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Cities around Europe have begun to actively integrate adaptation needs in coastal zone management. They are bringing together sectors and interests that have traditionally operated separately, for example in Lithuania, Northern Ireland and Spain. Bologna, Italy, provides an example of a broad range of public and private stakeholders collaborating in urban planning to support resilience.
The figure summarises the current situation and provide projections for Europe. The impacts of climate change will affect cities and towns just like the rest of Europe. Because of the concentration of people and economic assets, cities are particularly at risk.
The map shows the perception of the cities’ population on their trust in other people living in the city.
The map shows the European cities participating in the UNISDR initiative Makking cities resilient that have delivered a report on the 10 Essentials after the Hyogo Framework for Action.
The map shows the cities that have signed the Mayors Adapt/Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy.
The map list the number of European and international initiatives with a relation to climate-change adaptation in which cities are envolved. These initiatives are Mayors Adapt/Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy, the Compact of Mayors, C40 with adaptation action, Making Cities Resilient (United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, UNISDR), the European Green Capital Award, European Green Leaf and Rockefeller 100 resilient cities initiative.
Each bar represents a percentage change in the greenhouse gas emissions covered under Decision 406/2009/EC (the Effort Sharing Decision, ESD) between the 2005 base-year level and 2020 or 2030.
For references, please go to https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/find/global or scan the QR code.
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