Many cities lack climate adaptation plans

Only one in four European cities have any adaptation plan for coming climate changes. There is still time to act – but we urgently need to raise the pace.The worst flooding disaster in more than 100 years recently hit southern France and northern Italy, with the French coastal city of Nice as one of those hit the worst. Extreme climate-related weather events in our cities are expected to occur with increasing frequency and size during the coming decades.  Today, however, only 26 percent of Europe’s cities have any adaptation plan for coming climate changes. And among these cities, most