BASE supports action for sustainable climate change adaptation in Europe by making experiences and scientific information about adaptation meaningful, transferable and easily accessible to decision-makers at all levels. Read more about the challenge and our aims ...
Adapting to Climate Change in Europe: Exploring Sustainable Pathways - From Local Measures to Wider Policies is a scientific synthesis of a four-year project on adaptation activities in Europe.
This publication combines scientific assessments with real-world case descriptions to present specific tools and methods. The book aims at ensuring sustainable solutions in adaptation to climate change.
From 2012-2016 the BASE project made a substantial contribution to improving the knowledge base on sustainable adaptation in Europe.
The 3rd European Climate Change Adaptation Conference (ECCA) 2017, organised by the EU-funded projects IMPRESSIONS, HELIX and RISES-AM, will take place in Glasgow, Scotland (UK), 6 - June 2017.
From freak winter storms to summer floods and multi-year droughts, climate change is intensifying across Europe. Effective adaptation will be essential for countries, societies and industries as they seek to minimise the negative effects and perhaps even harness the potential benefits of a changing climate, according to EU-funded researchers.
Each year, Copenhagen hosts around 200 international congresses and events and despite it’s relative small size the Danish capital has been one of the world’s most popular congress cities for decades. On March 15, Wonderful Copenhagen Convention Bureau and the City of Copenhagen celebrated the Danish hosts and associations, who were responsible for attracttng and executing last year’s most important congresses and events held in 2015.
On 29 and 30 October 2015, the Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (FFCUL) and Ecologic Institute, Berlin, convened a training course in Palmela (Portugal) on behalf of the BASE project.
BASE project coordinator Hans Sanderson from Aarhus University has written an editorial for a Special Issue on global contaminants and climate change in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. The editorial is based on results of the BASE project. The full issue is available via open access.
What is climate change adaptation, and how can we implement it best? In this BASE video, four young reporters from the fictional 'BASE Broadcast Studio' interview a group of ‘adaptation professionals’ from across Europe to learn more.
At the recent Deltas in Times of Climate Change conference in Rotterdam, BASE partner DELTARES hosted a session with other EU FP7 projects on the topic of 'adaptation pathways'. Exploring adaptation pathways is an emerging concept for supporting climate adaptation and mitigation decisions.
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The BECCA tool intends to bring to life a BASE deliverable focused on Evaluation Criteria for Climate Adaptation (BECCA). This tool is a demonstration, a "beta-version" in order to assess its usefulness, clarity and rigor.
The BASE Interactive Policy Workshop took place on 09 June in Brussels, Belgium. Participants discussed several European case studies and policy recommendations through interactive methods.
The Netherlands has a new flood risk policy which intends to increase cost-effectiveness. However BASE researcher Roos Den Uyl (University of Exeter) argues that the lack of public and political debate about this new flood risk policy jeopardizes its legitimacy and effectiveness.
This report provides guidance and examples for the economic evaluation of adaptation options. It introduces a stepwise approach and tools which are applied in twenty BASE case studies.
On the 11th of May 2015, a day before the recent European Climate Change Adaptation (ECCA) conference in Copenhagen, the BASE project hosted a European Stakeholder Workshop on the topic of 'Adaptation in the BASE Case Studies'. This workshop aimed to bring stakeholders from each case study together and provide a platform for them to exchange knowledge on ongoing adaptation research, policy and actions.
There is broad consensus that National Adaptation Strategies (NAS's) are a useful tool for countries to assess vulnerabilities, mainstream climate change risks, and address adaptation. In line with this, many EU Member States are currently in different stages of designing, implementing and reviewing their own NAS’s, a practice actively encouraged by the European Union under its 2013 Adaptation Strategy. As these processes have occurred over different timeframes and in differen
The BASE project produces a biannual European Adaptation Newsletter. Here you will find latest research and activities from the BASE project as well as climate adaptation news and events from across Europe. An archive of past issues is available here.
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Interested in learning more about the research and results of the BASE project from an insider's perspective? Want a unique perspective on some of our case study regions in the Southwest of England and the type of work being undertaken by the BASE project there? Then read BASE researcher Roos den Uyl's blog to find out more!
This leaflet (download here) provides a brief overview of the BASE project, including the project's goals, and the challenges for planning and implementing effective and sustainable climate adaptation in Europe. A map provides a visual overview of the locations and themes of the 20 BASE case study sites. Additional information on the project team, as well as ways for you to get involved in BASE project activities are also included. A Portuguese version is also available here.
This BASE Adaptation Inspiration Book: 23 European Cases of Climate Change Adaptation is the result of four years extensive case study research carried out within the EU FP-7 Project BASE: Bottom-up climate adaptation strategies towards a sustainable Europe (2012-2016).
BASE was selected as a best practice project at the Adaptation Futures 2016 Conference which took place in Rotterdam, the Netherlands from 10 until 13 May 2016. The conference was one of the largest ever held on climate change adaptation. BASE partners made 12 presentations on the project's research results, showed the tools developed and hosted two dedicated sessions at the conference.
Project coordinator Dr. Hans Sanderson presented BASE participatory approaches for climate adaptation at the launch of the European Union's Global Climate Change Alliance Plus (GCCA+) on 29th October 2015.
BASE partners FFCUL have produced a video to inform audiences about an innovative agricultural adaptation measure called 'Keyline'. The video can be viewed here (Please click 'CC' for subtitles).
UK national and local news coverage of BASE research by Dr. Roos den Uyl and Dr Duncan Russel from the University of Exeter on the growing vulnerability of Britain’s coastal infrastructure.
This special issue of BASE's EU Adaptation Newsletter highlights the many contributions of BASE project team members at the recent European Climate Change Adaptation conference in Copenhagen. BASE co-organised the conference along with the EU funded projects RAMSES and ToPDAd, and BASE researchers chaired 9 sessions and workshops, with contributions to many more.
Climate change threatens the countries, regions and economic sectors of Europe in different ways. Adaptation to climate change is carried out through very different policies and measures. Monitoring and evaluating these initiatives is important for tracking successes and failures in order to foster learning. There already exist a large number of criteria and criteria sets to evaluate climate adaptation policies and measures and their implementation.
What is the BASE project? What are our aims and how do we plan to we reach them? And what will it mean for climate adaptation in Europe? Watch our short animation to find out!
