Climate change impacts and vulnerability in Europe 2016

Introduction
Table 1.4 Overview of other relevant EEA reports published since 2012
Year Title Scope
2012 EEA Report Water resources
in Europe in the context of
vulnerability (EEA, 2012b)
2013 Joint EEA–JRC report
Environment and human health
(EEA, 2013c)
2013 EEA Report Balancing the future
of Europe's coasts — knowledge
base for integrated management
(EEA, 2013b)
Analysis of droughts and water scarcity, pollution, and flood risks, which all
increase the vulnerability of freshwater ecosystems and societies. Land-use
change, water abstraction and climate change are key factors
Overview of environmental issues with a direct or indirect influence on people's
health and well-being, including climate change (e.g. heat waves and floods)
Key sustainability challenges for European coastal areas and waters, including the
main climate change hazards and vulnerabilities in different European marine
regions, i.e. sea level rise, increased coastal erosion, storm surges and loss of
specific habitats
2015 EEA Report State of Europe's seas
(EEA, 2015e)
2015 EEA Technical report State of
nature in the EU: Results from
reporting under the nature
directives 2007–2012 (EEA, 2015f)
2015 EEA Technical report European
ecosystem assessment — concept,
data, and implementation
(EEA, 2015a)
2015 The European environment —
state of the environment and
outlook 2015 (EEA, 2015d)
Assessment of whether or not Europe's seas are healthy, clean, undisturbed and
productive; the main sustainability challenges, and how the EU is responding.
Climate change (e.g. sea surface temperature increases and potential ocean
acidification) is one of the pressures that can further weaken the ecological
resilience of Europe's seas
Description of the state of nature in the EU, based on reports from Member States
under the Birds and Habitats Directives, including status and trends of species
and habitats, and on the main pressures and threats identified by Member States,
including climate change
Information on ecosystems and their conditions, as part of assessments
of implementation of the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020. It identifies and
analyses climate change as one of five main pressures affecting ecosystems
and their services (the other four are habitat change, invasive species, land-use
management, and pollution and nutrient enrichment)
Comprehensive five-yearly assessment of the European environment's state,
trends and prospects, in a global context. Analysis of policy implementation
and opportunities to modify existing policies to achieve the EU 2050 vision of
living well within the limits of the planet. It includes a synthesis report, various
European briefings, including one on climate change impacts, vulnerability and
adaptation, and a report on global megatrends, including on climate change
Climate-ADAPT
The various recent EEA reports on climate change,
impacts and vulnerability and on adaptation
are complemented by information in the
European Climate Change Adaptation platform,
'Climate‐ADAPT' ( 7 ). It is a publicly accessible
web‐based platform designed to support policymakers
at EU, national, regional and local levels in the
development and implementation of climate change
adaptation policies and actions. Climate-ADAPT is
hosted and managed by the EEA, in collaboration with
the European Commission. Since its launch in March
2012, the website has been continuously updated
with new information, for example from EU research
projects, transnational projects, and national and local
authorities.
1.1.5 Relevant assessment reports from other
organisations
Since 2012, various international assessment reports
with a focus on climate change impacts and adaptation
in Europe have been published by other organisations.
A selection of them is summarised in chronological
order in Table 1.5, but several others have been
published and used for this report.
( 7 ) http://climate-adapt.eea.europa.eu.
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