European Climate Adaptation Newsletter

Issue December 2, 2024

EU policies and EEA activities

European Court of Auditors reports that climate adaptation actions are not fully keeping up with European ambitions 

 © The European Court of Auditors

European Commission helps Member States to recover from climate disasters

 © Sergio Camplone, Climate Change PIX / EEA

European roundtable on managing climate risks

 © Gundula Vogel, Pixabay

New EU Eurobarometer on disaster awareness and preparedness of EU citizens

 © Elisa Crestani, Climate Change PIX / EEA

How to build climate resilience and narrow the climate protection gap: conclusions from the EU Climate Resilience Dialogue

 © Alessia Piscopo, Well with Nature, EEA

ScienceUs Open Call: EU Funding Opportunities for Climate Change Adaptation Initiatives

 © Josef Hinterleitner, Climate Change PIX / EEA

EEA report: Europe's state of water 2024 - the need for improved water resilience

 © Vedad Ceric, My City / EEA

EEA annual update on drought impact on ecosystems in Europe

 © Josef Hinterleitner, Climate Change PIX / EEA

Transnational, national and local activities

Outcomes of the FOREST EUROPE 9th Ministerial Conference - Shaping our future with resilient forests

 © Tiago Costa, Well with Nature / EEA

Revival of the Climate Change Initiative for the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East region announced

 © The Cyprus Institute

New Slovak Adaptation Knowledge Platform

 © Slovak Environment Agency

Danish climate adaptation knowledge portal relaunched

 ©  Danish Environmental Protection Agency

National adaptation knowledge portal for Türkiye launched

 ©   Directorate of Climate Change 

Interreg flood solutions: a peer review for Hauts de France

 © Cesare Barillà, Climate Change PIX / EEA

Report on Participation Process 'Dialogue on Climate Adaptation' in Germany

 © Katharina Heide Effner UBA

Municipal Climate Change Adaptation: A comprehensive analysis from the German Federal Environment Agency

 © Cesare Barillà, Climate Change PIX / EEA

Regional programme successfully supporting rural Austria’s climate adaptation efforts

 ©  Rainhard Wiesinger, Pixabay

Climate ADAPT - new features

New interactive functionalities on Climate-ADAPT country profiles

 © Mapbox © OpenStreetMap

New Climate-ADAPT page on measuring progress towards adaptation 

© Gerd Altmann, Pixabay

New just resilience case study available on Climate-ADAPT 

 © Syndicat de l’Eau du Dunkerquois

Research and assessments

World Bank report on Urban overheating and adaptation measures in the EU

 © Laszlo Ligeti, My City / EEA

Joint Research Centre tool to estimate European flood water depth and extent

 © Fatma Demir, Picture2050 / EEA

JRC Atlas of Demography addition: socioeconomic vulnerabilities to inform European climate risk assessment

 © Ufuk Turpcan, Climate Change PIX / EEA

Assessment Report of the Knowledge Hub on Sea Level Rise

 © Siegfried Claeys, Climate Change PIX / EEA

Events

•  29-30 January, Webstival: From Insights to Action, Advancing Climate Resilience, Online

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• 14-15 May 2025, 7th Nordic Conference on Climate Change Adaptation: Limits to Adaptation, Rovaniemi, Finland

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• 16-18 June 2025, European Climate Change Adaptation Conference 2025, Rimini, Italy

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•  10-21 November 2025, 2025 UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 30), Brazil
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