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The 5-year project ADAPTA BLUES, funded by the LIFE Programme, focuses on the restoration of estuarine ecosystems as a Nature Based Solution to remediate the risks related to climate change in coastal areas. The aim is to demonstrate that the conservation and restoration of estuarine ecosystems is an efficient strategy to enhance adaptation to climate change in coastal areas of the European Atlantic coast.

The EU project ClimeFish will showcase its research output, such as the ClimeFish Decision Support System, forecast methodology and case studies. During this Forum guidelines for making Climate Adaptation Plans for fisheries and aquaculture will be presented, and discussions will be held on theme of future sustainable seafood production under climate change.

The Spanish Ministry for Ecological Transition has completed a comprehensive evaluation of the Spain National Adaptation Plan. The evaluation report makes 38 recommendations that will guide the preparation of the new National Adaptation Plan 2021-2030.

This report presents the concept for the evaluation and further development of the national German adaptation strategy (DAS), a description of the survey instruments that shall be used and a detailed description on how the concept was developed.

The Federal Environment Agency (UBA) is acknowledging local and regional projects which make a real contribution to coping with the effects of climate change in Germany. The UBA is looking for project dealing with impacts of climate change. The winning projects will be celebrated at a prize awards ceremony in Berlin on 26 June 2020.

The second monitoring report by the Federal Government says the average air temperature in Germany rose by 1.5 degrees between 1881 and 2018, with a 0.3-degree increase over the last five years alone. The effects include more health risks caused by heat stress, a rise in the average surface temperature of the North Sea, and heavier fluctuations in agricultural yields.

A global scientific conference on economic, societal and environmental sustainable growth in the north. Plenary program: State of the Arctic, The power of knowledge, Robust and resilient Arctic communities, Powered by knowledge, Arctic oceans – distant connections, Sustainable business development.

The Covenant of Mayors - Europe Office is organizing this webinar to provide an overview of various opportunities for financing climate change adaptation in municipalities. Besides an overview will be given of several resources that feature practical experiences, and a tool will be presented that gathers information on EU-wide funding initiatives, support services and innovative financing schemes. The Covenant cities of Athens and Rotterdam will share their experience.

EEA latest ‘State of the Environment’ report states that Europe faces environmental challenges of unprecedented scale and urgency. The report also says, there is reason for hope, amid increased public awareness of the need to shift to a sustainable future, technological innovations, growing community initiatives and stepped up EU action like the European Green Deal.

The European Commission presents The European Green Deal – a roadmap for making the EU's economy sustainable by turning climate and environmental challenges into opportunities across all policy areas and making the transition just and inclusive for all.

Weather and climate services are vital for sustainable development and climate change adaptation. The benefits of investment greatly outweigh the cost, and yet the capacity to deliver and access these services is uneven and inadequate, according to an inaugural report on the State of Climate Services.

The Province of Barcelona published a book to support public stakeholders involved in urban planning and management in the application of naturalisation strategies and measures on urban green spaces in their cities. Accessible in English, Spanish and Catalan.

More than 120 new projects will be funded under the LIFE programme for the Environment and Climate Action, helping Europe shift to a more sustainable and low-carbon future. Approximately €240 million will go to projects in the fields of nature and biodiversity, environment and resource efficiency, and climate action, mobilising additional investments in these areas.

The Science Advisory Group to UN Climate Action Summit 2019 have convened the report 'United in Science' to assemble the key scientific findings of recent work undertaken by major partner organizations in the domain of global climate change research, including the World Meteorological Organization, UN Environment, Global Carbon Project, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Future Earth, Earth League and the Global Framework for Climate Services.

Under the title 'Ready, Steady, Green!', this publication presents a number of LIFE-funded projects which test and implement innovative ways of adapting European agriculture and forestry to climate change.

‘Adaptation to climate change including societal transformation’ is one of the five Mission Areas of the EU’s next research and innovation framework programme 'Horizon Europe'. This Mission Area will address the climate emergency, focusing on climate risks, and solutions for citizens.

The aim of this science-to-policy event is to present and discuss the relevance and implications of recent research findings and guidelines for policy and practice. The main focus is the role of forest tree biodiversity, in particular genetic diversity, for the adaptation of forests to climate and land use change.

The Pyrenean Climate Change Observatory (OPCC) has developed this geoportal for providing the general public with access to crucial data in the Pyrenees. Citizens can discover the impacts of climate change on their territory, based on various indicators such as anomalies in minimum and maximum temperatures, rainfall and rates of innovation.

The first Portuguese National Adaptation Plan (NAP) for Climate Change (P-3AC) was adopted by the Portuguese Government in August 2019, aiming at implementation of measures foreseen in the National Adaptation Strategy. The NAP elects eight concrete lines of action of direct intervention in the territory and infrastructures, and an additional cross-cutting line of action for support tools and research.

On the 2020 International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (13 October 2019), two reports from the CASCADE project were launched showing the state of play of the work with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation on the local level, in the countries in the Baltic Sea Region.

The Turkish Climate Changes Impact on Water Resources Project evaluates the alterations in snow melt and stream flows of the mountain region in eastern Turkey under the selected climate change scenarios throughout the 21st century. The project, characterizing the snow cover of the region for the last 40 years and hydrologic studies of future projections for snow accumulations, snow melt periods and runoffs, has been completed.

Protecting forests means protecting biodiversity and working for a climate neutral and climate resilient land. Pressures on forest ecosystems due to climate change and unsustainable forest management are a reason for concern and are expected to increase in the future. This conference, organized by DG Environment, is about discussing these issues.

'ISO 14090, Adaptation to climate change - Principles, requirements and guidelines', is the first in a range of ISO standards that aims to help organizations assess climate change impacts and put plans in place for effective adaptation. The standard will also be implemented as a European standard.

This assessment has been undertaken by the network of Mediterranean Experts on Climate and Environmental Change (MedECC) supported by the Union for the Mediterranean and Plan Bleu (UN Environment/MAP Regional Activity Center). This preliminary report also includes results of discussions among MedECC scientists during workshops and meetings, which have been taken place since 2016.

The Climate Adaptation Game, released by the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, aims to develop better understanding for the effects of climate change, and how to meet the challenges it brings. The game can be used in education for sustainable development, or in various contexts within climate change adaptation.

This webinar gives an overview of the monitoring requirements; will show a monitoring tool as an example for municipal adaptation; the Life Sec Adapt tool. The webinar finalizes by focusing on improving the monitoring process, showcasing the Reflexive Monitoring Approach developed within the Connecting Nature project.

The final GenTree project conference will showcasing its project results around four topics: genomes and the environment; local adaptation of climate change-related traits; conserving and using genetic diversity, and evolutionary management of forests.

The EU Oasis Hub project is organizing this webinar to explore specific frameworks that can be applied to several sectors (insurance, hospitals, public health) to evaluate the connection between temperature, air pollution, and increased chronic respiratory diseases. A case study with COPD patients and potential protection strategies is being explained.

This workshop brings together dynamical meteorologists, climatologists, statisticians, stakeholders and risk model developers from insurance and engineering consultant companies. Thereby, the previous workshops haved helped bridge state-of-the-art breakthroughs in sciences to the practical implementation in risk modeling.

The Conference is an interdisciplinary platform for the presentation of new advances and research results in the fields of science and management of climate change, and aims at connecting leading scientists, researchers, economists, practitioners, business leaders, and policy makers, whose activities are focused on different aspects of climate change, its impacts and related policies.