European Adaptation Newsletter

Dr. Grit Martinez; Katriona McGlade

1. Europäischer Newsletter zu Klimaanpassung

European Adaptation Newsletter

Publication: Newsletter
Citation: Martinez, Grit; Katriona McGlade and Andrew Reid 2013: European Adaptation Newsletter. Newsletter. Berlin: Ecologic Institute.

The electronic newsletter, published in English, includes stories on the latest findings of the BASE project (Bottom-Up Adaptation Strategies towards a Sustainable Europe), along with information on other key developments related to climate change adaptation in Europe. Furthermore, the newsletter includes a number of recurring features. These include the 'Adaptation Dialogues', chronicling the perspectives and experiences of local level stakeholders implementing adaptation activities, as well as the 'Adaptation Snapshots', images from around Europe of adaptation in action. The first issue of the 'European Adaptation Newsletter' is available online. Subscription to the twice-yearly newsletter is possible at the BASE website.

The first issue of the 'European Adaptation Newsletter' is a product of the EU funded FP7 research project BASE (Bottom-Up Adaptation Strategies Towards A Sustainable Europe). The BASE project supports action for sustainable climate change adaptation in Europe. BASE makes experiential and scientific information on adaptation meaningful, transferable and easily accessible to decision-makers at all levels. The BASE European Adaptation Newsletter is compiled by Ecologic Institute, Berlin.

The latest findings of the BASE project, along with information on other key developments related to climate change adaptation in Europe

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Dr. Grit Martinez

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Policy Coordination for National Climate Change Adaptation in Europe: All Process, but Little Power

Year 2020

Publication:Book Section

This book chapter explores how policies and policy-making perform to support climate change adaptation. It is part of the book: Adapting to Climate Change in Europe: Exploring Sustainable Pathways - From Local Measures to Wider Policies which is a scientific synthesis of a four-year project on adaptation activities in Europe (BASE). This book aims at ensuring sustainable solutions in adaptation to climate change. This chapter reflects on different tools which can support decision making for climate adaptation and that have been presented in other chapters of the book. It also discusses how current adaptation measures operate to enhance the capacity to respond to climate change impacts in a coherent manner across sectors. Ecologic Institute's Jenny Tröltzsch and Katriona McGlade contributed to this chapter.

Analyzing the Policy Framework for Climate Change Adaptation

Year 2018

Publication:Book Section

This book chapter provides an overview of climate change adaptation across Europe, from an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary perspective, drawing on key findings from case study-based research on local climate change impacts and adaptation solutions, including an analysis of participatory, economic, and sociopolitical approaches, methodologies, and tools. Ecologic Institute's Jenny Tröltzsch contributed to this chapter.

The Diversity of Adaptation in a Multilevel Governance Setting

Year 2018

Publication:Book Section

Stelljes, Nico: Using Active Public Participation in the Co-development of Coastal Protection Strategies for a Touristic Beach City. Timmendorfer Strand, Germany. in: Ng, K., Campos, I., Penha-Lopes, G. (Eds.). (2016). BASE adaptation inspiration book: 23 European cases of climate change adaptation to inspire European decision-makers, practitioners and citizens. Lisbon: Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, 122-125.

Using Active Public Participation in the Co-development of Coastal Protection Strategies for a Touristic Beach City

Timmendorfer Strand, Germany

Year 2016

Event:Workshop

Concluding four years of interdisciplinary collaboration and research the BASE project brought together representatives working on climate adaptation policy at EU and Member State level, as well as local practitioners for an interactive day on climate change adaptation in Brussels. The main focus of the workshop was a series of policy observations that emerged from research in the BASE project. As a result another policy recommendation was developed which is available for download.

Implementing the EU Adaptation Strategy - Practical Insights and Policy Recommendations

9 June 2016
Brussels, Belgium

Publication:Poster

Tröltzsch, Jenny; Benjamin Boteler; Katrina Abhold (2016): A Global Analysis of Adaptation Case Studies: State of the Art. Poster.

A Global Analysis of Adaptation Case Studies: State of the Art

Year 2016

Event:Conference

Vivienne Parry welcomed approximately 1700 attendees from over 100 countries to the fourth edition of Adaptation Futures 2016, one of the largest conferences ever held on climate change adaptation. The Bottom-Up Climate Adaptation Strategies (BASE) project was selected to be featured as a best practice project at the conference. BASE partners, among them Ecologic Institute, presented the project's research and tools in two sessions.

Adaptation Futures 2016

10 - 13 May 2016
Rotterdam, Netherlands

Publication:Policy Brief

BASE Consortium 2016: Key Policy Issues in Implementing and Evaluating the EU Adaptation Strategy. BASE Policy Brief # 4.

Key Policy Issues in Implementing and Evaluating the EU Adaptation Strategy – BASE Policy Brief # 4

BASE Policy Brief No. 4

Year 2016

Publication:Report

This report aims at investigating the participation process in climate change adaptation for 22 European BASE case studies. A description of participatory methods and a further analysis of 9 BASE case studies where there has been a deliberative adaptation process present are given. Based on the results presented, a set of recommendations to policy-makers and practitioners are given. The output from D5.3 will lead up to D5.5, in which a more detailed analytical description of the framework will be given and a meta-analysis of the empirical contents will be delivered.

Participation in Climate Change Adaptation

Year 2015

Language

English

Authorship

Dr. Grit Martinez

Katriona McGlade

Andrew Reid

Funding

European Commission, Directorate-General Research & Innovation (DG Research & Innovation), International

Published by

Ecologic Institute, Germany

Year

2013

Project

Bottom-Up Climate Adaptation Strategies for a Sustainable Europe (BASE)

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Keywords

adaptation, climate change, sustainability, stakeholder engagement, policy effectiveness, policy integration, bottom-up, top-down, environmental governance

Europe

cost-benefit analysis, knowledge transfer

Project website: BASE

Further Links

ProjectFP 7Bottom-Up Climate Adaptation Strategies for a Sustainable Europe (BASE)

The EU research project "Bottom-Up Climate Adaptation Strategies for a Sustainable Europe" (BASE) supports action for sustainable climate change adaptation in Europe. BASE makes experiential and scientific information on adaptation meaningful, transferable and easily... Read more

Bottom-Up Climate Adaptation Strategies for a Sustainable Europe (BASE)

Duration: Oct 2012 - Sep 2016
Funding: European Commission, Directorate-General Research & Innovation (DG Research & Innovation), International

PublicationReportAdaptation Measures in the EU: Policies, Costs, and Economic Assessment

In this second part of the published report, existing policies were shown to be partly insufficient for satisfying adaptation needs, and thus the inclusion of new measures into existing policies is required. Based on the review of existing measures suitable for climate... Read more

Susanne Altvater, Debora de Block, Irene Bouwma, Thomas Dworak, Ana Frelih-Larsen, Benjamin Görlach, Claudia Hermeling, Judith Klostermann, Martin König, Markus Leitner, Natasha Marinova, Sabine McCallum, Sandra Naumann, Daniel Osberghaus, Andrea Prutsch, Christiane Reif, Kaj van de Sandt, Rob Swart, Jenny Tröltzsch 2012: Adaptation Measures in the EU: Policies, Costs, and Economic Assessment.

PublicationBook SectionEmerging Climate Change Coastal Adaptation Strategies and Case Studies around the World

Climate change and ongoing transformations in the economy and agriculture will have numerous, strong impacts on the Baltic Region. The book "Global Change and Baltic Coastal Zones" provides comprehensive information on these changes, their consequences and the practical... Read more

Martinez, Grit; Daniel Blobel; Livia Bizikova and Rob Swart 2011: "Emerging Climate Change Coastal Adaptation Strategies and Case Studies around the World", in: Gerald; Hofstede Schernewski, Jacobus; Neumann, Thomas (ed.): Global Change and Baltic Coastal Zones Coastal Research Library, Vol. 1]. Berlin and Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag GmbH, 249-273.

ProjectBaltic Sea Region Climate Change Adaptation Strategy (BALTADAPT)

The BALTADAPT project (Baltic Sea Region Climate Change Adaptation Strategy) seeks to provide joint transnational solutions to address the sustainable management of the Baltic Sea in the context of climate change. The overall aim of the project is the development of a... Read more

Baltic Sea Region Climate Change Adaptation Strategy (BALTADAPT)

Duration: Jan 2011 - Dec 2013
Funding: Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), Germany

PublicationReportBALTADAPT Action Plan

The Baltadapt Strategy and its accompanying Action Plan on Adaptation to Climate Change in the Baltic Sea Region were launched and presented during the final Baltadapt Conference. The aim of the Baltadapt Strategy is a connected region with informed actors on all levels... Read more

Altvater, S. & Stuke, F. 2013: Baltadapt Action Plan. Recommended actions and proposed guidelines for climate change adaptation in the Baltic Sea Region. Danish Meteorological Institute. Copenhagen.

PublicationReportAdaptation to Climate Change

Ecologic Institute led a study examining adaptation strategies in large cities and metropolitan areas across the European Union. A print version of the report is now available in English and French. The study, which was commissioned by the Committee of the Regions... Read more

Ecologic Institute, Berlin/Vienna; AEA group; ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability; European Secretariat Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe (REC) 2011: Adaptation to Climate Change. Policy instruments for adaptation to climate change in big European cities and metropolitan areas: European Union Committee of the Regions.

ProjectKLIMZUGRegional Adaptation Strategies for the German Baltic Sea Coast (RADOST)

The Ecologic Institute coordinated the five-year project RADOST (Regional Adaptation Strategies for the German Baltic Sea Coast). The Baltic coastline of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Schleswig-Holstein is one of seven model regions in Germany that were supported by... Read more

Regional Adaptation Strategies for the German Baltic Sea Coast (RADOST)

Duration: Jul 2009 - Jun 2014
Funding: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Germany

PublicationBookRADOST Handbook

This new handbook was developed as part of the project RADOST (Regional Adaptation Strategies for the German Baltic Sea Coast). It provides a concise overview of adaptation policies being planned and implemented at the national, regional, and European level, including... Read more

Andrew Reid, Franziska Stuke 2012: RADOST Handbook: Climate Change Adaptation Strategies in the Baltic Sea Region. [RADOST Journal Series 10]. Berlin: Ecologic Institute.

PublicationReportRADOST Akteursanalyse – Teil II: Auswertung der Befragung von Akteuren aus Politik, Verwaltung und Zivilgesellschaft

How do relevant stakeholders on the Baltic Sea Coast perceive climate change in their region? What adaptation measures are well known and which should be implemented? Additionally, who are the relevant stakeholders? These and other questions are answered in the first... Read more

Knoblauch, Doris; Zoritza Kiresiewa; Franziska Stuke and Anneke von Raggamby 2012: RADOST Akteursanalyse - Teil II: Auswertung der Befragung von Akteuren aus Politik, Verwaltung und Zivilgesellschaft. Ecologic Institute.

PublicationReport3. RADOST Jahresbericht

The latest research results on climate change and adaptation along the German Baltic Sea Coast are presented by the RADOST project (Regional Adaptation Strategies for the German Baltic Sea Coast) in its 3rd annual report. They were developed in cooperation with partners... Read more

RADOST consortium (Ed.) 2012: 3. RADOST Jahresbericht. RADOST-Berichtsreihe, Bericht Nr 14. Berlin: Ecologic Institute.

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