Climate change adaptation’s place on the European political and economic agenda has risen sharply in recent years and continues to gain momentum and prominence. As part of the 2015 Paris Agreement, countries agreed a goal of ‘enhancing adaptive capacity, strengthening resilience and reducing vulnerability to climate change, with a view to contributing to sustainable development and ensuring an adequate adaptation response in the context of [the agreement’s] temperature goal’. And this is being met with a set of associated targets focusing on adaptive capacity, finance, education and planning.

Climate-KIC's just launched its new adaptation innovation approach. This approach is focusing on two key areas.

1. Agriculture and forestry sectors and related value chains

2. Urban infrastructure

To learn more about this approach the report is here.