Adaptation to climate change

Weather extremes are no longer just catastrophic headlines from far-flung corners of the world. The latest report from the European Environment Agency (EEA) and Eurofound, based on data from 27,000 respondents in 27 EU countries, renders a raw image (more…)

EU Mission Portal for Climate Change Adaptation is a central platform aimed at providing information and solutions to the public, regions and local authorities in tackling climate challenges. The main financing instrument (more…)

There is a silent but critical contradiction in today's corporate world that we call the "Tenure Gap." While climate signals operate on timescales of decades to centuries, the average CEO in the S&P 500 has only been in office for 7.6 years, and board members in (more…)

Imagine a normal Thursday morning in an otherwise unusually mild and rainy February suddenly turning into a nightmare. That's exactly what happened to an elderly couple in the small town of Pollestres in southwestern France when Storm Nils hit, literally tearing their house apart. (more…)

While most discussions about climate change focus on continued warming, one of the greatest climate threats of the 21st century could paradoxically bring drastic cooling to parts of the world and catastrophic flooding to others. Scientists and economists are increasingly focusing on (more…)

Climate change is inexorably leading to rising temperatures and longer, more intense droughts in many parts of the world. These global changes are locally exacerbated in urban environments by a phenomenon called the urban heat island. (more…)

While we would expect normal winter weather in our region in February, extreme climate events are showing their strength more and more often. A prime example is storm Nils, which hit southwest France in an uncharacteristically mild and rainy (more…)

Urban green spaces are a fundamental pillar for sustainable and healthy urban life. They provide key temperature regulation, reduce noise and air pollution, and significantly support the physical health and social well-being of residents. Despite these (more…)

Climate change is relentlessly increasing the frequency and severity of extreme heat events, which are already the leading cause of weather-related mortality. In the search for solutions, one of the most effective adaptation tools is often forgotten: (more…)

Europe is warming about twice as fast as the global average. In 2024, the five-year average temperature in Europe reached 2.4°C above pre-industrial levels. Climate change is no longer just an abstract threat (more…)

Climate change is no longer a distant risk for future generations, but an acute crisis that directly threatens the stability of Europe's security, prosperity and health. As Senior Advisor for European Policy, I present to you this manual, whose aim is (more…)

Climate change is an undeniable reality and brings with it increasingly serious and complex risks for our society, economy and environment. While efforts to mitigate climate change – i.e. reducing greenhouse gas emissions – are already in the political discourse (more…)

The information noise surrounding the climate crisis is deafening. We are bombarded daily with news of extreme heat, floods and technological solutions, but the essentials are often lost in the confusion of terms like „adaptation“ and „mitigation“ (more…)

Climate change is no longer just a distant threat to future generations, but a daily reality experienced by the vast majority of Europeans. A new large-scale report, jointly developed by the European (more…)

Cities around the world are becoming hotbeds of growing heat stress, which is driven by a combination of global climate change and rapid urbanization. This phenomenon, known as urban heat island (UHI), (more…)

In today's world, faced with increasingly frequent extreme weather events and limited public budgets, every investment decision becomes a strategic choice for the future. Climate resilience is not (more…)

Contemporary cities face one of the greatest challenges in human history: how to transform the urban environment so that it is not only resilient to the effects of climate change, but also actively contributes to its mitigation. (more…)

For decades, we have seen urban greenery as a universal remedy for the urban heat island phenomenon and global warming. A new large-scale study published in Science Advances, which analyzed 761 megacities in 105 countries, however, this assumption (more…)

As part of the European Week of Regions and Cities 2025, the Climate Pact community co-organised local events to discuss how we can adapt to the new challenges posed by climate change, prepare for crises and remain resilient.

More than 700 people attended European Climate Pact events in Croatia, Estonia, Greece, Poland, Romania and Slovenia to discuss how local communities and citizens in EU cities and regions can work together to build a more sustainable future. (More on climate-pact.europa.eu)

Effective climate change adaptation planning requires the integration of diverse forms of knowledge – from local experiences to scientific projections of societal changes and their impacts on natural systems. However, it is often (more…)