Strengthening Resilience to Climate Change. Recommendations for an effective EU adaptation policy framework

Edenhofer, O., Bredahl Jacobsen, J., Anadónan, L.D., van Aalst, M., Cartalis, C., Dessal, S., Eory, V., Hertwich, E., Kitzing, L., López-Gunn, E., Nilsson, L.J., Riahi, K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7193-3498, Rogelj, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2056-9061, Schrijver, N., & Soussana, J.-F. (2026). Strengthening Resilience to Climate Change. Recommendations for an effective EU adaptation policy framework. European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change , Copenhagen, Denmark. 10.2800/6761189.

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Abstract

As Europe faces increasingly severe climate impacts, including rising loss of life, economic damages and ecosystem harm, the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change calls on the EU to urgently strengthen its policy framework for effective and coherent adaptation. Adaptation and mitigation must advance together: while rapid and sustained mitigation is indispensable to limit future warming, strengthening adaptation is crucial to prepare for unavoidable temperature increases and safeguard Europe’s strategic priorities.

Global average temperatures have risen to around 1.4 °C above pre-industrial levels. With insufficient global progress on mitigation, exceeding the Paris Agreement’s 1.5 °C goal is increasingly likely. Europe is warming about twice as fast as the global average, with rising temperatures driving more frequent and severe climate hazards – including heatwaves, droughts, wildfires, flooding, sea-level rise and coastal erosion – and impacts felt across all regions of Europe.

Item Type:	Other
Uncontrolled Keywords:	European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change; European Climate Law; climate policy; climate impacts; adaptation
Research Programs:	Energy, Climate, and Environment (ECE) Energy, Climate, and Environment (ECE) > Integrated Assessment and Climate Change (IACC) Energy, Climate, and Environment (ECE) > Transformative Institutional and Social Solutions (TISS)
Depositing User:	Michaela Rossini
Date Deposited:	18 Feb 2026 10:18
Last Modified:	18 Feb 2026 10:18
URI:	https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/21329

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