Stakeholder risk perceptions are a key factor in adaptation to climate change because they fundamentally drive or constrain stakeholder action

Major research efforts have been devoted to studying the impacts of climate change on snow conditions in ski areas, including snow making as a technical adaptation strategy in recent years. However, little attention has been paid to quantifying past demand changes owing to short-term climate variability

The opportunity to experience nature-based activities at a destination with climate variations is a major driver of visitation for tourists. Despite significant research into seasonality and nature-based activity preferences, academic researchers are not profiling activity-oriented tourists into segments based on temporal factors such as seasons

On 10 March 2020, the Commission adopted a new industrial strategy. The aim was to help EU industry lead the green and digital transformations and to boost the EU's global competitiveness and open strategic autonomy

The main goal of the BEACHTECH project is to highlight how the coastal zone is adapting to the risks (flood disasters and coastal erosion) due to Climate Change (CC), through the assessment of effective protection projects and actions that can contribute to the sustainable development of one of the most crucial sectors of the Greek and Cypriot economy: coastal tourism. A complementary and integrated action plan is going to be implemented in close cooperation with the University of the Aegean, the Cyprus University of Technology, the North Aegean Region and the Municipality of Pegeia Cyprus, whose beaches already face significant erosion problems

The report analyses the case of Fehmarn islands (Germany) providing adaptation solutions to 3 local relevant climate change issues: water supply, coastal flooding and urban heat.

Disasters and catastrophes pose risks not only to the conservation of cultural heritage assets with its cultural, historic and artistic values, but also to the safety of visitors, staff and local communities. Additionally, they cause undoubtedly negative consequences for the local economies

This special report by the European Court of Auditors is meant to provide input for the Commission’s work in defining a comprehensive 2030 tourism strategy with medium- and long-term objectives. In this regard, sustainable tourism is one of the most prominent concepts in tourism development

"The Baltic Sea Tourism Commission (BTC) is an international organization for market-oriented tourism companies and organizations in the BSR. The goal is to increase the region's attractiveness through networking and collaborations

The Adaptation Atlas is a dynamic mapping tool, developed by Resources for the Future, in collaboration with a diverse network of partners. To address the unique challenges of collecting, managing and evaluating the information needed for successful adaptation, we created the Global Adaptation Atlas

These guidelines aim to give a general overview on climate change impacts (climate threats, damage costs, relative spread of damage costs), their effects on Cohesion Policy and Common Agricultural Policies and the way to increase resilience through adaptation options affordable by means of Cohesion Policy expenditure for a number of sectors: buildings, energy, health, tourism, transport, water.

This staff working document accompanies the Communication "An EU strategy on adaptation to climate change". The Communication stresses that coastal zones are particularly vulnerable regions, and also indicates that the EU's outermost regions are particularly vulnerable to sea-level rise and extreme weather events

This document is one of a series synthesizing the most pertinent findings of AR5 for specific economic and business sectors, in this case tourism.  As AR5 shows, it is certain that the tourism sector will face significant climate impacts, and is likely to be required to make a significant contribution to measures addressing global GHG emissions

This white paper surveyed 30 tourism operators globally using the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Nature-based Solutions (NbS) Global Standard to assess how NbS are enabling destinations to take proactive climate action. The paper outlines 5 Principles for Effective Nature-based Solutions in the Tourism Sector with practical guidelines, action steps, and case studies highlighting action taken by industry leaders

This report was prepared as part of the RADOST (Regional Adaptation Strategies for the German Baltic Sea Coast, 20092014) project, which aims at developing climate change adaption strategies in cooperation with science, economy, administration and the public.

The South Devon Coast, located in the South West of England is an important area for tourism; it includes sites with heritage and nature conservation, and urban areas. In addition, it includes some important railway infrastructure connecting the South West of England to larger cities such as London

European coasts and seas are subject to manifold changes and increasing pressure. Climate change is one of the most important challenges: increasing water and air temperatures, sea level rise, and changes in wind pattern and storm likelihood are directly affecting coasts and seas

Climate change impacts will have both positive and negative consequences for the tourism industry in the Baltic Sea Region (BSR). Based on existing knowledge and new knowledge obtained as part of the Baltadapt project, this report identifies various aspects of climate change that may impact the tourism industry in the BSR

Involvement of stakeholders in the development of the Baltadapt Strategy and Action Plan on adaptation to climate change in the Baltic Sea Region (BSR) has been crucial in order to ensure that the actions developed are perceived as relevant for those that will have to adapt. This report presents outputs from two macro-regional workshops with climate change experts and representatives from national/regional and local authorities and sector associations from the BSR

In the CLIMAR project, a framework was set up, where adaptation measures and strategies can be evaluated for the ecological, social and economic aspects of the Belgian coastal waters. In the first phase of the research, the primary impacts of the climate changes were assessed