Policy
International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation – official launch event
The International Year of Glaciers' Preservation 2025 will be kicked off with an official launch event on 21 January 2025, Tuesday.
Webinar: Connecting knowledge to policy and practice
A webinar exploring potential synergies and collaboration between European national, regional and transnational climate adaptation (knowledge) platforms (CAPs), focussing on policy and practice.
From policy to action: Strengthening global efforts to tackle transboundary climate risks
As the climate crisis intensifies, transboundary climate risks (TCRs) are becoming more urgent, and this blog explores how global and national policies must evolve to integrate these risks into climate adaptation strategies.
Evaluating Adaptation: An Analysis of Policy Progress in Coastal Cities and Regions
Explore the findings of the CLIC project “Are cities properly preparing for climate change?” and learn more about the European Research Council (ERC) funded project ‘IMAGINE adaptation’ in this policy brief. It highlights the urgent need to evaluate adaptation in urban areas and understand progress across governance levels.
The 2022 heatwaves: England’s response and future preparedness for heat risk
Discover how England's 2022 heatwaves were used to evaluate responses to heatwaves, leading to suggested improvements to the UK's extreme heat policies.
IPBES Values Assessment – Decisions Based on Narrow Set of Market Values of Nature Underpin the Global Biodiversity Crisis
Explore the key findings of the IPBES Assessment Report on the Diverse Values and Valuation of Nature, and learn about the different ways in which nature has been, and is currently being, perceived and valued. To improve peoples' understanding of this, the report introduces a novel and comprehensive typology of nature’s values.
weADAPT at 15: How Research, Policy and Practice Community Members Use the Platform
How has weADAPT's community used the platform during the last 15 years? What impacts have been made? Learn about all of this and more in this article about weADAPT impacts.
Cities, Settlements & Key Infrastructure – Frequently Asked Questions from Chapter 6 of the IPCC’s 6th Assessment Report
Why and how are cities, settlements, and different types of infrastructure especially vulnerable to the impacts of climate change? Learn about this and other frequently asked questions from Chapter 6 of the IPCC's AR6 Working Group II report: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability.
Mapping the Evolution and Current Trends in Climate Change Adaptation Science
This study provides a review of climate change adaptation science literature that spans from the first publication in 1978 to mid-2020. It identifies the underpinning foundations, leading authors, countries and organisations, as well as dominant research themes and priorities, and explores how these have changed over time.
Policy Dialogue for Managing Groundwater Overpumping in the North China Plain
This policy brief series informs dialogue between scientists and policy makers working on groundwater resources, sustainable agriculture and climate change.