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Urban adaptation in Europe: what works?

Publication Created 07 Nov 2023 Published 29 Apr 2024
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Average temperatures across Europe are rising faster than the global average, and Europe's cities are feeling the impacts of climate change more regularly and more severely. With the summer of 2023 breaking temperature records, the case for investing in societal resilience to climate change has never been clearer.
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Publication Created 07 Nov 2023 Published 29 Apr 2024
Average temperatures across Europe are rising faster than the global average, and Europe's cities are feeling the impacts of climate change more regularly and more severely. With the summer of 2023 breaking temperature records, the case for investing in societal resilience to climate change has never been clearer.

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Estimated monthly mean NO₂ concentrations for the region around Ghent (Belgium) The map shows the average monthly mean NO₂ concentration, an indicator of local air quality. The data was derived from citizen reporting through the Curieuzeneuzen project.
Local authorities signatory to the Covenant of Mayors with adaptation commitment (left) and local authorities and regions signatories to the Mission on Adaptation (right)
The Harrestrup Brook Capacity Plan The map shows the planned interventions along the Harrestrup Brook to ensure sufficient capacity to reduce the impacts of flooding on the neighbouring residential areas
The Metropolitan Forest of Madrid: location of planned forest lots The dataset gives the location and extent of planned forest lots around the city of Madrid under the municipal plan 'Madrid 360'
Increase in built area in Flanders between 2020-2050 in ‘business-as-usual’ scenario (above), as compared to if the policy is adopted (below) The map shows the new soil sealing in 2050 following the scenarios and gives a share of 0 to 100% sealing per rastercell of 1ha.
Presence of potential flood risk areas in European Functional Urban Areas (left), and population change within these risk areas between 2011 and 2021 (right)
Modelled urban heat island effect for the city of Antwerpen, Belgium The map shows the difference in 10-year average temperature at 2m height (2008-2017) for the urban centre of Antwerpen, as compared to its surrounding area, modelled by the UrbClim model within the framework of the Copernicus Health Service.
Ratio of native to alien tree species The map shows the share of native tree species as compared to alien species in the city of Amsterdam, based on its tree inventory, 2023. A ratio of <1 is considered poor.
Share of tree cover (left) and blue infrastructure (right) per European Functional Urban Area The maps show the share of tree cover and blue infrastructure within urban areas across Europe. A higher share of both tree cover and blue infrastructure can have a cooling effect in cities, helping to mitigate the urban heat island effect, data from 2018.

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