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Guiding principles for adaptation to climate change in Europe
ETC/ACC Technical Paper 2010/6

Released: 2010/11/08: See the report

Abstract:
This paper provides a starting point for identifying success factors and case studies on how good adaptation could work in practice at various governance levels and in different sectors. It presents a set of guiding principles for good adaptation in Europe and therein identifies specific elements that support its successful implementation. Furthermore, it illustrates a few practical examples that are meant to highlight how certain aspects presented in the guiding principles can be put into practice.
The guiding principles build on a comprehensive literature review, a comparison of national adaptation strategies, expert judgements and good practice examples.

Prepared by: ETC/ACC members Andrea Prutsch¹, Torsten Grothmann², Inke Schauser³, Sonja Otto³, Sabine McCallum^{1
1Environment Agency Austria (UBA-V); 2Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Germany; 3Environment Agency Germany (UBA-D)}

Published by: ETC/ACC, November 2010, 32 pp.