📋 Tender Overview
The Commission's Communication was accompanied by the publication of a European Climate Risk Assessment led by the European Environment Agency. According to the assessment, Europe is warming twice as fast as average and current adaptation measures are insufficient to respond to the effects of rapidly advancing climate change. Of the 36 significant climate risks assessed in the report, more than half require immediate additional action. Damage caused by extreme weather events is on the increase, and floods, droughts and wildfires are already plaguing many countries regularly in Europe.
The EU's adaptation work aims to mainstream climate risk management into all policy areas and financial instruments. According to the communication, the Commission will strengthen the knowledge base, tools and financial instruments supporting climate risk management. It also sets out actions on natural environments, water, health, food production, infrastructure and public finances.
The Commission underlines that strengthening the crisis resilience of EU food production is a priority. The Commission will continue its efforts to promote adaptation to climate change in food production through a range of actions, including agricultural policy and soil legislation.
"By investing in risk anticipation and preparedness, we can reduce future damage and safeguard the functioning, health and well-being of society in changing circumstances. The knowledge base and risk management tools developed at EU level must support adaptation measures in the Member States," says Kirsi Mäkinen, Natural Resources Counsellor at the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, who is responsible for the national coordination of adaptation work.
