Adaptation to climate change

Adapting to climate change means taking measures to prepare for and adapt to the current effects of climate change, as well as anticipated impacts in the future. Global greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise. Although we have committed to reducing net global emissions to zero by 2050, the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere will continue to increase in the coming decades and average global temperatures will rise.

As the climate warms, it will bring with it all kinds of risks. From more frequent extreme weather events such as heat waves, droughts or floods to coastal erosion caused by rising sea levels, the impacts will affect everyone.

Therefore, the Commission adopted on 24 February 2021 the new EU adaptation strategy. ( More on climate.ec.europa.eu)