Global warming is happening and is already affecting Europeans – its impacts are here and now and they are a daily confirmation of the case for urgent action that science has provided for some time. Temperatures continue to break records and climate-related extreme events are more frequent and m...
As part of the European Green Deal, the European Commission will adopt a new, more ambitious EU Adaptation Strategy. This report develops and pilots a framework for identifying indicators of impacts, events, or responses directly or indirectly related to climate change and extreme weather events...
The purpose of this report is to identify good sources of information and quantitative data regarding climate change impacts on the European Union’s (EU) agricultural sector that can inform the development and implementation of policy and practice to promote climate resilience. The report provid...
The objective of the study is to provide an analysis of the impacts on the combined transport sector of Regulation 2020/1055 amending Regulation 1072/2009/EU (Mobility Package 1); specifically, the new provisions that allow Member States to apply the socalled “cabotage restrictions” to road legs...
The aim of this analytical report is to provide recommendations on the implementation of a policy support facility (PSF) to promote regional and local climate adaptation in the EU through the provision of technical assistance that progressively shifts the focus from planning to implementation of...
The ex-ante impact assessment of the new EU Adaptation Strategy supports the European Commission’s efforts in updating the EU Adaptation strategy by: (1) Suggesting a range of policy options to achieve specific objectives; (2) Analysing the likely economic, social and environmental impacts of th...
The purpose of this thematic report is to summarise the temporal and geographical coverage of available data for assessing the impacts of climate change on European forests. It focuses on three areas: 1) forests’ climate vulnerability; 2) climate-related hazards (storms/winds, pests, droughts, f...
This report proposes recommended approaches to analysis and modelling for better informed decision-making on adaptation at various levels of governance. It also identifies research advancements to foster the development and application of the technical, financial, economic and non-monetary analy...