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Climate change
Climate extremes have already changed over Europe. Half of European territory is now experiencing unusually warm temperatures in the summer compared to 50 years ago. Winter precipitation has increased in the North, drought intensity in the South.
Climate articles about Europe
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Additional information
Links to other platforms
- Climate Innovations: Innovations for climate change adaptation
- Climate Signals: Find climate signals in extreme events
- MedECC: Mediterranean experts on climate change
- Interactive Atlas IPCC: IPCC data and scenarios of climate change
- A Teacher's Guide, by the UK Royal Meteorological Society
European Environment Agency
- European Environment Agency: Climate Risk Assessment 2024
- Copernicus: Climate change service past - present - future
Database on disasters worldwide
- The international disaster database EM-DAT
- Information on disaster risk reduction: preventionweb.net
- Dartmouth Flood Observatory
- European Severe Weather Database (ESWD)
- Munich Re NatCatSERVICE natural hazards data base
Guides on disaster preparation and planning
- European Flood Awareness System EFAS
- Checklists of the American Red Cross
- UK Guide to flood preparation
- Flash flood safety and damage prevention guide
- How to evacuate before a storm or flood
- How to prepare for a flood
- On coping with floods in urban areas: www.floodresiliencity.net
EU funded Research Projects: Horizon 2020
- ANYWHERE: Enhancing emergency management and response to extreme weather and climate events
- BRIGAID: Bridging the gap for innovations in disaster resilience
- CERES: advances a cause-and-effect understanding of how climate change will influence Europe's most important fish and shellfish resources and the economic activities depending on them; also provides tools and develops adaptive strategies
- COACCH: aims to advance knowledge regarding climate change impacts and policy that can be used directly by stakeholder communities
- DRIVER: Driving innovation in crisis management for European resilience
- MED-GOLD: Turning climate-related information into added value for traditional Mediterranean grape, olive and durum wheat food systems
- NATURVATION: assessing what nature-based solutions can be achieved in urban areas and how innovation is taking place
- Nunataryuk: on permafrost thaw and the changing coast, science for socioeconomic adaptation
- OPERANDUM: tools for Nature Based Solutions to enhance resilience in Europe with respect to hydro-meteorological risks
- REACHOUT: User-oriented climate services to support the implementation of the Green Deal
- SOLACE: helping agriculture adapt to greater rainfall variability as a result of climate change and the reduced use of certain fertilisers for economic and ecological reasons
- UNALAB: addresses the challenges that cities around the world face today, focused on climate and water related issues
- VISCA: Vineyards integrated smart climate adaptation
