Informe El medio ambiente en Europa: Estado y perspectivas 2020

PART 2
MAP 7.5
Country comparison — overview of national adaptation policies
Status of national adaptation policy
NAS and NAP
NAP
NAS
Neither NAS nor NAP
NAS: National Adaptation Strategy
NAP: National Adaptation Plan
Note:
Sources:
NAS, national adaptation strategy; NAP, national adaptation plan.
Adapted from EC (2018b) and EEA (2018f).
or C40 cities (8 European cities)
(EEA, 2018k) ( 9 ). Involvement of cities in
these initiatives may lead to longer-term
commitment and action. Moreover,
events and information platforms
associated with the initiatives facilitate
the exchange of knowledge through
sharing of examples and lessons learnt
(EEA, 2018k; Covenant of Mayors, 2019a).
Many cities are already putting
adaptation measures in practice.
Frontrunner cities, such as Copenhagen
or Rotterdam, are exemplars of how
urban areas can be transformed to meet
the adaptation challenge (Chapter 17).
Others, such as Helsinki, are exploring
how adaptation can be monitored
(EEA, 2016i). In the absence of national
strategies, cities can take the lead on
adaptation within countries, as in the case
of Belgrade (Ministry of Environmental
Protection, 2017). Conversely, national
leadership can ensure that adaptation
planning follows the same standards
in dozens of cities, as in the case of the
44MPA project in Poland (Ministry of the
Environment, 2018).
( 9 ) The cities participating in these initiatives are mapped in the Urban vulnerability map viewer within the Climate-ADAPT platform (https://climateadapt.eea.europa.eu/knowledge/tools/urban-adaptation).
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