Mission ocean, seas and waters implementation support platform

Adaption to climate change

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Mission ocean, seas and waters implementation support platform

CINEA | This Project is about forming and running the Mission Ocean, seas and waters implementation support platform, to help coordinate and monitor actions aligned with the EU Mission ‘Restore our ocean and waters by 2030’. It also involved offering European Blue parks technical assistance; citizen engagement and communication.

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Framework Partnership Agreement concerning the European Topic Centre on Biodiversity and Ecosystems 2023-2026

European Environment Agency (EEA) | European Topic Centres (ETCs) are consortia of organisations in EEA member countries with expertise in specific environmental areas, contracted by the EEA through framework partnership agreements to carry out specific tasks to support the implementation of EEA and Copernicus work programmes.

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TRANSCEND 

European Research Executive Agency (REA) | TRANSCEND (Transformational and Robust Adaptation to Water Scarcity and Climate Change under Deep Uncertainty) is a Horizon Europe research project that identifies ways of managing water when its availability is low, and the uncertainty of cascading effects is high.

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European Topic Centre on Climate change Adaptation (2022-2026)

European Environment Agency (EEA) | The European Topic Centre on Climate change adaptation and LULUCF (ETC CA) is a Consortium of 16 European organisations with expertise in the topic area of climate change adaptation and Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) working in partnership with the European Environment Agency under a framework partnership agreement for the period 2022-2026.

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EU Switch to Green and Water Facilities

European Commission, DG International Partnerships (INTPA) | Contributing to the objectives of the Water Facility, FT provides outputs related with technical assistance in the European Commission 2021-2027 programming process and with quality support in the design of EU international cooperation actions.

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Resilience Strategies for Regions (REGILIENCE)

CINEA | REGILIENCE is the Coordination and Support Action for the development of Innovation Packages and regional resilience pathways under the call LC-GD-1-3-2020. It aims to foster the adoption and wide dissemination of regional climate resilience pathways, following a demand-driven approach and bearing in mind the expertise and knowledge acquired, as well as the solutions available from Innovation Packages and other sources.

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NAPSEA: N AND P – SOURCE TO SEA

European Research Executive Agency (REA) | The central aim of the proposed Source to Sea (NAPSEA) CSA is to support national and local authorities in selecting effective nutrient load reduction measures and to gain political support for the implementation.

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Innovative tools and solutions for governing the water-energy-food-ecosystems NEXUS under global change (GoNEXUS)

Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) | GoNEXUS aims to develop a framework for designing and assessing innovative solutions for an efficient and sustainable coordinated governance of the water-energy-food-ecosystems (WEFE) nexus.

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Dialogue Forum on Sustainable Sport 2023

Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV), Germany | The main aim of the project is to organise an expert conference on the promotion of sustainability efforts in the practice of sport.

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Tourism Monitoring In Antarctica

German Environment Agency (UBA), Germany | The aim of this study is to present the current state of scientific knowledge the impacts of tourism activities, including the logistics used, on the relevant protected goods of the Antarctic environment.

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DRYing rivER networks (DRYvER)

Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) | Rivers, streams, lakes, wetlands and other aquatic environments are among the world’s most biodiverse ecosystems. They are also those most threatened by human activities. These river networks also provide essential ecosystem services – such as drinking water, food and climate regulation – that enhance society’s well-being.

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Climate Change policy update

German Environment Agency (UBA), Germany | The project aims to provide concrete policy recommendations on the content of legal instruments at federal and state level in Germany. These policy recommendations should enable legislators to mainstream climate change adaptation into further appropriate legal instruments.

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Water use conflicts in Germany

German Environment Agency (UBA), Germany | The project assessed the effects of drought and dryness in Germany on water availability, soil water balance and groundwater and should provide possible solutions and recommendations for actions. Special attention is to be paid to competing uses for water and to less widespread adaptation measures, such as the reuse of treated and further processed wastewater in urban areas.

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TMN Climate Workshop

TourismusMarketing Niedersachsen GmbH | With the project "Tackling Climate Change - Adaptation Strategies for Tourism in Lower Saxony", TourismusMarketing Niedersachsen GmbH (TMN) has initiated a forward-looking process that prepares the tourism industry for climate change and its consequences. The project results make it clear: Climate change has arrived in Lower Saxony and is already influencing tourism.

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European Drought Observatory

European Commission, DG Environment | The European Commission DG ENV has requested technical and scientific support to the European Drought Observatory (EDO) for Resilience and Adaptation, aiming towards a better understanding of drought impacts and risks in different sectors of the society.

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Dialogue on Water and Agriculture

German Environment Agency (UBA), Germany | Climate change is altering the water balance in rural areas (UBA, 2019d). The consequences of climate change and a decreasing water supply, especially in the summer months, will particularly affect agriculture and forestry.

Platform for Climate Dialogue on water management issues. Supporting Understanding between Conflict Parties Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and the Republic of Moldova

Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e.V. | The objective of the EU4Dialogue programme is to establish an environment conducive to diffusing tension and fostering better understanding amongst the conflicting parties and stakeholders.

Greening EU Cooperation webinar “Transboundary Water Management”

Ecorys | The integration of environment and climate change considerations into all areas of EU development cooperation is a priority.

Support for Sportunion Austria regarding environmental funding for sport clubs

Sportunion Österreich | To help the clubs of Sportunion Austria adapt to more sustainable methods financially, Fresh Thoughts carried out research on the current environmental subsidies in Austria. The research refers to the individual provincial subsidies and not to those of the federal government.

Second Evaluation of the DAS – Methodological development and implementation of a policy analysis for the evaluation of the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change (DAS)

German Environment Agency (UBA), Germany | The project "Second Evaluation of the DAS - Methodological Further Development and Implementation of a Policy Analysis for the Evaluation of the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change (DAS)" aimed to examine Germany's efforts to actively adapt to the consequences of climate change with regard to processes and effectiveness.

Adaptation and mitigation in the Stanzertal region

Tourism Association St. Anton am Arlberg, Austria | Climate change is a challenge especially for regions which depend heavily on tourism and therefore on natural resources. As impacts of climate change differ depending on the local context, municipalities play a key role in mitigating risks and exploiting opportunities that go along with these changes.

Finding innovative solutions for water scarcity in Southern Europe Programme 2022: Governance and finance solutions

Climate-KIC | Fresh Thoughts participated in the “Body of Knowledge expert group within the Finding innovative solutions for water scarcity in Southern Europe Programme” in 2022, with active roles in mentoring a junior water scarcity expert and participating as a speaker in the Webinar on the Topic: Governance and finance solutions to tackle water scarcity, on 18 October 2022.

Independent Review of Water Projects

Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) | In an effort to reduce their water footprint, food and drink companies in the UK came together to join the water roadmap, which aims to establish 20 water stewardship projects by 2030 with at-risk catchments identified as being key sourcing areas for UK food and drink.

Baseline study for the implementation of lighthouses of Mission ‘Restore our ocean and waters by 2030’

European Commission, DG Environment | The study sets up a comprehensive baseline for Mission lighthouses in the Atlantic and Arctic sea basins, Danube river basin and Mediterranean sea basin on the implementation of two Mission objectives: the protection and restoration of marine and fresh water ecosystems and biodiversity (for Danube, Atlantic and Arctic) and the prevention and elimination of pollution in marine and freshwater ecosystems (for Mediterranean).

Support services within the framework of the sports-club survey: “Sport and sustainability!”

Sportunion Österreich | In order to focus on the topics of sustainability and environmental protection in sport, Fresh Thoughts conducted a survey together with SPORTUNION Austria in which 430 sports clubs participated. One of the main topics was the energy management of sports clubs.

Development of an Annotated Outline of a Climate Adaptation Strategy of the Drina River Basin

Global Water Partnership – Mediterranean (GWP-Med) | The overall aim of the SEE Nexus Project is to introduce the Nexus approach in South-East Europe and catalyse action for its adoption and implementation. With activities focusing on the transboundary basins of the Drin and Drina rivers, and in Albania, the Project facilitated Nexus Dialogue Processes involving a broad range of stakeholders, and the development of technical Nexus Assessments exploring cross-sectoral interlinkages, while enabling conditions for financing actions to address issues of priority.

Support for the climate check of the programme of measures and for the economic analysis within the framework of the 3rd implementation cycle for the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

Administration de la Gestion de l’Eau, Luxemburg | The EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) came into force in 2000. It sets environmental objectives for all European surface waters and groundwater.

Assessment of freshwater status and water risks in the Ebro basin

Amazon Web Services EMEA SARL, Austrian Branch | Amazon Web Services (AWS) has requested Fresh Thoughts to assess water-related risks of its data center located in Aragon, Spain.

Interview on the consequences of climate change for tourism in Baden-Württemberg

Tourismus Marketing GmbH Baden-Württemberg | In conversation with Thomas Dworak (Fresh Thoughts Consulting GmbH), Ute Dicks (German Hiking Association) and Dr. Britta Böhr (Black Forest National Park) TMBW Managing Director Andreas Braun discussed about current and future effects of climate change on tourism.

Climate change adaptation in the tourism sector in Lower Saxony

TourismusMarketing Niedersachsen GmbH | Climate change is already affecting the tourism sector in Lower Saxony and complex interactions influence the touristic demand. Therefore, the TourismusMarketing Niedersachsen GmbH (TMN) intended to support the Destination Management Organisations (DMOs) in dealing with current and future changes.

Water Strategy Germany

German Environment Agency (UBA), Germany | Modern water management focuses on sustainable and balanced water use by all stakeholders. To achieve this today – and in the future - various legal as well as socio-economic frameworks need to be taken into account. The overall aim of this project was to initiate a target-oriented national dialogue at an early stage among various actors.

Sport Austrian Summit

Sportunion Österreich | How can sport draw attention to the issue of sustainability? And what can sport do to be more sustainable and thus better meet its social responsibility?

Towards Sustainable Finance

German Environment Agency (UBA), Germany | The Federal Environment Agency (UBA) has set itself the goal of evaluating and further developing scientific methods and procedures to systematically integrate environmental and sustainability risks into investment and credit decisions by using the methods to wisely initiate and shape the transit to a sustainable financial economy.

Online talk: Climate change adaptation in urban tourism

Bayerisches Zentrum für Tourismus | In the second annual dialogue of the series "Consequences of Climate Change for Tourism", the Bavarian Centre for Tourism discussed the effects of climate change on urban tourism with experts - networking and joint action are required.

Nexus Gaza

Engineering, Management and Infrastructure Consultants (Enfra Consultants) | Population growth, economic development and climate change, energy, water, land and human resources are increasingly under pressure in the Gaza Strip to support societal development and to maintain necessary services. Decision-makers need improved tools in order to be better informed about synergies between different development and management choices and to help them identify options on how to sustainably manage resources.

European Topic Centre on Climate Change impacts, vulnerability and Adaptation (2019-2021)

European Environment Agency (EEA) | The European Topic Centre on Climate Change impacts, vulnerability and Adaptation (ETC/CCA) is a Consortium of European Organizations contracted by the European Environment Agency (EEA) to carry out specific tasks - as identified in the ETC/CCA annual Action Plan (AP) - coherently with the EEA five-year strategy and Multiannual Work Programme and specific EEA Single Programming Documents in the area of climate change impacts, vulnerability and adaptation (CCIVA) across Europe.

VisitBerlin Online conference – Consequences of climate change for Berlin

Conpros GmbH | At the VisitBerlin Online Hubs conference, director Thomas Dworak gave a lecture on the topic: "What effects of climate change can be expected in Germany and for tourism in the coming years?"

Environmental Protection of Lake Sevan UNDP Component (EU4Sevan)

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) | EU4Sevan project aims to further enhance the environmental protection of Lake Sevan. The Project is part of the EU Action "EU4 Energy Efficiency and Environment", and of the BMZ-funded programme "Management of natural resources and safeguarding of ecosystem services for sustainable rural development in the South Caucasus (ECO serve)".

Keynote speech – Potsdam Tourism Forum

PMSG Potsdam Marketing | At the 4th Potsdam Tourism Day, director Thomas Dworak gave a lecture on the topic: "How climate change is changing tourism".

JustFair

ACRP | Natural hazard protection faces the key challenge that not everyone living in a risk zone is threatened equally. Decisions on whom to protect often cause conflicts in resource allocation and distribution. JustFair developed policy guidance by (1) comparing international practice in addressing social justice issues in climate change adaptation and by (2) empirically identifying disadvantaged groups among households and small businesses, taking into account that individual resources and deficits need to be balanced against each other. Additionally, a comparison of the financial measures was taken out during the Covid-19 crisis in Austria with current regulations on disaster relief funds.

Conference on water, climate change, and adaptation

Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV), Germany | Climate change poses a key challenge to water management and water-dependent sectors in the EU. Increasing water scarcity, deteriorating water quality, and heavy rainfall events or floods have serious consequences for drinking water supply or freshwater conservation.

Climate change and tourism in Germany

German Environment Agency (UBA), Germany | The following project identifies the impacts of climate change on the tourism sector in Germany and possible adaptation mechanisms.

Theory of change and Roadmap for the restoration of the Guadalquivir river estuary (Spain)

WWF Spain | WWF developed a roadmap for the restoration of the Guadalquivir river estuary (Spain) as a follow-up of a previously held workshop with relevant stakeholders in 2019. The roadmap addresses vision, objectives, success indicators and prioritised action fiches with further details, and is based on the theory of change. Interviews and a workshop with experts and stakeholders were included.

Support of the European Innovation Partnership on Water

European Commission, DG Environment | The European Innovation Partnership on Water (EIP Water) was an initiative within the EU 2020 Innovation Union. The EIP Water facilitated the development of innovative solutions to address major European and global water challenges.

Screening tool for the climate proofing of River Basin Management Plans

German Environment Agency (UBA), Germany | The EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) entered into force in 2000. It sets out the environmental objectives for all European surface and ground waters. The objectives of the Directive are to protect waters, preventing deterioration and protecting and improving the state of water bodies, terrestrial ecosystems and wetlands.

Central project evaluation of the project Sustainable management of biodiversity in the Southern Caucasus

German Development Agency (GIZ), Germany | Fresh Thoughts was carrying out the central project evaluation of the project “Sustainable management of biodiversity in the Southern Caucasus”, following OECD-DAC criteria.

Oasis Innovation Hub for Catastrophe and Climate Extremes Risk Assessment

Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) | The overarching goal of the Oasis Innovation Hub for Catastrophe and Climate Extremes Risk Assessment Project (H2020_Insurance) was to support the understanding of climate risks by the (re)insurance sector and wider society.

Support to the India-EU Water Partnership

German Development Agency (GIZ), Germany | Provision of technical expertise for the EU / BMZ jointly co-financed action “Development and implementation support to the India-EU Water Partnership (IEWP)” and “Support to Ganga Rejuvenation (SGR).

Sustainable Integrated Management FOR the NEXUS of water-land-food-energy-climate for a resource-efficient Europe (SIM4NEXUS)

Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) | Water, land, food, energy, and climate are interconnected, comprising a coherent system (the ‘Nexus’), dominated by complexity and feedback. Putting pressure on one part of the Nexus can create pressures on the others.

Framework on Climate Change Policy

European Commission, DG Environment | Supporting the European Commission to ensure improved global climate policy design, assessment, and implementation, Fresh Thoughts worked with 8 other partners on high-quality evaluations, impact assessments, analyses, implementations, evidence gathering, and research.

Conference: Water Management and Agriculture 2.0

Sachverständigen-Kuratorium (SVK) | In order to deepen some aspects of the BMU's national water dialog this conference was set up. The 2019 conference brought together water managers, farmers and agricultural experts and intended to find answers to pressing issues in the interaction of agriculture and water management. The outcomes fed into the national water dialogue process and promoted an understanding of the respective language.

Floods Directive and Water Framework Directive Compliance check

European Commission, DG Environment | The contract provided technical assistance to the Commission in the assessment of the implementation of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) and the Floods Directive (FD) by the 28 Member States of the EU.

Climate Change and Infrastructure

Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV), Germany | The objectives of the Paris Climate Treaty, including the achievement of the 2-degree objective, require a massive transformation of our (economic and social) systems within this century.

European Topic Centre on Climate change impacts, vulnerability and adaptation 2014-2018

European Environment Agency (EEA) | The European Topic Centre on Climate Change impacts, vulnerability and Adaptation (ETC/CCA)was a Consortium of European Organizations contracted by the European Environment Agency (EEA) to carry out specific tasks - as identified in the ETC/CCA Annual Action Plan (AP) - coherently with the EEA five-year strategy, the Multiannual Work Programme and the specific EEA Annual Work Programme in the area of climate change impacts, vulnerability and adaptation (CCIVA) across Europe.

Assessment CAP 2020+

European Commission, DG Environment | On 1 June 2018 the Commission presented a single legal proposal for the future CAP: “Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing rules on support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States under the Common agricultural policy (CAP Strategic Plans) and financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

EU-India Clean Energy and Climate Partnership tendering

Eptisa | Eptisa requested Fresh Thoughts to prepare the technical part of the consortia’s proposal for the CECP support call, including rationale, methodology, and log frame.

Support in the implementation of the Urban Agenda

European Commission, DG REGIO | In order to realise the full potential of the European Union and deliver on its strategic objectives, the Urban Agenda for the EU strives to involve Urban Authorities in achieving Better Regulation, Better Funding and Better Knowledge (knowledge base and exchange).

Assistance and technical support for the Evaluation of EU funding proposals

Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) | Fresh Thoughts provided services as technical evaluators for EU funding proposals in the areas of environment, climate change adaptation and mitigation.

EU-Iran environment and climate change exchanges

European Commission, DG Environment | Iran and the EU have agreed in 2016 to develop cooperation on the environment and adaptation to climate change.

Climate Adaptation Strategy for Luxemburg

Administration de la Gestion de l’Eau, Luxemburg | Climate Change is one of the big challenges of the 21st century.

Sava adaptation strategy

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) | The four riparian countries of the Sava River Basin (Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia) ratified the Framework Agreement on the Sava River Basin (FASRB) as a unique international agreement, which integrated many aspects of water resources management and established the International Sava River Basin Commission (ISRBC) for its implementation of the FASRB.

Mid-term review of GIZ

German Development Agency (GIZ), Germany | In 2013, EDEKA, SAB Miller and GIZ started a strategic alliance (STA) with the aim of supporting water stewardship initiatives in several countries (Egypt, Columbia, Honduras), which is allocated at develoPPP within GIZ.

Climate Europe Festival Workshop Moderation

Helmholtz Zentrum Geesthacht (Hereon) | The Climateurope Project (Horizon 2020 689029) contracted FT to moderate a workshop during its festival in Valencia.

Implementation of the urban adaptation initiative within the framework of the Covenant of Mayors II

European Commission, DG Environment | The consortium aimed to foster the European Commission’s Mayors Adapt initiative and to strengthen the direct link between the European Commission and local authorities in taking coherent, integrated actions on adaptation.

Support to Activities related to the EU Policy on Integrated Coastal Management and Maritime Spatial Planning

European Commission, DG Environment | Coastal and marine areas face a multitude of activities that often cause unsustainable development. The need for integrated coastal management (ICM) and maritime spatial planning (MSP) in Europe stems from increasing competition for maritime space by diverse actors and industries.

Assessment of the status of water bodies and ecosystems in Doñana

WWF Spain | WWF Spain is involved in the conservation of the Doñana wetlands since the 1960s.

Climate change adaptation into planning

Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV), Germany | Climate change is one of the major challenges of the 21st century. In addition to reducing greenhouse gases, the political debate has increasingly also turned towards adapting to the no longer avoidable consequences of climate change. Adaptation as a societal challenge involves a high degree of complexity.

Support for Regional Training on Vulnerability Assessment and Adaption Planning

Environment and Climate Regional Accession Network (ECRAN) | ECRAN (Environment and Climate Regional Accession Network), financed by EU and managed by the European Commission, assists the beneficiaries in the Balkan region in capacity-building, exchange of information and experience related to preparation for accession.

Ex-ante CC Strategies

ADEME – Agence de l’Environnement et de la Maîtrise de l’Énergie | The ADEME wanted to explore the usefulness of ex-ante evaluation procedures as part of the development of adaptation strategies.

Quality Review of a report on drought risk management

WWF China | WWF China requested Fresh Thoughts to develop a strategic Quality Assurance check for a publication aimed to propose better drought management.

Support to the Luxemburg Presidency in 2015

Administration de la Gestion de l’Eau, Luxemburg | During the 1st half of 2015, Luxembourg held the rotating Presidency of the European Union. One of the main topics emphasized during the Presidency was the implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive.

Mainstreaming of CCA at the local level: Launch of a Climate Change Adaptation Initiative for Cities within the framework of the Covenant of Mayors

European Commission, DG Climate Action | Building on the success of Covenant of Mayors initiative in mitigation, the Mayors Adapt initiative aimed to encourage cities, regions and local governments to show leadership on climate change adaptation, and support them in developing strategies for concrete action.

Assessment of Options to Use Financial Instruments through LIFE Climate Action Sub-Programme 2014-2020

European Commission, DG Climate Action | Under this service contract it was expected to provide services in connection with the following: (1) Assess the climate dimensions of all relevant Community policies; (2) Contribute to the development and implementation of cost-effective international and domestic policies to protect the ozone layer;

Climate Sensitive Flood Management in the Lower Mekong Basin

German Development Agency (GIZ), Germany | Floods are essential events that determine the natural characteristics of an aquatic environment and its connected wetlands, as well as ensure a functioning ecology.

C3-Alps: Capitalising climate change knowledge for adaption in the Alpine Space

UNEP Vienna – Interim Secretariat of the Carpathian Convention (ISCC) Vienna International Centre | Building on the results of previous projects and initiatives on adaptation to climate change in the Alps, C3-Alps sought to synthesize, transfer, and implement in policy and practice the best available adaptation knowledge.

Climate Change Adaptation, coastal and marine issues

European Commission, DG Environment | Fresh Thoughts prepared the background document for the development of a staff working paper on climate change adaptation in coastal and marine issues. As part of the commitment the EU made to adaptation under the White Paper, this document presented a comprehensive view of the main regional impacts of climate change on marine and coastal areas and the current policy framework, as well as policy options to better address adaptation.

Support to the development of the EU strategy for Climate Change Adaptation

European Commission, DG Climate Action | The European Commission developed a comprehensive EU Adaptation Strategy with the general aim to enhance the preparedness and capacity to effectively address the impacts of climatic change in the EU, its Member States, regions and cities, down to the local level.

Online publication consultation for the EU adaptation strategy on climate change

European Commission, DG Climate Action | Public participation was an invaluable process that increases transparency and allows stakeholders to actively collaborate in public policy.

Adaptation to Climate Change in the Pyrenees

Region Midi –Pyrenees DAJ -Service des Marchés Publics, France | The main objective of the study “Adaptation to climate change in the Pyrenees” was to identify and analyse the measures and adaptation strategies to climate change most relevant at both the Pyrenees and European level, as well as to promote these experiences to support the dissemination of good practices across the Pyrenees.

Gap analysis of the EU policy on water scarcity & droughts

European Commission, DG Climate Action | The study synthesised knowledge on water scarcity & droughts in the EU to provide input to the “Blueprint to Safeguard Europe’s Water”.

Climate proofing of EU policies

European Commission, DG Climate Action | This study assessed the most significant threats and challenges posed by climate change to the EU by focussing on policy areas of particular relevance for the EU budget and where no or little action has been taken so far.

Adaptation to Climate Change in the Mekong Region I

German Development Agency (GIZ), Germany | This project aimed to strengthen the capacities of relevant institutions to adapt to changes in flood patterns resulting from climate change in the lower Mekong basin.