European Climate Adaptation Newsletter

Issue August 1, 2025

Are European countries prepared for changing summer conditions?

In Europe, the summer period is increasingly characterized by heatwaves, droughts, wildfire, and other extreme weather events, putting lives, infrastructure, and livelihoods at risk. Resilience-building measures are essential for enhancing Europeans’ quality of life and ensuring Europe’s overall competitiveness and security. The Climate Impacts and Preparedness Assessment, a new EEA product, explores how climate change is impacting Europe and what actions are being taken in response. Actions that protect vulnerable populations from the impacts of climate change are essential for keeping people safe through the summer period and beyond. In addition, a new EEA report published in June highlights that while the EU and its Member States increasingly recognize justice as a key principle of climate adaptation, its practical application remains limited. The report provides practical examples and guidelines to help ensure no one is left behind and emphasises that learning about adaptation best practices is a good starting point for designing effective and equitable adaptation measures. You can learn more about the status of adaptation across Europe and how Member States are adapting to climate change impacts by visiting the recently updated country profiles country profiles.

European Climate Adaptation Newsletter

Are European countries prepared for changing summer conditions?

EU policies: news and developments

Call for Evidence on climate resilience by the European Commission

New EEA Briefing: Water savings for a water-resilient Europe

EEA's interactive Climate Impacts and Preparedness Assessment

EU LIFE projects supporting 2025 EU Water Resilience Strategy

New EU initiatives to tackle desertification and drought

Transnational, national and local adaptation activities

Slovakia to host new Regional UN Center for Human Settlements

Second Austrian Assessment Report on Climate Change shows serious situation and adaptation strategies

Ireland publishes national climate change risk assessment

New obligations to protect employees from heat in France

Sweden: climate adaptation of Sami communities through collaboration

Methodology for ex-ante assessment of policy instruments in support of the fourth Adaptation Action Plan in Germany

Climate ADAPT: updated features

How Europe adapts: new Climate-ADAPT Country Profiles are now live

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

New research and assessments

New OECD report: Adapting the Paris metropolitan area to a Water-Scarce Future

New Joint Research Centre Report: 'Analysis of Risks Europe is facing'

Policy brief: Strengthening responder technology in disasters

Web article: Towards participatory governance of climate risks through public–private–civil society partnerships

Events