This report builds on and complements existing products and initiatives on urban adaptation in Europe. It focuses on the state of actions in the field and progress achieved since the first EEA report in 2012, and it considers this analysis in relation to current challenges: Do existing actions lead to attractive, climate-resilient cities and if not, what needs to be changed? The report aims to broaden perspectives and provide input to a review and subsequent adjustment of urban adaptation to climate change by local governments and by supporting regional, national and European institutions, researchers and other relevant stakeholders.
This report is addressed to the many different stakeholders concerned with urban adaptation.
It gives an overview of action that can be taken to adapt cities in Europe and the progress made over the last couple of years, and it puts this in relation to the future challenges that the impacts of climate change pose: Is what cities are already doing leading to attractive and climate-resilient cities? If not yet, what needs to change? The report provides food for thought about reviewing and adjusting urban adaptation to climate change. It thereby supplements many other tools, reports and initiatives on urban adaptation in Europe.
The report targets local, regional, national and European governments and organisations as well as experts and researchers concerned with urban ad
This report builds on and complements existing products and initiatives on urban adaptation in Europe. It focuses on the state of actions in the field and progress achieved since the first EEA report in 2012, and it considers this analysis in relation to current challenges: Do existing actions lead to attractive, climate-resilient cities and if not, what needs to be changed? The report aims to broaden perspectives and provide input to a review and subsequent adjustment of urban adaptation to climate change by local governments and by supporting regional, national and European institutions, researchers and other relevant stakeholders.
aptation. Beyond that, it includes perspectives and ideas that may interest communities, individual citizens or businesses too.
Source: Georgi, B., Isoard, S., Asquith, M., Garzillo, C., Swart, R. J., & Timmerman, J. G. (2016). Urban adaptation to climate change in Europe 2016: Transforming cities in a changing climate. (12 ed.) (EEA Report; No. No 12/2016). ETC CCA. http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/urban-adaptation-2016