European climate resilience and risk management law

At the Center for Planetary Health Policy, we focus on political and legal levers for climate resilience and welcome an integrated EU framework. The European Climate Risk Assessment shows health risks from more frequent and intense extreme weather, especially heatwaves, are rising and driving major increases in morbidity and mortality.

As Europe's leading climate innovation agency, a key implementing partner of the EU Mission on Adaptation to Climate Change, and the lead participant in Horizon Europe Missions adaptation related projects (securing nearly 100 mln EUR across 19 projects), Climate KIC is committed to delivering systemic climate innovation and transformative climate action at scale through major projects such as Pathways2Resilience…

Climate change remains the biggest challenge for decades to come. Temperatures in Europe are rising twice as fast as the rest of the world and the impact is already felt. Societies, economies, lives and livelihoods are increasingly vulnerable and exposed to climate risks. While risks increase, current policies cannot keep pace.

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The Society for the Protection of Underground Networks (SPUN) is a scientific research organization founded to map and advocate for the protection of the mycorrhizal fungal networks that regulate Earth's climate and ecosystems.

The Call for Evidence rightly highlights the urgency of strengthening climate resilience across European societies, economies, and infrastructures. Climate change, biodiversity loss, economic inequality, geopolitical tensions, and public health emergencies can no longer be understood as separate from each other.

As the fastest-warming continent, Europe is facing a severe crisis that will not impact the European population homogeneously. We advocate for an approach sensitive to the particularities of vulnerable groups, which will face more severe climate-related consequences, while having a lesser ability to face them.

The partnership is growing, representing the whole value chain in the field of sustainable mobility and renewable fuels in Spain: raw materials, industry, transport, air, sea or land, retail and even academia. Our aim is to boost the circular economy in Spain and the use of renewable fuels as an option already available and complementary to other alternatives to decarbonise all transport segments.

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CALL FOR EVIDENCE FOR AN IMPACT ASSESSMENT This feedback on the Call for Evidence is based on a consultation of consortium partners from the Mission on Adaptation CLIMAAX project [HORIZON-MISS-2021-CLIMA-02-01, GA 101093864] that harmonizes and applies climate risk assessment at the local and regional level throughout Europe.

THE EUROPEAN CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND RISK MANAGEMENT INITIATIVE E3G Submission to the Call to Evidence The EU stands at a pivotal moment. The European Commission can design a climate resilience and risk management initiative that is comprehensive, coherent, and ambitiousmatching the scale of the challenge. This submission highlights five key areas: 1. Definition of climate resilience 2.

Feedback by DSR & Partners Climate Adaptation Advisors on the European Climate Resilience and Risk Management Initiative 1. General position DSR & Partners welcomes the initiative to establish a coherent EU framework for climate resilience and risk management. Europe, as highlighted by the European Climate Risk Assessment, is not sufficiently prepared for systemic climate risks.

Rewilding Europe is submitting this feedback (see attachment) on behalf of the European Rewilding Coalition, which comprises 18 leading rewilding organisations, representing 15 European countries, that are supporting restoration in over 5.8 million ha with the triple goal of supporting people, nature and climate.

UNEP Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) welcomes the European Commissions leadership in advancing the European Climate Resilience and Risk Management Initiative. As a global partnership of UN and the financial sector including more than 500 banks and insurers, we work at the intersection of climate science, finance and policy.

UNEP Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) welcomes the European Commissions leadership in advancing the European Climate Resilience and Risk Management Initiative. As a global partnership of UN and the financial sector including more than 500 banks and insurers, we work at the intersection of climate science, finance and policy.

The project Marine Extremes Transforming coAsts pathways for coastal adaptation across scales (METAscales) welcomes the European Commissions initiative to equip Member States for the growing challenges of climate change through a comprehensive framework for climate resilience and risk management.

Public Power Corporation (PPC), the leading electricity utility in Southeast Europe, welcomes the European Commissions consultation as a timely opportunity to align regulatory frameworks, planning processes, and investment incentives with the realities of a rapidly changing climate.

Comments on the document European climate resilience and risk management The Office for Planning and Policies of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries considers it important to set up planning to strengthen climate resilience in the EU, in an integrated way by supporting member countries in preparing and planning for climate risks and by establishing regular science-based assessments.

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The European Federation of Allergy and Airways Diseases Patients' Associations (EFA) welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the call for evidence for a European Climate Resilience and Risk Management, meant to inform an integrated framework for climate adaptation to be adopted in 2026.

Public Power Corporation (PPC), the leading electricity utility in Southeast Europe, welcomes the European Commissions consultation as a timely opportunity to align regulatory frameworks, planning processes, and investment incentives with the realities of a rapidly changing climate.

The Lloyds Market Association (LMA) represents the fifty-one managing agents who are responsible for managing underwriting syndicates at Lloyds and also the members agents acting for thirdparty capital. For 2024, total adjusted gross premium was £51bn. The Lloyds market writes specialist nonlife insurance and reinsurance for clients in over 200 countries and territories.

The first European Climate Risk Assessment was a comprehensive and well structured report, which clearly identified significant risks to the EU relating to climate change, while at the same time acknowledging that current climate risk assessments tend to underestimate risk levels for a variety of reasons including exclusion of tipping points, tail risks, and complex, cascading, compounding events.

Eurelectric welcomes the opportunity to respond this call. Ensuring Europes climate resilience and adequate risk management remains fundamental to addressing the greatest challenge of our time, particularly for the fastest-warming continent. As Europe moves towards an electrified economy, a resilient power system will be crucial to protect citizens and safeguard competitiveness.

The European Geosciences Union (EGU) Climate Hazards Task Force welcomes development of a comprehensive assessment of climate-induced hazards across society and between sectors. To support the initiative in achieving its objectives, theEGUClimate Hazard Task Force has outlined seven core recommendations for the strategy to consider in the attached document, based on the latest scientific evidence.

The European nuclear industry has already undertaken several measures to assess its exposure to climate events and to implement measures to minimise the risks. In general, due to the robustness of construction and as a consequence of the high level of safety required, nuclear power plants are highly resilient to climate-related challenges. The nuclear power sector is well adapted to meet extreme weather events.

Inland waterways are essential to Europes economy, society and environment. They provide transport and logistics for industry, safeguard drinking water, supply water to industry and agriculture, support energy generation, protect biodiversity, and mitigate floods.

Climate change mitigation and adaptation are global challenges. In principle, the German Farmers’ Association supports the objective of strengthening the EU’s resilience to the consequences of climate change. Agriculture and forestry are, like hardly any other sector, directly affected by the effects of climate change.

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The Bouygues Group fully supports the Commissions plan to propose an Initiative on climate resilience and risk management, with a pertinent approach of integrating it in strategic regulations and financing tools.

Please find attached our findings on how extreme heat threatens health workers and facilities and how the adoption of integrated adaptation and mitigation interventions could safeguard both health staff wellbeing and the continuity of care. These lessons could be relevant for the integrated framework.

Bellona supports the European Commissions objective to develop a more ambitious, comprehensive, and coherent EU approach to climate resilience and preparedness. Climate risks from floods to wildfires, droughts, and sea level rise, are already impacting ecosystems, human health, and economic stability across Europe. They also pose a direct threat to the permanence of carbon stocks in forests, soils and wetlands.

The resilience of electricity power plants is crucial for society to avoid adding an electricity crisis to the social and environmental crises caused by climate change. This call for evidence provides EDF, the world's leading investor and producer of carbon-free electricity, with the opportunity to share the experience of a major European energy utility that has recognized climate risks and subsequent adaptation…

The ECPM brings together professional and inter-branch organisations whose mission is, in their respective countries, to represent and defend the interests of all or part of the Mediterranean sectors: grain maize, fodder maize, maize seed, sweetcorn. Currently, ten countries join the ECPM: Bulgaria, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and Spain.

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An efficient, comfortable, and healthy building stock is the first step towards climate resilience. Buildings offer protection from extreme events when adequately designed, constructed, renovated, and maintained. However, most of them are ill-adapted to a changing climate.

The Pathways2Resilience (P2R) programme is a flagship initiative under the European Mission on Adaptation to Climate Change (Mission Adaptation), funded by Horizon Europe. Pathways2Resilience supports 100 regions and communities in navigating their Regional Resilience Journey (RRJ), a structured approach to foster regional transformations towards long-term resilience that embeds adaptation into governance, planning…

The European Construction Industry Federation (FIEC) welcomes the initiative for a European framework on climate resilience and risk management. We specifically support the goal to ensure resilience by design, recognising the importance of establishing clear criteria, shared climate scenarios, and harmonised risk assessment methodologies, embedded within a planning, implementation, and monitoring cycle that is truly…

EDF welcomes the Commissions initiative to ensure that the EU and its Member States become prepare for climate risks. The resilience of electricity power plants is crucial for society to avoid adding an electricity crisis to the social and environmental crises caused by climate change.

BirdLife Europe urges using nature-based solutions (NbS) for climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction, as recommended by the 2021 European Climate Risk Assessment. Nature is our best ally against effects of climate change by increasing resilience and providing many other societal benefits. Grey solutions risk having contrasting effects, while NbS reduce such risks.

BIPAR welcomes the opportunity provided by the European Commission to comment on its call for evidence on a European climate resilience and risk management initiative. BIPAR commends the European Commission for committing to strengthen the resilience of EU Member States, their economies and societies, their citizens and businesses to the increasing risk of natural disasters and to deliver the comprehensive framework…

Amid the worst wildfire season ever recorded in the EU, it is undeniable that the impacts of climate change have started to unfold and continued investments in resilience prevention and preparedness are needed more than ever. Beyond wildfires, the rate, magnitude, frequency, and geographical location of climate-induced natural disasters happening in the EU is vastly expanding.

ERRIN (European Regions Research and Innovation Network) welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the consultation on the forthcoming European Climate Resilience and Risk Management initiative. To summarise our main recommendations, the initiative should: - Anchor a place-based ecosystem approach at the heart of resilience policy, empowering regions and cities and their innovation ecosystems to co-create…

Glass for Europe, the trade association representing the flat glass sector in Europe, welcomes the European Commission's commitment to developing an integrated framework for climate resilience and risk management.

The European Environmental Bureau (EEB) welcomes the European Commissions initiative to develop an integrated framework on Climate Resilience and Risk Management. The initiative comes at a critical time, as the EU faces escalating climate impacts that threaten ecosystems, societies, and economies alike.

The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) welcomes the European Commissions initiative to develop a comprehensive framework for climate resilience and risk management. In line with accelerating implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction by 2030, and with the increasing frequency of climate-related disasters, there is a need for a proactive approach to disaster risk…

Finance Denmarks response to call for evidence for the European Climate Resili-ence and Risk Management Initiative Thank you for the opportunity to provide input for the upcoming initiative. The focus on climate resilience and preparedness, while considering the need for simplification and European competitiveness, is both timely and important.

EU law should require Member States to take more intensive and coordinated action on resilience to ever-increasing climate change. In particular, climate change adaptation plans should be mandatory in the Member States, not only at local level (already requiring cities of more than 20 thousand inhabitants to adopt such plans), but also at regional (i.e. in the case of voivodship Poland) and at national level.

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The Union des Transports Publics et Ferroviaires (UTPF) welcomes the European Commission’s initiative to strengthen climate resilience and risk management. As stated in the Niinistö report, ensuring climate resilience across the economy, society and infrastructure is crucial to preserve key societal functions.

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The EU and UKRI funded Horizon Europe project BlueAdapt strongly supports DG CLIMAs climate resilience and risk management initiative. The recognition that there are no borders in the triple challenge of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution is especially apparent in the air, water and sediment compartments, where the intrinsic high mobility of particles leads to endpoints of pollution that are often far…

My concern is the multiplication effect of the impact scenarios and drivers. That's, the speed of the change is higher than anticipated and will be increasing with changing conditions. More catastrophic events can be expected far sooner, and their results may cause further worsening of conditions, such as the interactivity between wildfires, droughts, and heatwaves.

The French Banking Federation welcomes the European Climate Resilience and Risk Management Initiative and its related call for evidence. To provide the most relevant response to this consultation, we would like to highlight several key elements: first, the actions undertaken by banks in financing adaptation (non-exhaustive list); second, the main obstacles encountered in such financing; and finally, a potential…

On behalf of CEN/TC 467 Working Group 2 (Adaptation), I am pleased to submit the attached contribution to the European Commissions Call for Evidence on the European Climate Resilience and Risk Management Initiative.

The escalating impacts of climate change - record-breaking temperatures, droughts, flash floods, wildfires, and strained health and energy systems - underscore the urgent need for robust climate adaptation across Europe. The built environment, a critical sector vulnerable to these impacts, also offers significant potential for resilience.

The BMW Group welcomes the European Commission's proposal to promote an agile and future-oriented approach to the introduction of legislation and to reduce bureaucratic requirements for companies. This paradigm shift is essential to ensure that the regulatory framework can effectively address both current and new challenges.

The Nature Conservancy (TNC) in Europe welcomes the European Commissions initiative to set up an integrated framework on European climate resilience and risk management. We also welcome the European Commissions ambition to consider several reference warming scenarios, as stated in its Communication on Managing Climate Risks, as the impacts to human society increase exponentially depending on the level of warming.

Climate change is no longer a distant threat; it is a present and intensifying reality. 2024 was the first year to exceed 1.5 degree above pre-industrial level, for 11 months. Temperatures are rising and weather patterns are becoming more erratic, from floods and droughts, desertification, to storms, wildfires and sea-level rise. This is wracking havoc on human and animal lives, nature and our economy.

The Directorate-General for Maritime Policy and Sustainable Fisheries of the Generalitat of Catalonia supports the European Commission’s proposal to establish a common framework for climate resilience and preparedness. Catalonia, as a Mediterranean territory, is particularly affected by rising temperatures, recurrent droughts, episodes of heavy rainfall and pressure on marine and coastal resources.

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The Latvian Fund for Nature (LDF) supports the European Commissions initiative for an integrated framework on climate resilience and risk management and urges it to rest on clear principles: mitigation first (rapid emissions cuts and the phase-out of harmful subsidies), strict protection and restoration of water and nature through ecosystem-based approaches, and adequate, targeted public funding for nature-based…

The Environmental Awareness Study 2024 is part of a biennial series that has been conducted since 1996 to assess environmental awareness and attitudes toward environmental policy among the German population. The core of the study is a representative population survey in Germany.

We support an integrated EU framework to enhance climate resilience and climate risk management, which will accelerate resilience-building and risk management across sectors and is grounded in science, proportionality and subsidiarity.

Opinion on the European Climate Resilience and Risk Management Initiative 1. Introduction The German poultry industry welcomes the European Commission’s objective of creating a coherent policy framework with the initiative on climate resilience and risk management to ensure Europe’s food security, economic stability and competitiveness, including in extreme climatic conditions.

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Economic Impacts from Extreme Warming Governments - both national and supranational - often underestimate the economic impact of climate change as a potential catastrophic risk as they do not factor in cascading impacts, tail risk and potential tipping points.

We welcome the Initiatives shift from ex-post relief to resilience-by-design. From an insurance perspective, Europe faces a fork: a spiral of Great Abandonmentwithdrawals, unaffordability and socialised lossesor Breakthroughs for Resilience, where adaptation (especially water-cycle restoration) becomes core to our sectors purpose and business model. Policy should make the latter the rational default.

The accelerating climate crisis is one of the biggest threats to agriculture and food systems. Rising temperatures, changing precipitation patterns and increasing frequency of extreme weather events are already disrupting European farming with cascading risks for the whole food supply chain. To ensure resilient and sustainable food production on the medium and long term a transformational change is inevitable.

As 100 year climate events become increasingly frequent and intense, and risks and hazards intertwine, it is evermore important to work towards the integration of Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) and Disaster Risk Management (DRM) to prepare for the challenges ahead. In an effort to achieve this integration, the DIRECTED Project seeks to bridge current data gaps, communication, and knowledge production.

The European Commission (EC)s efforts to set up an integrated framework on climate resilience and risk management are crucial and timely. As climate change-related events become more frequent and severe, the ECs initiatives respond to very real and growing challenges that are already affecting peoples lives and livelihoods, the way businesses operate, and the stability of European economies and societies.

Confederation of Finnish Construction Industries (CFCI) is focused on meeting the needs to fight the climate change, but the economic situation is a challenge because in Finland we are building very little compared to times before the war in Ukraine and therefor there is not enough market for all kinds of construction products.

The Cool Heating Coalition, representing civil society on decarbonised heating and cooling, welcomes the Commissions initiative on climate resilience and risk management. With temperatures in Europe steadily rising, access to cooling is becoming an essential service for all EU citizens.

The Association of Municipal Enterprises (VKU) represents 1601 municipal companies and municipal companies in the fields of energy, water/waste water, waste management and telecommunications. Our views on the proposed initiative can be found in the attached opinion.

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Danish Industry (DI) welcomes the Commissions initiative to establish a comprehensive framework for climate resilience and risk management. Targeted climate adaptation is essential to protect and build resilience to the growing climate challenges in the coming years. Climate change will increasingly change weather in Europe, which will increase storms, heavy rain, droughts, floods, and increase in sea level.

ANBI welcome the EU Commission initiative to facilitate a coordinated, efficient and effective action to ensure a proper level of resilience to climate change. ANBI pro-actively support water resilient farming practices, such as precision farming, high-tech irrigation systems and strategies, water reuse, improved soil management, landscape features, Nature-Based Solutions and Natural Water Retention Management…

Irrigants dEurope-IE welcome the EU Commission initiative to facilitate a coordinated, efficient and effective action to ensure a proper level of resilience to climate change. Irrigants dEurope-IE pro-actively support water resilient farming practices, such as precision farming, high-tech irrigation systems and strategies, water reuse, improved soil management, landscape features, Nature-Based Solutions and Natural…

In a world increasingly marked by unprecedented crises and uncertainties, it is essential to protect European citizens from existing and worsening new and emerging vulnerabilities, in particular those stemming from climate change.

The National Competence Centre for Climate Change in the Agroforestry Sector (CNCACSA) welcomes this initiative. It is a key tool to support a coordinated and science-based transition that will increase the EU’s resilience in a climate change context, with impacts that do not respect borders.

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Protecting and enhancing natural ecosystems and all the services they provide is critical to achieving climate resilience and limiting the rise of global temperatures. Therefore, a key pillar of the new EU climate resilience framework should be using nature to help people adapt.

EurEau, the European Federation of Water Service Providers, welcomes the European Climate Resilience and Risk Management Initiative and its call for evidence and, in particular, celebrates its main objective: to establish a more ambitious, comprehensive and coherent EU approach to climate resilience and preparedness. The European Climate Adaptation Strategy was adopted only a few years ago, in 2021.

The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the call for evidence. HEAL, its members, and the wider health community have consistently underlined that the climate crisis is a health crisis, and that safeguarding public health needs to be at the centre of Europes climate resilience and preparedness efforts.

Cepi welcomes EU efforts to strengthen climate risk management and mainstream climate-proofing across sectors. In the forest sector, major threats are posed by longer and more severe droughts, warming temperatures, changes in rainfall patterns and increased wildfires.

ICLEI Europe welcomes the European Commissions initiative to develop an integrated European Climate Resilience and Risk Management Framework. Building on decades of support for local and regional governments, ICLEI stresses the need for a bold, cross-cutting approach that safeguards communities and nature, secures prosperity, and boosts Europes competitiveness amid growing climate risks.

Wellcome strongly endorses the European Commissions Climate Resilience and Risk Management initiative as a timely and essential step in addressing the growing impacts of climate change on human health and wellbeing across Europe. We commend the Commissions leadership and encourage continued efforts to ensure Europe is equipped to respond to climate-related health risks.

Europe needs continued investments and community building in security-focused topics. The European climate resilience and risk management initiative must benefit from cross-sector integration and deployment of emerging technologies. Long-term, collaborative innovation efforts are needed for the RDI in climate resilience communities and multi-disciplinary emergency and risk management as e.g.

ELS Europe Ltd. is a market leading consultancy providing sustainable finance and environmental risk management solutions to the finance community and real economy actors. We are pleased to provide our inputs, which focus on three areas relevant to the EUs climate resilience and risk management framework.

Since 2011, the Autonomous Region of the Azores has had a Regional Climate Change Strategy, approved by Resolution of the Council of Government No 123/2011 of 19 October, which established the guiding framework for the development of climate mitigation and adaptation policies.

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FENAREG CONTRIBUTION: FENAREG welcomes the European Commissions initiative for a comprehensive framework and plan for action to support climate resilience and risk management. In this context, FENAREG emphasis the close interconnection between climate resilience and water resilience and the need for concrete coordination between these two European strategies, within the more ambitious approach that is desired.

Aggeres welcomes the European Commissions proposal to develop a new European climate resilience and risk management Plan. Extreme water-related events are already causing unacceptable social and economic damages every year, with thousands of lives lost and an annual financial impact estimated by the European Environment Agency at 8 billion.

We welcome the Commissions European climate resilience and risk management initiative and its ambition for a comprehensive, science-based framework for preparedness and regular risk assessments. Scope and global responsibility Climate impacts and risks cross borders.

Feedback from C-MORE European Climate Resilience and Risk Management Initiative C-MORE welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on this important initiative. About C-MORE C-MORE is a Portugal-based global ESG-tech company, founded by two Portuguese women, dedicated to empowering organizations in their sustainability journey.

As the voice of European risk managers, FERMA possesses a key expertise when it comes to identifying, mapping and mitigating all risks that companies may face. This encompasses risks related to natural catastrophes (NATCAT) as Europe is facing substantial losses, destruction and costs from climate-related impacts and risks, including more frequent and intense heatwaves, droughts and heavy rainfall events.

Born Free is a UK-based international charity committed to promoting compassionate conservation to enhance the survival of threatened species in the wild and protect natural habitats, while respecting the needs and safeguarding the welfare of individual animals. We welcome the opportunity to provide feedback on the European climate resilience and risk management integrated framework.

As shown by the EEAS, EDMO recent data as well as Poland's recent counter- intelligence report released by the last Polish Presidency to the Council of the EU, climate disinformation is a sprawling and growing threat online and offline used by Russian foreign interference to lead a cognitive war and distort public perceptions on EU green transition efforts.

As a Transmission System Operator (TSO) operating in Belgium (Elia) and north-eastern Germany (50hertz), Elia Group is exposed to climate-related hazards - most notably high winds speeds, heat and flooding. These risks directly impact the integrity and safe operation of our grid infrastructure.

CDP is a global non-profit that runs the worlds only independent environmental disclosure system. As the founder of environmental reporting, we believe in transparency and the power of data to drive change. Partnering with leaders in enterprise, capital, policy and science, we surface the information needed to enable Earth-positive decisions.

Climate change remains the biggest challenge for decades to come. Temperatures in Europe are rising twice as fast as the rest of the world and the impact is already felt. Societies, economies, lives and livelihoods are increasingly vulnerable and exposed to climate risks. While risks increase, current policies cannot keep pace.

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MedTech Europe, the European association of medical technology manufacturers, including medical devices, in vitro diagnostic medical devices and digital health, welcomes the possibility to share feedback and relevant evidence for the upcoming Integrated Climate Resilience and Risk Management Framework concerning the Health Sector and calls on policy makers to holistically address the urgency of building resilient…

Iddri welcomes the initiative to start developing a new European climate resilience and risk management integrated framework, and thanks the European Commission for the opportunity to give inputs. Based on the experience IDDRI has developped working on the governance, planification and evaluation of adaptation at French and global level (see the work on the French National Adaptation Plan; the work of the Global…

European projects in general and Mission Adaptation-related projects in particular, are a key source of knowledge and real-life experimentation of climate resilience in European territories. In the scope of REGILIENCE project and its collaboration with sister-projects ARSINOE, Impetus and TransformAr we exchanged with many regions and are now able to share our experience, best practices and lessons learnt from…

The Association of Owners of Municipal, Private and Church Forests in the Czech Republic (SVOL) takes note of the preparation of an integrated EU framework for climate resilience and risk management. Resilient ecosystems are a prerequisite for achieving any climate and environmental objectives.

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FEDARENE welcomes the European Climate Resilience and Risk Management Initiative and its related call for evidence. A comprehensive framework and plan for action is indeed needed to upscale climate adaptation efforts and enhance climate change preparedness to improve societal resilience and security.

Finance Watch welcomes the European Commissions initiative to address barriers hindering climate action, urging the alignment of both private and public EU finance with climate objectives. We emphasise the need for financial reforms to support climate resilience and risk management, highlighting the dual role of financial institutions as both enablers of economic activity and amplifiers of climate risk.

Going beyond displacement - migration and planned relocation can be adaptation strategies to climate change impacts to increase resilience also within the EU: Reports of wildfires as well as floods are now regular features of the summer in Europe and keep on intensifying both in frequency and impact, including by leading to evacuations and displacement (see also IPCC AR6, 2023).

This is a critically important initiative that correctly identifies the monumental scale of the climate challenge facing Europe. The framework's integrated approach is not just preferable but essential. However, for it to be truly resilient and secure, the strategy must explicitly address a key secondary effect of climate change: the acceleration of illegal migration from the Global South, particularly Sub-Saharan…

Eurocities members call for urgent and ambitious action at the European level to increase climate resilience and preparedness across all policy areas. As part of its legislative measures, the framework must include clear, measurable, legally binding targets and time-bound measures at EU level.

United for Global Mental Health welcomes the European Commissions initiative to develop a comprehensive framework for climate resilience and risk management. We strongly support the inclusion of health as a central consideration within climate resilience (as shown by health being one of the core chapters in the European Climate Risk Assessment) and we call for mental health to be more centrally featured as a key…

On behalf of the Models, Assessment and Policies for Sustainability (MAPS) consortium (Horizon Europe project, GA No. 101137914), we are pleased to submit our feedback on the European Commissions call for evidence on the European climate resilience and risk management initiative.

we would like to highlight the following aspects – lack of coherence and harmonisation between the Member States and the integrism of certain partners and institutions; for example, the diversification of Belgian aquaculture through local development of herbivorous species faces reluctance on the part of the administration and certain environmental environments (hypothetical invasivity), regardless of evidence-based…

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SMEs are disproportionately vulnerable to escalating climate risks. Floods, droughts, wildfires, storms and extreme heatwaves lead to asset damage, operational and supply chains breakdowns, growing financial risk, and threats to workers health and business productivity.

The business and economic case for climate resilience has never been stronger. Resilience is not separate from business and economic interests; it is where asset protection, market stability, and growth opportunities intersect. Beyond weathering storms, resilience ensures functional markets, protects investments, and unlocks growth in an economy where climate volatility is the new normal.

Pregnant individuals are especially vulnerable to extreme heat as physiologic and anatomical changes, such as the fetal metabolism, strain from weight gain in pregnancy, fat deposits that retain heat, and additional heat load during labor and childbirth, put pressure on thermoregulation.

Primary Forests, coastal ecosystems, fertile soils, specific ocean areas all these are home to the worlds most important and diverse species of flora and fauna, and they are natural carbon sinks at the same time. These ecosystems play the largest potential role for three challenges: mitigating and adapting to climate change, slowing biodiversity loss, and reducing climate risk.

ZERO welcomes the European Commissions intention to develop a comprehensive framework for climate resilience and risk management. Europe is already suffering profound impacts from climate change. Portugal, one of the most climate-vulnerable countries in the EU, is experiencing these with increasing severity, making it urgent that adaptation and resilience are addressed with ambition, equity, and binding commitments.

In order to reduce climate risk in the EU, the European Commission and the Member States can and should take various actions. However, the simplification of environmental legislation must not be taken as a step. Based on the wedding cake concept of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the EUs competitive economy can only exist if there is a healthy society, which is founded on a healthy biosphere.

The Climate Bonds Resilience Taxonomy (CBRT) provides a science-based, market-ready methodology that can directly enable EU investors and issuers to achieve their climate resilience goals. The CBRT is designed to standardise what qualifies as a resilience investment, tackling the definitional gaps that have so far hindered the mobilisation of capital for adaptation and resilience measures.

Climate Change and Maternal, Newborn & Child Health: Time for Action Climate change and environmental degradation pose the greatest threat to human health in this century. These threats manifest in various forms, ranging from the immediate impacts of extreme weather events (such as hurricanes, storms, floods, heatwaves and droughts) to the less obvious but still deadly effects of changes to food and water security…

EU Climate-Health Cluster supports research and action on Climate Change As anthropogenic climate change continues to escalate, its detrimental effects on human health are becoming pronounced, demanding urgent transformative actions from European policymakers.

The Netherlands is located in the river delta of the Meuse, Rhine, Scheldt, and Ems rivers. This means we are literally and figuratively connected with our neighboring countries in the shared responsibility of ensuring sufficient and clean water. After all, water does not respect borders, and the climate is changing. We are already experiencing its effects.

[A more detailed submission is provided as an attachment to this response.] Bentley Systems welcomes the European Commissions initiative to establish a more ambitious, comprehensive, and coherent EU approach to climate resilience and preparedness.

The triple planetary environmental crisis (climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution), but also socio-economic and geopolitical crises are mutually reinforcing. They require a holistic and ambitious approach. The time when adaptation was a choice has long gone.

FEAD, the European Waste Management Association, welcomes the European Commissions initiative to reinforce the EUs climate resilience and risk management framework. With members operating across the entire waste value chain, we represent a sector that is both critical to continuity of essential services and instrumental in ensuring environmental safety in case of extreme weather events.

CERAC (Climate Risk Assessment Center) welcomes the European Commissions efforts to develop an integrated framework for climate resilience and risk management. We believe that aligning national efforts with a robust EU-level framework will be key to protecting our societies, from the accelerating impacts of climate change.

ShareAction welcomes the Commissions initiative for an EU integrated framework for climate resilience and risk management. We are particularly eager to engage with proposals concerning the insurance sector, which plays a key role in assessing and managing financial risks, while also providing protection for citizens and businessesboth vital in building long-term resilience.

A PDF document with detailed argumentation and links to pieces of evidence and reports is attached to this contribution. This submission presents consolidated feedback from the Red Cross EU (RCEU) network to inform the Impact Assessment underpinning the European Climate Resilience and Risk Management Integrated Framework.

the European Climate Resilience and Risk Management Initiative will set out a comprehensive framework and action plan to support EU countries, including preparedness and planning. Read together with its Member States, they need to strengthen their ability to prepare for and respond effectively to climate risks.

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The Swedish Expert Council on Climate Adaptation looks forward to the development of the first EU Climate Adaptation Plan. We agree with the need of clear planning documents and strategies, but want to underline the importance of moving forward towards taking real actions to adapt our societies to a changing climate.

The planned integrated European climate resilience and risk management framework is generally positive. It is to be welcomed that the Commission addresses this important issue. However, the explanations are not yet sufficiently detailed to allow a final assessment. The harmonisation of the scenarios used is welcome, as precise targets create synergies and better data availability.

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Forests are essential components of Europes climate resilience strategy. Beyond their well-known role in carbon sequestration, forests contribute to climate adaptation by regulating hydrological cycles, preventing soil erosion, buffering temperature extremes, and reducing the risk of floods, droughts, and heatwaves.

Health must be recognised as a cross-cutting dimension of climate resilience. The co-occurrence of heat and air pollution is a concrete and growing threat that directly affects the lives and livelihoods of millions of Europeans, particularly in cities.

Climate change intensifies risks for cardiovascular, respiratory, and mental health across Europe. These conditions already represent a major health burden, yet their links to climate-related exposures remain insufficiently integrated into EU climate and health policies.

Climate change is already undermining physical, mental, and social health across Europe. While the European Union (EU) has made significant progress in addressing these issues, critical gaps remain in how human health is integrated in climate-related EU policies.

The German insurance industry welcomes the European Commission's initiative to strengthen the EUs climate resilience and enhance risk management in the EU. Targeted climate adaptation is essential to protect our livelihoods and maintain insurability. This requires a clear legal framework.

European climate resilience and risk management policy Statement of the Union of Europaen Foresters Climate change has developed into one of the most important global challenges for humanity in the 21st century. So far, it does not appear that the measures and strategies undertaken significantly limit global warming.

French production of seeds and seedlings of 150 different species covers a useful agricultural area of the order of 380 000 ha. France is the world’s largest producer and exporter of agricultural seeds: in 2024-25, seed exports amounted to 2.3 billion, 70 % of which were targeted at EU countries. Quality seeds and seedlings are essential for all agricultural production sectors.

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As a EU Mission City, we present to you our position paper as elaborated in collaboration with other European Mission Cities, platforms and networks identifying necessary levers to fully deliver on our shared climate transition ambitions and co-pave the way towards our best possible future.

The Association of Austrian Land and Forest Owners welcomes the initiative to set a stronger focus on climate resilience and risk management. The land use sector is strongly affected by the effects of climate change and already works hard to enhance resilience and stability as well as the adaption of ecosystems to the changing dynamics.

Climate change poses critical challenges for protecting population health in the European Union (EU), particularly related to the impacts of heat on health and threats to health care delivery and infrastructure. The rise in heat-related deaths across Europe is a stark reminder of the inadequacy of current policies and plans in the face of a rapidly warming world.

We welcome the European Climate resilience and risk management initiative as an important step toward building resilience in the face of growing climate challenges. In this context, we see nature-based solutions as a key element for effective mitigation and adaptation.

DECO recognises the relevance of the European initiative on climate resilience and risk management. Climate change is no longer an abstract threat; its effects are visible today through phenomena such as heatwaves, prolonged droughts, floods, fires and storms of increasing intensity. These events have direct impacts on the health, safety and quality of life of families, but also relevant economic consequences.

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We would like to commend the European Commission for recognizing the importance of a holistic approach to climate adaptation and considering proportionate but effective measures to increase the resilience of EU citizens and businesses to the growing risk of natural disasters and climate change more in general.

Marine aquaculture is already facing the direct impacts of climate change, threatening the social and economic stability of the sector. Rising water temperatures, ocean acidification, an increase in extreme weather events, and the spread of diseases are all factors that can disrupt aquaculture systems.

The Marine Protection Office of BUND welcomes the EU initiative to strengthen Member States resilience to climate change through an integrated framework. The ocean is vital for storing CO and heat and stabilizing climate, coasts, economies and health, yet it is severely threatened by climate change.

SAUR, a key player in water services, fully supports the European Commissions initiative on climate resilience and risk management. As pressures on water resources intensify due to climate change, pollution, and demographic shifts, SAUR advocates for an integrated, forward-looking strategy that aligns with the Water Resilience Initiative.

The General Association of Maize Producers (AGPM) welcomes the European Commission’s initiative on the need for an ambitious approach to preparing the EU for climate change, particularly for agriculture. LAGPM wishes to point out that the cultivation of maize in France brings around 7 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent to the soil each year.

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The impact of climate change is becoming increasingly felt and the most damaging consequences are becoming more and more expensive. While it is imperative to pursue and strengthen policies to limit greenhouse gas emissions to the lorigin of these developments, it is now necessary to commit decisively to prevent the adverse effects of global warming on societies and the economy.

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The Finnish Forest Industries Federation (FFIF) considers it important to raise awareness and build capacity within the EU on the development of climate resilience and risk management. FFIF aligns with the European Climate Risk Assessment report published by the EEA in 2024, which states that the most impactful climate action is to reduce emissions, without relying so heavily on forest-based mitigation.

WorldGBC has produced a position paper for industry and policymakers on how to create resilient buildings and cities from planning to operation. It can be found here: https://worldgbc.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/WorldGBC-Resilience-Strategy-paper.pdf WorldGBC also developed policy recommendations on resilience in our ERN Manifesto in 2024 (pages 16-17): Regulations: - Introduce climate adaptation measures in the…

Bayer appreciates the opportunity to contribute to the call for evidence for the European climate resilience and risk management initiative. Bayer is a company with core competencies in the life sciences, active in agricultural products and services, pharmaceuticals and consumer health products.

The construction sector, and in particular small and medium-sized enterprises, welcome the initiative for a European climate resilience framework. Construction companies are directly involved in climate change adaptation, be it in heat protection, flood and coastal protection, or in the transformation of buildings and infrastructure.

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The Lancet Countdown in Europe welcomes the European Commissions work to advance a framework for climate resilience and risk management. We highlight the importance of developing and tracking indicators of climate resilience and preparedness that place health at their core. Quantitative indicators provide a simple tool for benchmarking, monitoring, and evaluating progress.

PREVENTING DIVERSION OF IMPACTS BY CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION Because of the international river basins, European countries are literally and figuratively connected to each other. Within river basins, problems in the European water system can be passed on to downstream areas or future generations. At the moment, there are still too few binding agreements in river basins to meet the challenges of the future.

Climate change is already impacting all regions of Europe, posing complex challenges for human well-being, ecosystems, and the economy. Even though significant progress has been made over the past years, the forthcoming European Climate Resilience and Risk Management Framework (ECRRMF) must take a more ambitious approach to ensure resilience and preparedness across Europe by 2050.

According to the Global Risk Report 2025 of the World Economic Forum (https://reports.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Global_Risks_Report_2025.pdf), the top risk is misinformation and disinformation. Awareness of the causes of climate change and the necessary mitigation and adaptation measures is extremely low among the population and often among decision-makers, too.

Irrigants de France, which brings together 51 French dirrigant associations and 10 national structures (AGPB, AGPM, AGPM Maïs semence, ANPLC, ANPP, AIRMF, CGB, FOP, UFS, UNPT, Verdir) thus represent the French farmers who irrigate. Irrigants in France welcomes the European Commission’s initiative on the need for an ambitious approach to preparing the EU for climate change, in particular for agriculture.

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Climate change has far-reaching impacts on ecosystems, economies, and societies worldwide. Understanding who is more exposed to climatic risks is essential to determine whom policies should prioritize to leave no one behind in the climate adaptation process and ensuring European climate resilience. Within the SPES project (funded by European Unions Horizon Europe Programme under Grant Agreement No.

SOMFY welcomes the European Commissions initiative and emphasizes the need to fully integrate the building sector into this framework. Adapting the building stock is essential to tackle the climate emergency and meet the urgent demand for affordable, healthy, and sustainable housing and buildings.

The Post Office, a company historically committed to the green transition, which has made adaptation a pillar of its climate strategy, supports the development of a more ambitious and harmonised European approach to climate resilience; this is a competitiveness issue.

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It is clear that the physical impacts of climate change are already present and are likely to become more severe and frequent. Some of Hitachis core businesses and customers provide society with critical infrastructure in both the energy and mobility sectors; crucial sectors that will not be immune to these impacts, such as flooding, extreme heat and wildfires.

EU legislation is progressing in the right direction to address climate change, as confirmed by the European Court of Auditors (CoA2024). Living Rivers Europe has provided extensive advice, available on our website, on improving implementation of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) and the Water Resilience Strategy (WRS).

The National Institute of Agrarian and Veterinary Research, I.P. (INIAV) views the Initiative as timely and strategic to address key risks in the European Climate Risk Assessment, aligned with the Paris Agreements global goal on adaptation. It is valuable to create a coherent EU-wide approach, focusing on governance, climate-proofing investments, and advanced data and AI tools.

A2A welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the public consultation on the European climate resilience and risk management initiative. As a Life Company active in the fields of energy, waste management and water services, we are directly engaged in areas that are at the heart of the adaptation challenge.

As the voice of European risk managers, FERMA possesses a key expertise when it comes to identifying, mapping and mitigating all risks that companies may face. This encompasses risks related to natural catastrophes (NATCAT) as Europe is facing substantial losses, destruction and costs from climate-related impacts and risks, including more frequent and intense heatwaves, droughts and heavy rainfall events.

The European Landscape Contractors Association (ELCA), representing the landscape garden sector in 23 EU-member states and with associate members in Canada, Japan, Singapore and Türkiye, welcomes the EU call for evidence in the framework of the European Climate Resilience and Risk Management Initiative.

The forthcoming European Climate Resilience and Risk Management Framework is a critical opportunity to move from fragmented adaptation planning toward a systemic, value-creating approach. From our perspective working with companiesparticularly SMEson ESG strategy and materiality, several regulatory levers will be decisive: 1. Anchor adaptation into reporting and governance.

In my view, we need "global solutions": (1) global direct democratic vote on "climate action" (https://idgr.org/referendum) (2) global binding GHG emission market (https://idgr.org/global-ghg-market-now) (3) in the long run - a "Global Democratic Republic" The EU can be a role model for that.

Five years ago, we crossed the pH ocean acidification boundary; we have lost over 50% of marine life since 1970 and around 90% since 1900. The oceans will destroy themselves in 10 to 20 years at the current rate of decline of 2% year on year.

The document is a comprehensive policy feedback submission by the DigitalTrade4.EU consortium to the European Commission, focusing on the revision of the New Legislative Framework (NLF) and its integration with the European Climate Resilience Framework.

Fruits, vegetables, flowers, and plants climate-neutrally grown. That is our ambition for 2040. Our growers are eager to rapidly reduce their dependence on fossils through scaling the production of renewables and improving energy efficiency. Decarbonising our energy-intensive sector is at the heart of our future competitiveness as it reduces our footprint, tackles high energy costs, and boosts Europes sovereignty.

The RATP Group, a historic player in sustainable mobility, wishes to make its full contribution to the European initiative on climate resilience. As a state-owned lifesaving operator, managing critical infrastructure in the daily life of millions of citizens, we are directly exposed to the effects of climate change and are fully committed to their mitigation and management.

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Water Europe welcomes the Commissions initiative to establish a comprehensive framework for climate resilience and risk management. Climate change is increasingly exposing Europe to droughts, floods, and water quality deterioration, which pose systemic risks to food security, energy systems, industrial competitiveness, ecosystems, and human health.

When talking about preparedness and adaptation it is important to maintain a territorial and place-based approach, empowering local actors - who best know their context - to take action. Metropolitan cities and regions have been historically less considered as potential key actors that can have a role in aggregating local demands and providing services to ensure equitable adaptation across entire urban regions.

We welcome the EUs initiative to bolster climate resilience and risk management across Member States through a more coherent and comprehensive framework, building on the 2021 EU Adaptation Strategy and aiming for implementation soon after a thorough impact assessment in mid 2026. However, it is essential to underscore a critical blind spot: the EU's approach remains overly inward-looking.

The upcoming EU Adaptation Plan represents a unique opportunity to embed resilience at the heart of European policy and investment choices. Based on I4CEs analysis, we recommend five priorities for the Commission and Member States. 1. Establish multi-year investment programmes for adaptation.

We support the European Commission objective to establish a more ambitious and comprehensive approach to climate preparedness and resilience. The adoption of a resilience-by-design principle in the climate resilience and risk management initiative, as well as in the next Multiannual Financial Framework, is key to ensure that we act now to safeguard critical infrastructure from growing natural catastrophes, reducing…

Training, upskilling and reskilling are key to adapt to the challenges of climate change and the new working methods that the green transition and digitalisation may require. But there is also a crucial need to secure workers income and protect health and safety from high temperatures and other extreme weather events.

The Research Centre for the Management of Agricultural and Environmental Risks (CEIGRAM, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid) welcomes this initiative to strengthen and synergise Europes approach to climate resilience and risk management.

The European Marine Board (EMB) welcomes this initiative to strengthen and synergise Europes approach to climate resilience and risk management. While the European Ocean Pact is referenced, we encourage DG CLIMA to ensure that the Ocean is included throughout this initiative.

The Physiological Society welcomes the European Commissions initiative to develop a framework for climate resilience and risk management and strongly supports the recognition of health as a central pillar of resilience.

In relation to the effects of climate change in large metropolitan areas, particularly in regions such as the Po Valley in Italy, it is appropriate to consider forms of temporary relocation of populations (especially the most vulnerable, such as the elderly, children, and people with respiratory diseases) or even assisted vertical migration to mountain areas with better climatic and temperature conditions.

The European Climate Resilience and Risk Management Initiative Portugal is part of the southern region of Europe which, according to the European Climate Risk Assessment (Figure ES.1 Observed and projected trends in key climatic risk drivers in different European regions) is expected to be one of the regions most affected by climate change, in particular by increasing temperature, heat waves, droughts and also by…

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Whatever you choose, however you act..it is too late and too little compared to what is REALLY needed to have a decent future. You should be really brave and take DRASTIC DECISIONS WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT. If you will not do it, you are just kidding both us and the future. You MUST change the system from the roots. NOW! Stop fossil fuels NOW and TOTALLY, even if the price will be high.

The Provence-Alpes-Côte dAzur South Region, which is particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, welcomes the European Commission’s initiative to develop an integrated strategy for climate resilience and risk management. This is essential in order to increase the capacity of regions to adapt to the intensification of climate hazards.

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Climate change is increasingly exposing workers to occupational heat stress, and this entails significant implications for their safety and health. Heat exposure can pose significant risks to the safety and health of workers, particularly those engaged in outdoor or physically demanding jobs.

Good afternoon. In order to mitigate the effects of heat waves, droughts, wildfires and extreme phenomena (high lime red code and heavy rainfall), it should be mandatory, by law, to mark green areas by planting trees of native species, resistant to drought, in the number of at least 1 trees planted per 1 inhabitants in the locality. Our recommendation would be a statutory planting obligation of 3 arbori/1.

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Consultation Response Kystrederiene European climate resilience and risk management integrated framework Kystrederiene The Norwegian Short Sea Shipowners Association welcomes the Commissions initiative to develop a comprehensive framework for climate resilience and risk management.

Local climate action has been mainstreamed in Europe for well over a decade. Cities of all sizes have developed their own climate strategies (SECAPs) and are now implementing them, although with varying degrees of completion and success.

As the local government of Gran Canaria and Coordinator of the Covenant of Mayors, the Cabildo de Gran Canaria brings forward the lived experience of an EU outermost region deeply vulnerable to climate risks. The islands Adaptation Strategy and ongoing support to local governments reflect the findings of the European Climate Risk Assessment (ECRA): adaptation remains underfunded, under-recognised, and…

The EU is ramping up its ambition for climate resilience and preparedness through a new initiative aimed at building a more coherent, comprehensive, and effective EU-wide adaptation strategy. CLIMADA (CLIMate ADAptation, https://wcr.ethz.ch/research/climada.html) is a powerful open-source platform designed to quantify and appraise multi-hazard climate and weather risks.

Climate change is real: The flood events on the Ahr River in 2021 and in Valencia's DANA in October 2024 have many parallels. Against this backdrop, green tech stakeholders, academia and public institutions and policy makers, from both regions have come together to discuss which aid instruments will be helpful in supporting them in crisis situations in the future.