Why this project?

The European Commission’s White Paper on Adaptation (2009) recognises that adaptation is already happening in Europe, but in a piecemeal manner. This project addresses a number of the strategic issues and knowledge gaps identified in the White Paper. In its whole, the project results represent a series of tools which shall help improve the quality of adaptation measures, the knowledge base, and facilitate the exchange of adaptation best practice between countries and regions. Stakeholder feedback is a key component of this project to ensure that your needs and opinions are adequately reflected; your feedback on the workshop subjects is much appreciated.

What does the project deliver?

The project’s main result is an Integrated Assessment Framework (IAF), a compilation of datasets and tools which both supports and documents systematic analysis, and which brings together the different project components. This 1^st Stakeholder Workshop addresses the following IAF components: a) Scenarios, b) Vulnerability Indicators and c) Inventory of Measures.

Please download the Background Document for the Integrated Assessment Framework for further information. Navigating this website you will find summaries for the topics and links to download documents with extensive additional information. We appreciate any feedback you may give us; feedback forms can be found after each topic summary.

Figure: General outline of the INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK, showing interfaces between the different project components.
1^st Stakeholder Workshop components highlighted in blue.