The European Commission has adopted a new EU Strategy on adaptation to climate change, which sets out the way to prepare for the inevitable effects of climate change.
While the EU is doing everything in its power to mitigate climate change, both nationally and internationally, we must also be prepared to deal with its inevitable consequences. From deadly heat waves and devastating droughts, to decimated forests and coastlines eroded by rising sea levels, climate change is already taking its toll on Europe and the world. Building on the 2013 Climate Change Adaptation Strategy, today’s proposals aim to move from understanding the problem to developing solutions, and from planning to implementation.
