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Climate adaptation in the EU : action not keeping up with ambition
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Edité par European Court of Auditors - 2024
Date de publication : 01/11/2024
The EU published its first adaptation strategy in 2013 and another in 2021, confirming the EU’s high vulnerability to climate change. During the last decade average economic losses from extreme climate-related events in the EU amounted to €26 billion per year. The strategy sets an objective for the EU to become climate resilient by 2050. This objective is also enshrined in the 2021 European Climate Law. Given the cross-cutting nature of actions related to climate adaptation, estimating the
relevant EU funding is difficult. However, at least €8 billion in 2014-2020 and €26 billion in 2021-2027 were budgeted for climate adaptation. III The objective of this audit was to assess the EU’s climate adaptation framework and funding and how they address the impacts of climate change in the EU. We examined whether EU and national strategies and plans provided a sound framework for climate adaptation, and whether they covered reporting arrangements and
awareness of strategies, plans and EU tools at local level. We also analysed whether a selection of EU adaptation projects from the 2014-2020 period contributed to climate adaptation effectively. Our audit scope did not include EU actions and support for climate adaptation outside the EU.