EU strategy on adaptation to climate change

This Communication from the European Commission to the other European Institutions provides an initial roadmap of key policies and strategies required to achieve the European Union's "new growth strategy", centred on the concept of the European Green Deal. It aims at enhancing the union's climate targets and sets four core goals: 1) climate-neutrality by 2050, 2) protection of human life, animals and plants by cutting pollution, 3) helping companies become world leaders in clean products and technologies, and 4) help ensure a just and inclusive transition. These goals should be reached by developing a circular economy, decarbonising the energy sector, renovate buildings, support the industry to innovate, and green private and public transport systems.

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This document aims at making the European Union resilient to the adverse effects of climate change by 2050. The European Commission adopted its new EU strategy on adaptation to climate change on 24 February 2021.The strategy focuses on four key objectives:
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<li>Smarter adaptation: Using better data and tools to guide actions, such as protecting homes, businesses, and farms.</li>
<li>Faster adaptation: Developing solutions to reduce climate risks, enhance protection, and secure water resources.</li>
<li>More systemic adaptation: Addressing climate impacts across all sectors by integrating climate resilience into policies, supporting local actions, and promoting nature-based solutions.</li>
<li>Stepping up international action: Increasing global support, financing, and cooperation for climate resilience.</li>
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Overall, the new strategy sets out how the European Union can adapt to the unavoidable impacts of climate change and become climate resilient by 2050.
In October 2023, the Commission published a progress report on adaptation at EU level. While the EU has made broad progress on adaptation to climate change, through the ongoing implemen- tation of the EU Adaptation Strategy, progress has been uneven across policy areas. Moreover, due to the rapidly changing climate, especially in Europe, according to science and Member States' own reporting, there are significant and growing vulnerabilities, e.g. for agriculture, water management and the energy sector