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White paper - Adapting to climate change: towards a European framework for action


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EU framework for adaptation to climate change, leading to a comprehensive EU adaptation strategy by 2013

White paper - Adapting to climate change: towards a European framework for action

The link address is: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:52009DC0147:EN:NOT

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