National adaptation strategies

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EEA member countries are at different stages of preparing, developing and implementing national adaptation strategies. The development depends on the magnitude and nature of the observed impacts, assessments of current and future vulnerability and the capacity to adapt. All countries have also submitted information on their adaptation plans in their 5th National Communication to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change due on 1 January 2010. In addition, some actions and measures are increasingly being taken at regional and local levels.

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5^th National Communication to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

The overview of progress towards national adaptation strategies presents below documents, of which some are defined by the EU member states’ governments themselves as a 'national climate change adaptation strategy'.

Neither EEA nor the European Commission has developed an agreed common definition or criteria for the content and scope of a national adaptation strategy. Furthermore no exhaustive comparison or evaluation of NAS across EU member states has been performed so far.

Progress towards national adaptation strategies (NAS)

Countries	NAS adopted	Impacts, vulnerability & adaptation assessments	Links
Austria		Anpassungsstudie	Climate Change Adaptation On the way to a national adaptation strategy
Belgium	2010	SSD project	Belgian National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy
Bulgaria			Second National Action Plan on Climate Change
Czech Republic			5th National Communication on the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
Cyprus
Denmark	2008		The Danish Climate Adaptation Strategy Danish Portal for Adaptation to Climate Change
Estonia		ASTRA project	Astra Project (Developing Policies & Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change in the Baltic Sea Region)
Finland	2005	FINADAPT project	Evaluation of the implementation of Finland's National Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change Research Programme on Climate Change (FICCA, Academy of Finland) Climate Change Adaptation Reserach Programme (ISTO, 2006-2010) FINADAPT Finland's National Adaptation Strategy Strategy document Leaflet
France	2006	GICC project	National Adaptation Plan 2011-2015 - Main Document (in French) Decree on regional climate, air and energy schemes (in French) National Adaptation Strategy (in French) ClimObs - Observatoire francophone du changement climatique Agriculture and forest (CLIMATOR Green Book) Cities and adaptation to climate change (Français, English) Climate change: costs of impacts and lines of adaptation (2009 ONERC report; complete report in French here) Management and Impacts of Climate Change GICC Programme ONERC (Observatoire National sur les Effets du Réchauffement Climatique) (in French)
Germany	2008	KomPass Competence Centre; Klimazwei project; KLIMZUG project	German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change Kompass - Climate Impacts and Adaptation in Germany (in German) Climate Navigator tool (in German) Klimazwei Research Programme Regional approaches (overview of regional adaptation studies, strategies and plans) Bavaria Brandenburg Hamburg Hessen North Rhine-Westphalia Saxony
Greece			Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change (Climate change) 5th National Communication on the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
Hungary	2008	VAHAVA project	Hungarian National Climate Change Strategy
Iceland		VO project	Iceland’s Climate Change Strategy
Ireland		ERTDI programme; Climate Change Research Programme (CCRP)	Ireland National Climate Change Strategy 2007-2012 Environmental Protection Agency
Italy			National Conference on Climate Change 2007 ISPRA - Institute for Environmental Protection and Research
Latvia		ASTRA project	Ministry of the Environment Astra Project (Developing Policies & Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change in the Baltic Sea Region)
Liechtenstein
Lithuania		ASTRA project	Astra Project (Developing Policies & Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change in the Baltic Sea Region)
Luxembourg
Malta			Malta Environment and Planning Authority
Netherlands	2008	Delta committee, ARK Programme, CcSP, Knowledge for Climate	Delta committee advice The Delta Programme National programme for spatial adaptation to climate change - ARK (English, Dutch) Knowledge for Climate
Norway	2008	NORADAPT project, NORKLIMA project	Climate change adaptation in Norway (in Norwegian) Community Adaptation and Vulnerability in Norway (NORADAPT) Norwegian Climate Adaptation Programme
Poland
Portugal	2010	SIAM project	National Adaptation Strategy (in Portuguese) Adaptation to climate change Climate Change in Portugal: Scenarios, Impacts, and Adaptation Measures - SIAM Climate change impacts, adaptation and mitigation research group
Romania			Ministry Of Environment
Slovak Republic		ADA project	Bratislava flood protection programme Landscape revitalisation and integrated river basin management programme
Slovenia
Spain	2006	ECCE project Impacts on coastlines	The Spanish National Climate Change Adaptation Plan - PNACC (en español, English) PNACC - Second Work Programme Assessments of impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change (en español; biodiversity, coasts, water) Preliminary assessment of climate change impacts (en español)
Sweden	2009	SWECLIM project; SWECIA project; CLIMATOOLS project	Adaptation Portal (in Swedish) Swedish Climate Bill Sweden facing climate Change (English, Swedish) A Coordinated Climate and Energy Policy Sweden facing climate change - threats and opportunities / Final report from the Commission on Climate and Vulnerability Swedish regional climate modelling programme - SWECLIM Climate, Impacts and Adaptation - SWECIA Climatools research programme
Switzerland		OcCC activities	Swiss Climate Change Scenarios CH2011 Adaptation au climat Advisory Body on Climate Change (OcCC)
Turkey
United Kingdom	2008	UK National Risk Assessment UKCIP studies	Climate Change Act 2008 UK Climate Impacts Programme (UKCIP) Climate Change Risk Assessment (2012) UK Climate Projections UK Climate services Adapting to climate change programme (DEFRA) Natural Environment - Adapting To Climate Change Defra's Climate Change Plan 2010 Climate Change: Taking Action UK Departmental Adaptation Plans Adapting to Climate Change - National Audit Office - A review for the environmental audit committee Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Climate Change Impacts Partnership (NICCIP) Scotland Adaptation sector actions plans Scotland's Climate Change Adaptation Framework Scottish Climate Change Impacts Partnership (SCCIP) Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 Wales Climate Change Strategy for Wales Adaptation Strategy and Delivery Plan