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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.

To actively contribute to current discussions on the ecological, economic and social development of the Alps, the Alpine Convention periodically publishes a Report on the State of the Alps (RSA). For the 7th report, the Natural Hazards Platform of the Alpine Convention (PLANALP) has prepared a status quo analysis to examine current changes in the way society handles natural hazards, along with recommendations for enhancing risk governance.

Climate change is seriously impacting the historical centres of Spanish cities. Solutions need policies and adaptation plans that integrate a top-down perspective, focusing on the global problem to define physical vulnerability, with a bottom-up approach, assessing the specific threats and adaptive capacity of specific cities

SAFEWAY aims to design, validate and implement holistic methods, strategies, tools and technical interventions to significantly increase the resilience of inland transport infrastructure. SAFEWAY holistic toolset will enable to anticipate and mitigate the effects of extreme events at all stages of the disaster cycle: Preparation: SAFEWAY approach is based on a substantial improvement of prediction, monitoring and decision tools that will contribute to the anticipation, prevention and preparation of critical European transport infrastructures for the damaging impacts of extreme events

Hydropower generation depends, by definition, on the availability of water and is therefore affected by the impacts of climate change on water basins, mainly through two (opposite) pathways. Climate change can result in water scarcity, leading to lower river flows and lower accumulation of water into dams, and hence to a lower amount of water that can pass through turbines or run-of the river plants to generate electricity

Reliable estimates of future climate change in the Alps are relevant for large parts of the European society. At the same time, the complex Alpine region poses considerable challenges to climate models, which translate to uncertainties in the climate projections

Cultural Adaptations is an action-research project seeking to find creative, innovative and place-based methods to adapt to climate change. Throughout history, societies have adapted to the local conditions of their physical environments, but the pace of climate change will create new challenges and opportunities for cultural organisations

Urban areas are very vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, because of the high concentration of people, infrastructure, and economic activity, but also because cities tend to exacerbate climate extremes such as heat waves and flash floods. The PUCS project, also known as Climate-fit

Global mean sea level is expected represent one of the most serious impacts of climate change to face in the next years, especially in subsiding coasts of the Mediterranean, entailing widespread environmental changes, coastal retreat, marine flooding and loss of land, which will be subtracted to human activities. Sea level rise will amplify the impacts exerted by a multitude of hazards (storm surges flooding, coastal erosion and tsunamis) on infrastructure and building integrity, people safety, economic assets and cultural heritage

Recent studies highlight the potential impact of Climate Change and geo-hazards (such as landslides and earthquakes) on historic areas hosting Cultural Heritage sites and monuments, which in turn yield significant adverse impacts on economies, politics and societies. The deterioration of Cultural Heritage sites is one of the biggest challenges in conservation; aspects such as building technologies/materials, structural responses, preventive measures and restoration strategies, resilience and adaptation methodologies must be considered

Local authorities in Norway have varying abilities to deal with climate-related extremes, such as floods, storms, landslides, and avalanches. Yet preparing for the likelihood of climate-driven extreme events and developing response strategies are primarily tasks for municipalities

The ARCH project aims to enhance the resilience of areas of cultural and historic value against climatic hazards and other natural hazards by providing better information to decision-makers. ARCH combines disaster risk management, climate change adaptation, and heritage management in an overall disaster risk management process

The Geoportal presents the results of calculations and analyses conducted within the research project CHASE-PL, dealing with observations and projections of climate change and its impacts on selected sectors (water management, ecosystems and biodiversity, agriculture and food production) in Poland

This report summarises the work of the EU Open Method of Coordination (OMC) group of Member States’ experts on ‘Strengthening cultural heritage resilience for climate change’. It is based on the discussions and information, provided and approved by the members of the OMC expert group, in the meetings during 2021 – 2022, in addition to presentations given by the invited external experts. In their report, the OMC expert group formulates a set of key recommendations for policy makers, based on their findings.

HERACLES main objective is to design, validate and promote responsive systems/solutions for effective resilience of Cultural Heritage (CH) against climate change effects, considering as a mandatory premise a holistic and multidisciplinary approach through the involvement of different expertise (end-users, industry/SMEs, scientists, conservators/restorators and social experts, decision, and policy makers). This is operationally pursued with the development of a system exploiting an ICT platform able to collect and integrate multisource information in order to effectively provide complete and updated situational awareness and decision support for innovative measurements improving CH resilience, including new solutions for maintenance and conservation

CHERISH is a cross-disciplinary project aiming to raise awareness and understanding of the past, present and near future impacts of climate change, storminess and extreme weather events on the rich cultural heritage of the Irish and Welsh regional seas and coast. It employs innovative techniques to study some of the most iconic coastal locations in Ireland and Wales

Coastal zones are at the frontline of sustainability challenges; arising from the exploitation of natural resources such as fish stocks, loss of cultural heritage, changing demographics, waste disposal, and climate change impacts. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the Northern Periphery and Arctic (NPA)

Adapt Northern Heritage is a project supporting communities and local authorities to adapt northern cultural heritage to the environmental impacts of climate change and associated natural hazards through community engagement and informed conservation planning. The project has three principal objectives: Assessment tool and adaptation guidance: develop procedures for risk and vulnerability assessments and sustainable adaptation planning of historic places and make the procedures accessible through online software Demonstration case studies: produce adaptation action plans to demonstrate how the environmental impacts of climate change and associated natural hazards can be integrated into conservation planning Community network: create a network for stakeholders concerned with the conservation of northern cultural heritage in the context of a changing climate to contribute, engage, learn and network Nine historic places from across northern Europe are used  as demonstration sites in Adapt Northern Heritage

Europe is affected by direct and indirect climate impacts occurring outside the Union in multiple ways, such as trade, spread of infections and supply chains or migration. The ultimate goal of climate action is to protect people, planet and prosperity against the impacts of climate change

UNESCO World Heritage sites (WHS) located in coastal areas are increasingly at risk from coastal hazards due to sea-level rise. The study assesses Mediterranean cultural WHS at risk from coastal flooding and erosion under four sea-level rise scenarios until 2100

Climate change can have severe negative effects on cultural heritage. Protection and conservation of historic sites demand new tools to increase resilience and reduce vulnerability

Large-scale environmental projects often lack sufficient focus on the future impacts of climate change, and the results of successful projects may not be sustained if climate change continues. Austria has seen a considerably higher mean temperature increase (2°C since around 1850) than the global average (0

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

LIFE in RUNOFF’s main objective is to support urban climate change adaptation by enabling synergies between public stormwater investment/maintenance and stimulating private stormwater blue-green infrastructure (mainly ecosystem-based) to efficiently reduce the impact of stormwater runoff on fragile urban infrastructure (e.g

This measure refers to the strategic retreat or relocation of settlements, private households, infrastructures and productive activities from a risk to a non-risk location where they are resettled permanently. Retreat can be applied in pre- and post-disaster settings to reduce exposure to natural hazards when it is not possible to implement structural measures or their costs are too high

The ClimAdaPT.Local project has the goal of starting  a continuous process in Portugal leading to the elaboration of Municipal Strategies for Adaptation to Climate Change and integration in municipal planning tools

Climate change and land-use change are essential environmental challenges to society that are strictly linked.   In addition to the direct impacts of climate change on ecosystems, management practices for climate change adaptation or mitigation also affect the supply of ecosystem services, and impact on other important societal goals

The Saimaa ringed seal is an extremely endangered seal species only found in Saimaa, a large lake complex in eastern Finland. There are slightly over 300 individuals currently in the wild

The specific objectives of the LIFE DERRIS project are to: Transfer knowledge from insurance companies to public administrations and SMEs in terms of risk assessment and risk management for catastrophic weather events in order to create ‘resilient companies’, boosting the implementation of effective local adaptation plans; Disseminate evaluation tools and skills for risk prevention developed by the insurance industry among public administration bodies and SMEs; Implement innovative forms of public-private governance for climate catastrophes, involving SMEs, public administration bodies and insurance companies, consistent with European guidelines (EU Adaptation Strategy and Green Paper on the insurance of natural and man-made disasters) and favouring the regulatory approach already undertaken by several European countries; and Test the adoption of innovative financial instruments (e.g

The main objective of the LIFE IRIS project is to support enterprises in the Emilia-Romagna region, particular SMEs, in their efforts to become more climate-resilient; and to test the effectiveness of the adaptation measures applied through a cluster approach (industrial area and supply chain analysis). The project will focus on: Fostering the diffusion of financial tools aiming to reward resilient enterprises or enterprises belonging to resilient industrial clusters; Promoting adaptation actions in the industry sector, based on an ecosystem approach; Developing green infrastructure and payments for ecosystem services (PES); Strengthening synergies among adaptation measures and other environmental issues, such as floods and droughts, water scarcity, biodiversity conservation, air quality and resource efficiency; Increasing the awareness of industrial and financial operators about the effects (threats and opportunities) of climate change on industrial production; and Defining opportunities for new green products and new green jobs related to the adoption of climate adaptation measures