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  • European Central Bank steps up climate work with focus on climate change adaptation

    20 Feb 2024

    The European Central Bank (ECB) will deepen its analysis of the impact of extreme weather events on inflation and the financial system, and how this can be integrated into climate scenarios and macroeconomic projections. It will also assess the potential impact of adaptation to climate change, or lack thereof, on the economy and financial sector, including related investment needs and the insurance protection gap. Those topics are foreseen for 2024-2025 work programme.

  • Survey to support climate adaptation in central Macedonia, Greece

    20 Feb 2024

    This survey of the EU funded REGILIENCE (Regional Pathways to Climate Resilience) project aims to measure the level of awareness and participation of citizens in the Central Macedonia Region in Greece. It covers the effects of climate change and regional needs. The results contribute to the development of resilience actions in the region.

  • Webinar recording and presentation on new and updated Climate-ADAPT knowledge resources available

    15 Feb 2024

    On 24 January 2024, the 14th Climate-ADAPT Webinar showcased new and updated knowledge resources and policy information on Climate-ADAPT, such as the new Adaptation Dashboard from the EU Mission on adaptation and a Dashboard on national adaptation policies. Those new tools support adaptation policies, planning and implementation, in particular at regional and local levels. Finally, an overview on the upcoming Climate-ADAPT evaluation introduced ways towards a renewed platform for the next EU policy term.

  • Shellfish and fisheries sector in Galicia impacted by tropicalization of fish fauna

    13 Feb 2024

    A publication of the EU H2020 project TransformAr shows that more new fish parasites, top predators and herbivorous fish show up in Galician waters because of sea temperature rise. This is a risk for the shellfish and fisheries sector and illustrates the need for transformational adaptation.

  • Climate adaptation: why local governments cannot do it alone

    13 Feb 2024

    The policy paper of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) provides an overview and a discussion of the roles and responsibilities for climate adaptation across levels of government. It argues that co-operation across levels of government is needed to strengthen adaptation at the local level.

  • Knowledge for Action in Prevention and Preparedness (KAPP) call open for submissions

    05 Feb 2024

    The Knowledge for Action in Prevention and Preparedness (KAPP) call for proposals is open for submission. Participants of the EU Civil Protection Mechanism on disaster prevention and preparedness who have a plan to adapt to climate change can hand in a proposal until 25 April 2024.

  • First German Adaptation Law to enter into force by mid 2024

    26 Jan 2024

    The new climate adaptation law, adopted in December 2023, defines the strategic framework for future climate adaptation at federal, state and local levels in Germany. This framework is designed to coordinate climate adaptation efforts on all levels and to enable progress across all fields of action. With the law, the German government also commits to pursuing a precautionary climate adaptation strategy with measurable goals in future.

  • 2023 is the hottest year on record, with global temperatures close to the 1.5°C limit

    12 Jan 2024

    A year featuring extreme events across the globe is now officially Earth's hottest year on record, according to Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) analysis. The C3S Global Climate Highlight report for 2023 shows that 2023 was 1.48°C warmer than the 1850-1900 pre-industrial reference level with close to half of the days in 2023 exceeding the 1.5°C warming limit, and also surpassing the previous highest annual value, reached in 2016.

  • Expert meeting held on Remote Sensing-based bark beetle outbreak detection and mapping

    18 Dec 2023

    In Europe, recent bark beetle outbreaks have garnered much attention as they have affected large swathes of spruce forests, particularly in central and Eastern Europe. Remote sensing is instrumental in revealing and understanding global change and much progress has been made in using it to monitor bark beetle outbreaks. On 22 November 2022, an online JRC Expert Meeting reviewed the state-of-the-art and challenges in using remote sensing to detect and map bark beetle outbreaks in Europe. It was attended by more than 40 scientists and representatives of three European Commission DGs.

  • Wildfires in the EU: 2022 was the second-worst year, a warning from a changing climate

    18 Dec 2023

    In 2022, land area roughly the size of Corsica was scorched by wildfires in the EU, according to the latest JRC report on fires in the pan-European region. Nearly 900,000 ha of land burnt in 2022, of which approximately 365,000 ha belong to Natura 2000 sites, according to the recently published report 'Forest Fires in Europe, Middle East and North Africa 2022'.