62 regions selected to accelerate climate adaptation plans under EU flagship scheme

Sixty‑two climate‑vulnerable regions across Europe have been selected to strengthen their climate adaptation plans through Pathways2Resilience, a flagship initiative of the EU Mission on Adaptation to Climate Change coordinated by Climate KIC. With this new cohort, this EU initiative now supports 100 local and regional authorities – representing a combined population of more than 100 million citizens – in accelerating their climate adaptation and resilience. Adaptation strategies have so far received less attention than emission mitigation. However, with Europe warming twice as fast as other continents and increasing climate disasters…

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Europe moves forward on carbon farming with Ireland’s national framework as key model

Ireland has reached a significant milestone in carbon farming, with the publication of draft principles for a nation-wide carbon farming framework, co-developed by Climate KIC and the Irish Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. Ireland is among the first European countries to propose a national framework for carbon farming, marking a major step in implementing the EU’s climate mitigation roadmap, including the Carbon Removals and Carbon Farming (CRCF) Regulation. Agricultural emissions in Ireland are significantly higher than the EU average, accounting for over one-third of the country’s total greenhouse…

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