External datasets catalogue

Copernicus Sentinel Data — 08 Oct 2020

Surface runoff risk map of Switzerland (Dataset URL is not available) — 17 Sep 2020

Adapting to heat stress in Antwerp (Belgium) based on detailed thermal mapping (Dataset URL is not available) — 17 Sep 2020

The city of Antwerp, in order to better understand the problem of heat stress, commissioned the research organization VITO to map the current and future temperatures and thermal comfort in the city.

Climatic suitability of the Aedes albopictus mosquito in European cities from 2008 to 2017 (Dataset URL is not available) — 16 Sep 2020

This application delivers the suitability of survival of the tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) for the current climate covering the 10-yr period 2008-2017 at urban scale.

Emotional map of climate change and environment quality in Prague — 16 Sep 2020

This map is used to systematically collect the views and feelings of the population on the topic of environmental quality and climate change.

Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy signatories (Dataset URL is not available) — 10 Sep 2020

Based on the location of the signatories to the Covenant of Mayors the number of local authorities participating in the initiative per country was calculated.

Norwegian Emerald network — 09 Sep 2020

CEEweb for Biodiversity  is a network of 53 non-governmental organizations which has been committed for the past 25 years to the conservation of biodiversity in the Central and Eastern European region.

European cities participating in Interreg projects on adaptation to climate change (Dataset URL is not available) — 21 Aug 2020

European cities participating in LIFE projects (Dataset URL is not available) — 21 Aug 2020

Participants in the UNDRR Making Cities Resilient campaign (Dataset URL is not available) — 12 Aug 2020

Based on the location of the participants in the Making Cities resilient Campaign, the number of local authorities participating in the initiative per country was calculated.

European cities participating in EU-funded framework programme research projects (Dataset URL is not available) — 12 Aug 2020

Climatic suitability of the Aedes albopictus mosquito in European cities from 2008 to 2017 derived from reanalysis (Dataset URL is not available) — 12 Aug 2020

As part of the Copernicus Climate Change Service, the European Health Sectoral Information System produced climate suitability maps for Aedes Albopictus (ECDC, 2009; Vito, 2019b). The P90 (90 th percentile) indicator of the climatic suitability of the urban area for tiger mosquito represents the specific exposure of single cities and is independent of the model domain or size of a city. Since it is the 90th percentile, there are grid cells (areas) in a city with an even higher suitability value, so it can be considered a rather conservative value.

Surface area of publicly accessible green space per inhabitant in core cities (Dataset URL is not available) — 06 Aug 2020

The dataset was developed by JRC based on Copernicus urban Atlas and population numbers.

Future heat-waves, droughts and floods in 571 European cities (Dataset URL is not available) — 05 Aug 2020

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Projected number of extreme heatwaves (RCP 8.5; 2020-2052) — 05 Aug 2020

Under the RCP8.5 scenario, very extreme heat waves ([10]) (much stronger than either the 2003 or the 2010 heat waves) are projected to occur as often as every two years in the second half of the 21st century (Figure 2). The projected frequency of heat waves is greatest in southern and south-eastern Europe. Russo, Simone, Alessandro Dosio, Rune G. Graversen, Jana Sillmann, Hugo Carrao, Martha B. Dunbar, Andrew Singleton, Paolo Montagna, Paulo Barbola, and Jürgen V. Vogt. Magnitude of Extreme Heat Waves in Present Climate and Their Projection in a Warming World, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres119, no. 22 (November 27, 2014): 12500–512. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JD022098.

Urban heat Island summer intensity — 05 Aug 2020

The intensity of UHI was estimated for 100 European cities in the framework of the Copernicus European Health contract for the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S). High resolution (100m) hourly temperature (2008-2017) was simulated with the urban climate model UrbClim (De Ridder et al., 2015). Summer season is June, July and August. The intensity of UHI is represented by spatial P90 (90th percentile) UHI intensity of a given city. This indicator is calculated by subtracting the rural (non-water) spatial P10 (10th percentile) temperature value from the average, height-corrected (to exclude terrain effects), air temperature map.

RESIN risk typology — 05 Aug 2020

The map shows the climate risk typology developed In the EU-funded H2020 project RESIN. The NUTS3 regions have been categorised into 8 groups according to the main climate hazards, exposure of population and infrastructure, sensitivity of the population and adaptive capacity of the areas.

City clusters based on different combinations of threat-specific vulnerability scores — 05 Aug 2020

Within the framework of the Horizon2020 research project RAMSES, the vulnerability of 571 European cities was assessed according to a number of indicators from vvarious domains, including: human capital, governance and institutions, socio-economic conditions, build environment and natural capital. The cities were clustered according to their vulnerabaility to heatwaves, flooding and droughts.

Trends in annual temperature across Europe — 26 May 2020

Europe has warmed significantly in recent decades. Particularly high warming has been observed over the Iberian Peninsula, across central and north-eastern Europe, particularly in mountainous regions and over southern Scandinavia. Winter temperatures have increased the most in northern Europe, while in southern Europe the summer temperatures have increased more than the annual temperatures.

Biodiversity in Europe's seas — 30 Apr 2020

ETC/ICM Report 3/2019: Biodiversity in Europe's seas