4th European Climate Change Adaptation conference | Working together to prepare for change Climate change is considered by many to be the challenge of the 21st century. The urgency and severity of this challenge call for integrated ways of looking at responses to reduce the risks associated with environmental and social stressors, and ensure a secure future for humans and ecosystems. Adapting to climate change requires a coordinated and synergistic approach from a diverse range of actors across sectors, as…

Expert Dialogue on technologies for averting, minimizing and addressing loss and damage in coastal zones Coastal zones are sensitive to climate change risks. Coastal areas face a range of challenges such as inundation and erosion of coastlines, salinization of freshwater reserves, damage and loss of physical infrastructure and degradation of marine ecosystem as well as non-economic losses to coastal communities and ecosystems. Impacts of such risks are unevenly distributed within and across different communities, countries and regions due to climate-related…