1. Urban adaptation to climate change in Europe Birgit Georgi, 21 May 2012

2. Vulnerabilities and adaptation - isn’t it a local issue?

3. 75% of Europeans live in cities

4. … and most of Europe’s economic wealth is generated

5. Current approach But what about Europe ? Single city studies Collection of adaptation measures Guidance to cities

6. Heat waves in Europe…

7. Urban heat island effect

8. Heat waves

9. Social sensitivity

10. Social sensitivity – elderly people

11. Soil sealing increases the risk for urban flooding

12. Copenhagen 2 July 2011

13. Urban Flooding

14. Coastal flooding and erosion

15. Coastal Flooding

16. Adaptive capacity

17. Cities are strongly interconnected

18. Cities depend on national and European decisions Floods in France – Getting the national framework supportiv for urban adaptation

19. The need for a multi-level governance approach

20. Pillar: Territorial governance

21. Pillar: Policy coherence cohesion environment transport employment economy … national local

22. Pillar: Financial support and access to funding

23. Pillars: Institutional capacities and knowledge base

24. http://climate-adapt.eea.europa.eu Climate-ADAPT

25. A multi-level governance framework Identifying urban hotspots across the continent European dimension of urban adaptation challenge Your

26. http://www.eea.europa.eu/ publications/urban-adaptation-to-climate-change