Latest modifications on Climate-ADAPT

The RESCCUE project aims to support urban resilience by providing innovative models and tools to improve the ability of cities to withstand and recover quickly from multiple shocks and stresses and maintain continuity of services under the changing climate. Three European cities, Lisbon, Barcelona and Bristol, will function as the validation platforms of the project outputs

TRANSCEND (Transformational and Robust Adaptation to Water Scarcity and Climate Change under Deep Uncertainty) is a Horizon Europe research project that identifies ways of managing water when its availability is low, and the uncertainty of cascading effects is high.  Worldwide, water resources management is increasingly challenged by water scarcity and climate change, which can trigger and aggravate other ecological (e

The purpose of the webinar is to present the multilanguage versions of Climate-ADAPT and the ongoing work on new knowledge hubs and any other update of Climate-ADAPT, implemented in the second semester of 2022. Actions, foreseen in 2023, will also be introduced

The new EU Adaptation Strategy states that Climate-ADAPT currently is a key reference for knowledge on adaptation and aims to make it the authoritative European platform for adaptation. Meeting this new ambition requires a significant extension of Climate-ADAPT with new data and knowledge components

The new  EU Adaptation Strategy  acknowledges Climate-ADAPT's current role a key reference for knowledge on adaptation and aims to make it the authoritative European platform for adaptation. Achieving this new ambition requires a significant extension of Climate-ADAPT with new data and knowledge components

The new EU Adaptation Strategy, launched under the European Green Deal, acknowledges that the platform is already an established reference tool and knowledge resource. In the new EU Adaptation Strategy, Climate-ADAPT is given even more prominence, notably to become ‘the authoritative European platform for adaptation’

Fourth Webinar held the 28 June 2018 on the progress in and the development of the European Climate Adaptation platform (Climate-ADAPT)

Context The universal thermal climate index (UTCI) is a human biometeorology parameter that is used to assess the linkages between outdoor environment and human well‐being. Thermal comfort indices describe how the human body experiences atmospheric conditions, specifically air temperature, humidity, wind and radiation

Context The Canadian Fire Weather Index System (FWI) is used to assess fire danger in a harmonized way across Europe. The FWI uses information about fuel moisture and weather conditions to determine fire behaviour

Systems Innovation Approach (SIA) addresses the growing complexity, interdependencies and interconnectedness of modern societies and economies, focusing on the functions of the cross-sectoral system as a whole and on the variety of actors. The Climate Innovation Window (CIW) is the EU reference innovations marketplace for climate adaptation technologies

The Lancet Countdown: Tracking Progress on Health and Climate Change is an international research collaboration that monitors and reports annually on the relationship between health and climate, and its implications for national governments. It was launched following the 2015 Lancet Commission on Health and Climate Change, which concluded that unmitigated climate change would undermine 50 years of public health gains, but that responding to climate change could represent “the greatest global health opportunity of the 21st century

The European Health Emergency Preparedness and Response (HERA) was created in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, It was launched as a new European Commission Directorate-General on 16 September 2021. HERA is a key pillar of the European Health Union announced by President von der Leyen in her 2021 State of the Union address and will fill a gap in the EU's health emergency response and preparedness

Context The annual highest high water index informs an understanding of European coastal hydrodynamics under the impact of climate change. It provides added value for various coastal sectors and studies such as port, shipping, and coastal management with particular relvance to coastal flooding

Soil management and cropping systems to enhance soil quality are often proposed as a key way to support the sustainable adaptation of EU agriculture to climate change. Many long term field trials quantified the impact of specific management practices on soil quality and crop performance

Context The mean radiant temperature (MRT) is a human biometeorology parameter that is used to assess the linkages between the outdoor environment and human well‐being. Thermal comfort indices describe how the human body experiences atmospheric conditions, specifically air temperature, humidity, wind and radiation

Co-organised with the Bulgarian Ministry of Environment and Water in Bulgaria, this webinar offered an overview of available adaptation knowledge, guidance, and tools on knowledge platforms at national level in Bulgaria and at the EU level (Climate-ADAPT) such as high-quality climate data, an urban adaptation support tool, adaptation policy information and case studies. The webinar also provided a reflection on how the available information is being used and which knowledge gaps need to be addressed at EU and the country level

The ultimate objectives of TRIGGER are to provide EU institutions with knowledge and tools to enhance their actorness, effectiveness and influence in global governance; and to develop new ways to harness the potential of public engagement and participatory foresight in complex governance decisions, thereby also tackling emerging trends such as nationalism, regionalism and protectionism. These overall objectives are designed to be measurable, realistic and achievable within the 36-month duration of the project

BlueAdapt brings together an interdisciplinary team of biologists, climate scientists, economists, epidemiologists and public health experts to investigate and quantify the future health risks associated with selected coastal pathogens. BlueAdapt will provide tools to assess the impacts of policy responses and communicate the results to a wide audience, including both policymakers and the public

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

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

COASTAL supports strategic coastal-rural planning by problem-driven engagement of stakeholders, including administrations, NGOs and business entrepreneurs. These interacted to identify problems and opportunities, design mental models for holistic solutions, and test scientific concepts

This report, by Economist Impact, covers the intersection of climate change and healthcare systems in Europe, the health impacts of climate change, and how healthcare professionals are responding to climate change and improving the system’s sustainability. The study includes results of (i) a literature review of how healthcare systems in France, Germany and the UK are responding to climate change and on the role of healthcare professionals, (ii) a survey among 75  hospitals doctors and 75 nurses from France, Germany and the UK, and (iii) interviews with  experts from government, hospitals, medical professional associations and NGOs

This study, published by the European Committee of the Regions, aims to support local and regional authorities with practical recommendations on how adaptation measures can be assessed, their progress measured, and targets defined. The study combines insights from academic and grey literature as well as examples of local and regional adaptation plans

- tracking progress on health and climate change

Territorial and local developments often deal with the consequences or local impacts of global developments such as climate change, loss of biodiversity, environmental hazards, etc. Mitigating risks and increasing resilience to developments beyond their own sphere of influence is a major challenge for regional and local strategies

Climate change is a growing global crisis. Its scale is already massive, and with inaction it continues to grow

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) is at the heart of insurance and occupational pensions supervision in the European Union. EIOPA’s mission is to protect the public interest by contributing to the short, medium and long-term stability and effectiveness of the financial system for the Union economy, its citizens and businesses. EIOPA is an independent advisory body to the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union. It is one of the EU agencies carrying out specific legal, technical or scientific tasks and giving evidence-based advice. In this way, it helps shape informed policies and laws at EU and national levels. EIOPA is one of three European Supervisory Authorities.

The WMO report provides an update on the annual state of the climate observed in the year 2021, and shows continued trends (also reported in the  IPCC reports ) in terms of key indicators. These include concentrations of greenhouse gases, global annual mean surface temperature, global mean sea level, ocean heat content, ocean acidification, sea-ice extent and changes in mass of the ice sheets and glaciers

The International Guidelines are a set of real-world guidelines resulting from a ten years of work of building, learning, and documenting the best practices for constructing Natural and Nature-Based Features (NNBF). The NNBF Guidelines is intended to inform the efforts of practitioners, organizations, and communities seeking to increase the performance of Floods Risk Management (FRM) systems and achieve long‑term risk mitigation, increase water infrastructure resilience and sustainability, reduce infrastructure maintenance and repair costs, and, ultimately, increase the value produced by FRM infrastructure investments

After the extreme summer heat in Europe in 2003 and its severe mortality, Germany prepared the National Adaptation Strategy (NAS) to tackle climate change and better manage the impacts of weather extremes such as extreme heat. This shall ensure better preparedness and a further improvement of resilience to the effects of extreme heat events.