European Climate Adaptation Newsletter

Issue June 2, 2025

Editorial

Climate-ADAPT expands language access to boost adaptation efforts across Europe 

In a step towards making climate adaptation knowledge more accessible across Europe, Climate-ADAPT is now available in all 24 official EU languages, as well as Norwegian, Icelandic, and Turkish. This expansion significantly improves access to vital climate information and learning resources for regional and local authorities. 

This development supports one of the core objectives of the 2022–2024 Climate-ADAPT Strategy: to break down language barriers and enable more coherent and effective adaptation policies and actions at all levels of governance. 

With funding from the European Commission, the official EU eTranslation tool has been integrated into the platform. This enables automated translation of Climate-ADAPT, including its sub-platforms — the European Climate and Health Observatory and the EU Mission on Adaptation Portal. 

The translated content, accessible via the top-right menu of Climate-ADAPT, allows users to navigate and explore adaptation guidance, tools, and knowledge in their national language. While these are machine-generated translations without human quality assurance, they offer a practical way for users to understand the available resources and information. 

Please note that official country reporting presented in the Climate-ADAPT Country Profiles remains available in English only, to ensure the accuracy and reliability of official data. 

Users are encouraged to provide feedback on the translation feature to help improve its quality over time. Comments and suggestions can be sent to: climate.adapt@eea.europa.eu. 

The Climate-ADAPT Team at the European Environment Agency

and the European Commission

EU policies and EEA activities

New Report highlights progress on 3 years of EU Mission on Adaptation

 © EU Missions Adaptation to Climate Change

JRC report: drought over large parts of Europe raises concern

© Viola Bennink

JASPERS practical guidance on climate change resilience proofing

© Jaspers

Interreg Europe policy brief: policy recommendations, practical solutions and examples on water resilience

© Oana Babici, Well with Nature /EEA

European Central Bank outlook: the economic impact of floods

© Fokke de Jong

EIOPA study on consumer information for insurance against floods, fires, and other natural catastrophes

© Sven Lachmann, Pixabay

Transnational, national and local activities

France: Third National Adaptation Plan released

© MTEBFMP/SG/Dicom

New German Climate Adaptation Strategy: English version available

© Ben Kerckx, Pixabay

Skills for Climate change adaptation: the role of vocational training in Germany

© Joris Voeten

Evaluation report of the German Climate Preparedness Portal (KLiVO) published

©  yatsusimnetcojp, Pixabay

In-depth risk ranking case study for Troms County in Northern Norway

© Erik Wimmer, Pixabay

Climate ADAPT - new features

Extension of Climate-ADAPT ‘Economic losses and fatalities dashboard’ released

©  PublicDomainPictures, Pixabay

Research and assessments

The OrganicClimateNET project builds a climate-resilient organic farming network

© Mirko Fabian, Pixabay

Most European cities not adapting to climate change in a consistent and coherent way

© Marty Mayne, Urban Treasures /EEA

Quick Guides on natural hazards: Practical tools for local climate adaptation

© Agatha Smok

Peer-reviewed transformative innovation for climate change adaptation – The national case: Slovenia

© Detait, Pixabay

Events

• 2 June 2025, Cedefop webinar: guidance for greening vocational education and training, Online
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•  5 June 2025, Rethinking winter tourism: launch of the MountResilience Community of Practice, Online
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•  5 June 2025, Sponge City Talks: Urban resilience tools and Italian pilot insights, Online
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•  5 June 2025, Online workshop on flood prevention at the borders with Western Balkans countries and Türkiye, Online
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• 5-6 June 2025, EC-EIB Adaptation Days 2025 – Coastal Resilience & Climate Adaptation Finance, Nice, France, with online streaming
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• 10 June 2025, Best practice for roofs Workshop from LIFE funded SUPERHERO project, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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• 10 June 2025, EEA report launch: Just resilience in Europe, Online
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• 16-18 June 2025, European Climate Change Adaptation Conference 2025, Rimini, Italy
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•  18 -20 June 2025, Pyrenees in transition - Cross-border Forum on Adaptation to Climate Change in Mountain Areas 2025, Bagnères de Bigorre, France

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•  19 June 2025, Mediterranean Forum for the Mission on Adaptation to Climate Change, Bologna, Italy and online
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•  25 June 2025, ESPON Seminar: Exaptive resilience in border regions, Gdansk, Poland 
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• 25-27 June 2025, European Urban Resilience Forum, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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•  10-21 November 2025, 2025 UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 30), Belém, Brazil 
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