This Integrated Project Water and Global Change (WATCH), funded under the EU FP6, will bring together the hydrological, water resources and climate communities to analyse, quantify an predict the components of the current and future global water cycles an ...

Global Earth Observations are instrumental to attain sustainable development goals and are major drivers of how the society - technology - environment system is managed. An integrated economic, social and environmental assessment of the nine benefit area ...

MACIS will review and meta-analyse the existing projections of climate change impacts on biodiversity. It will assess the available options to prevent and minimise negative impacts for the EU25 up to 2050 and review the state-of-the-art on methods to asse ...

Effective conservation and management of genetic resources in agriculture are key factors in achieving long term and sustainable food security. One of the ultimate steps that would make plant genetic resources immediately available for crop breeders is th ...

Adaptive Integrated Water Resources Management (AWM) is a management approach that takes the complex socio-ecological nature of river basin environments into account in policy development and implementation. AWM addresses the inherent uncertainties associ ...

CIRCE aims at developing for the first time an assessment of the climate change impacts in the Mediterranean area. The objectives of the project are: - to predict and to quantify physical impacts of climate change in the Mediterranean area; - to ev ...

Preparing for the impacts of climate change and reducing greenhouse gas emissions strike at the core business of councils, and climate change considerations need to be systematically incorporated into local action planning and decision-making. CCP-IA ...

Fast Start Finance aims to provide transparency about the amount, direction and use of fast start climate finance, in turn building trust in its delivery and impact. Development of the website was initiated by the government of the Netherlands, with su ...

Research that explores the underlying causes and policy solutions to mitigation and adaptation challenges in the broader context of the sustainability transition.

The Spanish Climate Change and Clean Energy Strategy (EECCEL) is part of the Spanish Sustainable Development Strategy (EEDS). The EECCEL includes different measures that contribute to sustainable development within the scope of climate change and clean en ...

Our use of the planet’s land and water resources has important implications for climate change mitigation and adaptation. The use of the planet’s land and water resources are intimately linked with each other and with the climate. Land and water use relat ...

The primary purpose of this project is to inform national-level policy debates on the role of the natural environment within challenges of development, poverty reduction and climate change adaptation in Nepal, Tanzania and Belize. National governments, do ...

The Climate Resilient Communities™ program is intended for local governments. However, its principles can also be applied to non-governmental organizations and businesses sensitive to climate change. Adaptation planning is critical for anyone tasked w ...