This Handbook aims to provide decision-makers with a comprehensive NBS impact assessment framework, and a robust set of indicators and methodologies to assess impacts of nature-based solutions across 12 societal challenge areas: Climate Resilience; Water Management; Natural and Climate Hazards; Green Space Management; Biodiversity; Air Quality; Place Regeneration; Knowledge and Social Capacity Building for Sustainable Urban Transformation; Participatory Planning and Governance; Social Justice and Social Cohesion; Health and Well-being; New Economic Opportunities and Green Jobs. The handbook is designed to be relevant for NBS implemented across a wide geographic area and at a multitude of scales
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This Policy Dialogue promoted discussion on the interlinkages between climate change and health, the goals and tools of the European Climate and Health Observatory, and how it can provide value for different users in the future.
The URBiNAT project focuses on the regeneration and integration of deprived social housing districts and promotes inclusive and innovative nature in cities. The Healthy Corridor concept takes nature based solutions (NBS) further than just adapting to climate change and improving the quality of living environments
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
The iSCAPE project aims to integrate and advance the control of air quality and carbon emissions in European cities in the context of climate change through the development of sustainable and passive air pollution remediation strategies, policy interventions and behavioral change initiatives. The project addressed the problem of reducing air pollution at target receptors with an innovative SME-led approach, focusing on the use of 'passive control systems' in urban spaces
CLAiR-City has categorised emissions and concentrations of air pollution, carbon footprints and health outcomes according to citizens' behaviour and daily activities in order to make these challenges relevant to how people choose to live, behave and interact in their urban environment. Through an innovative engagement and quantification toolkit, the public involvement required to enable citizens to define a set of future city scenarios to reduce their emissions was stimulated to support and inform the development of tailored city policy packages up to 2050
ICARUS (Integrated Climate forcing and Air pollution Reduction in Urban Systems) was a European research and innovation project active from May 2016 to October 2020. The project applied integrated tools and strategies for urban impact assessment in support of air quality and climate change governance in EU Member States leading to the design and implementation of appropriate abatement strategies to improve the air quality and reduce the carbon footprint in European cities
As the number of warm days and nights continues to increase across Europe, so does the intensity, frequency and length of heat waves. Heat waves have caused many more fatalities in Europe in recent decades than any other extreme weather event, according to the European Environment Agency
To identify and investigate the effects of climate change on the geographic distribution and epidemiology of human and animal infectious diseases throughout the Nordic region and Russia. Particularly, CLINF studies such climate change effects on northern animal husbandry households in the light of socio-economic and managerial conditions
Climate change is a continuing, long-term alteration of weather patterns with more frequent and/or more severe extreme weather events which affect human health with heatwaves, increased exposure to ultraviolet radiation, high airborne pollen counts and ground-level ozone. Climate change affects human health through more frequent and/or more severe extreme weather events and increasing climate variability
Climate change, defined as a change in the state of the climate that persists for an extended period , is part of “global change”. Sometimes referred to as “global environmental change”, this was defined by the Working Group in charge of the expert appraisal as all major worldwide environmental and societal changes caused by human activities as well as natural factors
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that climate change poses potentially the greatest threat to global health in the 21st century. Extreme temperatures, increased pollen and extreme weather events are climate impacts that will affect respiratory health
Forests play an important role in the European carbon cycle, but they are also vulnerable to climate change. The project will focus on the forest wood value chain and will work to investigate the effects of the changing environment on forests’ tree species spectrum, structural composition, health and growth and analyse different adaptation strategies
This tool shows how the severity of climate change impacts will increase over time in continents, countries and provinces at different levels of warming, starting with 1.5°C, the limit in the Paris Agreement. It also allows access to the underlying data.
The present literature study summarizes existing knowledge on the influence of participation processes on the personal provision of relevant actors in climate change adaptation. The study analyzes the interdependencies of the three central components a) participation formats, b) psychological factors influencing provisioning and c) personal provision
The study deals with the question of the extent to which adaptation to climate change is taken into account in the current legal regulations at regional and local level. The first part deals with spatial planning, urban development and environmental planning
How far are municipalities with the Adaptation to Climate Change? To what extent does the German Climate Adaptation Strategy (DAS) support climate change adaptation in the cities and towns? The present study provides answers to these and other questions that were collected through a nationwide online survey. The results were deepened on the basis of a focus group discussion and supplementary expert interviews and prepared in recommendations from the municipalities for the further development of the DAS
Partial report of the project "Policy instruments for climate adaptation"
Cooperation and participation are important prerequisites for successful adaptation to climate change. Also in the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change openness and cooperation are central principles, which is why the development and implementation of adaptation policy has been accompanied by an intensive process of stakeholder participation since 2009
Final report on the project "Cooperation with the authorities on climate change and adaptation", part 1
Final report on the project “Cooperation between authorities on climate change and adaptation”, part 2
Both the German Adaptation Strategy (Deutsche Anpassungsstrategie, DAS) and the DAS Progress Report formulate the promotion of private precautions as one of the aims of the participation processes for the further development and implementation of DAS by the German Federal Government. Specifically, DAS formulates the aim "mobilise individual initiative" and, the Progress Report, the "promotion of the initiative and voluntary commitment of stakeholders"
The CropBooster-P project brings together some of Europe’s most prestigious plant science institutions and stakeholder organizations who jointly will develop the blueprints for the crop varieties of the future. Increasing global crop productivity will be central in meeting some of the greatest challenges facing human kind
While significant government resources need to address the social and economic consequences of the COVID-19 crisis, climate change and biodiversity loss remain urgent global challenges. This policy paper focuses on understanding how Nature Based Solutions (NbS) can be fostered, replicated and scaled up in cases where they provide a physically effective and cost-efficient alternative or complement to grey infrastructure in limiting and managing the current and future impacts of climate change, focusing on water-related risks. It will highlight how NbS may also support a greening of the recovery from the COVID-19 crisis.
The Knowledge Portal for Climate Adaptation is the main source of information for anyone engaged in climate adaptation in The Netherlands. It features practical guidance and tools, inspiring examples, knowledge syntheses, a library with reports and research, and the latest news
This brief statement by the Ecological Network Platform of the Alpine Convention underlines the impacts of climate change on species, especially the habitat shifts, the consequences for alpine ecosystems and their services, the importance of ecological connectivity and the necessity of a trans-sectorial approach.
The Alpine Convention and the Carpathian Convention adopted in 2014 this joint high-level statement identifying common guidelines to promote capacity building at the local level in the field of adaptation to climate change.
This report by the “Water Management in the Alps” Platform of the Alpine Convention presents experiences, approaches and common challenges of the Alpine countries in facing droughts on the basis of an alpine-wide questionnaire, two workshops and the 7th Conference on Water in the Alps.
This document, prepared by the “Water Management in the Alps” Platform of the Alpine Convention, proposes a structure for local adaptation plans in the field of water management and natural hazards at local level in the Alps: - an overview on climate development, trends and future scenarios - a description of impacts and vulnerability - potential policies and adaptation measures - potential natural hazard management actions. Relevant European projects and national initiatives are also presented.
This stock-taking report, prepared by the Alpine Climate Board of the Alpine Convention, classifies more than 100 climate change adaptation and mitigation activities carried out by various actors of the Alpine Convention in the period 2013-2019. The following indicators are used: type of activity, adaptation/mitigation/integrated relevance, sector of action, Alpine specificity, stakeholders’ level. Recommendations for further activities of the Alpine Convention are provided.
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