ACCREU Report: economic appraisal in 15 climate adaptation case studies
In a recent ACCREU deliverable, we report on the results of 15 co-produced climate adaptation case studies from across Europe.…
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ACCREU studies reveal how climate extremes shape economic risks in Europe
A new ACCREU project deliverable, “Impacts of Extremes, Catastrophic Events, and Supply Chains“, offers a comprehensive assessment of how climate-related…
ACCREU presents new results on scalable & explainable ML for wildfire risk modeling
Wildfires constitute some of the most devastating natural disasters, with impacts across economic sectors, society and environment in Europe and…
How an economic and financial perspective could guide transformational adaptation to sea level rise
Worldwide, the pressure from climate-induced sea level rise (SLR) on urbanized coastlines is growing. The ‘very likely’ range SLR scenarios…
ACCREU project presented at Accademia dei Lincei, Italy
On 4 November 2025 Prof. Francesco Bosello, coordinator of the ACCREU project, presented at the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Italy,…
The Adaptation Finance Gap and the New Collective Quantified Goal on Climate Finance
Over the past year, the ACCREU project has directly contributed to a flagship international climate publication – the United Nations…
ACCREU case study on Cyprus: findings included in the national Climate Change Adaptation Strategy
Cyprus is currently revising its national Climate Change Adaptation Strategy. Following a comprehensive study and broad stakeholder consultation, the revised…
Report on the ACCREU Workshop on Costing and Economic Analysis of Adaptation Strategies
The ACCREU project workshop on “Costing and Economic Analysis of Adaptation Strategies” was held on September 26th online. The workshop…
Report on the ACCREU Annual Project Meeting in Graz
On September 18-19, the ACCREU project team met at University of Graz for its annual project meeting. 35 Persons from…
CMCC and Ca’ Foscari University of Venice lead discussion on cities retrofitting
As momentum around the Green Agenda diminishes, it is urgent to restore both public and institutional commitment to sustainability. In…
Report on the ACCREU Workshop on Heat Resilient European Regions
On 15 September 2025, Ecologic Institute and BC3 Basque Centre for Climate Change hosted the ACCREU Workshop: “Heat Resilient European…
ACCREU Report: Climate change and land use: impacts on biodiversity, ecosystems, and their economic value
As Europe advances its climate adaptation and biodiversity strategies, a new ACCREU report, led by IIASA with partners DTU and…
Report on the ACCREU Workshop on Climate risk and adaptation strategies for supply chains and transport infrastructure
The ACCREU project workshop on “Climate risk and adaptation strategies for supply chains and transport infrastructure” was held on July…
ACCREU work presented at EAERE 2025
ACCREU partners presented several papers at the EAERE Annual Conference held in Bergen last 16-19 June. Here below you can…
ACCREU session at ECCA 2025
ACCREU partners organised a session at the recently concluded ECCA 2025, on the topic “Upscaling adaptation finance at national and…
Report on the ACCREU Workshop on Innovating with wildfire risk management – A new strategy for Europe
The workshop on “Innovating with wildfire risk management – A new strategy for Europe” took place as part of the…
Advancing social justice in heat action plans and climate adaptation strategies
In the ACCREU project, we are developing a social justice assessment methodology to assess strategies targeting the heat-related impacts of…
VU case study presented at European Geosciences Union
As the losses due to flood events keep increasing in Europe, the role of insurance as a tool for managing…
Report on the ACCREU Workshop on Barriers and Success factors to transformative coastal flood adaptation
The ACCREU Adaptation Decision Type workshop on “Transformative Coastal Flood Adaptation in Europe: barriers and success stories” aimed to distil…
Report on the ACCREU Collaborative stakeholder Workshop on Flood risk, financial stability and flood insurance
The ACCREU Adaptation Decision Type Workshop on “Flood Risk, Financial Stability, and Flood Insurance” was held on 20 March 2025…
Cyprus case study: Investment needs and benefits from the adaptation of Cyprus to climate change
Despite great uncertainties, every country in the world must prepare and implement adaptation plans, both because all the main scientific…
Report on the ACCREU Workshop on Strategies and barriers to climate change adaptation for food-water-biodiversity for the Human-Nature systems in Europe
The ACCREU Adaptation Decision Type workshop on “Strategies and barriers to climate change adaptation for food-water-biodiversity for the Human-Nature systems…
UNIVE-CMCC PhD programme on Science and Management of Climate Change: Call for applications
Applications are now open to apply for the PhD programme on Science and Management of Climate Change (a.y. 2025/2026). The…
ACCREU Virtual Workshop Series on Climate Adaptation
The ACCREU (Assessing Climate Change Risk in EUrope) project invites you to a series of seven virtual workshops from March…
ACCREU co-creation case studies on economic appraisal of adaptation options
The ACCREU project offers a novel policy-first approach to assess climate adaptation in 15 co-creation case studies. In a previous…
Preparing for the Social Climate fund: Insights From Behavioral Science On What Works (And What Doesn’t)
Cyprus Institute researchers Melina Moleskis, Pantelis Solomou and Theodoros Zachariadis, with the collaboration of Meltem Ikinci, a consultant at the…
The potential role of air conditioning in reducing heat-related health impacts
With climate change intensifying heat waves across Europe, air conditioning (AC) is increasingly recognised as an important adaptation measure to…
New water withdrawal projections for Europe suggest more people will live in water-stressed areas
Global freshwater resources are under increasing pressure due to over-exploitation and pollution. Water-stressed regions are those where there is severe…
Adaptation to Coastal and River Flooding Could Save Europe Trillions in Future Losses
Coastal and riverine flooding pose a growing risk to Europe’s infrastructure and economies, but new findings from the ACCREU project…
ACCREU at COP 29
Adaptation cost estimates produced by ACCREU’s research have been cited in the BAKU text on the new collective quantified goal…
The state of the art and future of climate risk insurance modeling
This study, produced within the framework of the ACCREU project, provides a comprehensive review of the literature on climate risk…
Heat stress and the labour force: new ACCREU publication
Heat stress affects the health of workers through physiological and behavioural responses, in turn, affecting the labour force through impacts…
Adaptation Gap Report 2024: Come hell and high water
Over the past year, the ACCREU project has directly contributed to a flagship international climate publication – the United Nations…
Catalyzing Finance and Policy Solutions – ACCREU team contributes to the Asia-Pacific Climate Report 2024
Asia and the Pacific are home to some of the world’s most climate-sensitive economies. Alongside this vulnerability, the region’s rapid…
ACCREU develops a new approach for wildfire risks assessment
A recent study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution shows that the number and intensity of the most extreme wildfires…
Understanding inter-farm inequalities in extreme weather event impacts: insights from the Dutch agricultural sector
This new publication by Deltares and VU Amsterdam on the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction explored the main factors…
New ACCREU paper explores inequalities in global residential cooling energy use to 2050
A new joint study by CMCC, RFF-CMCC European Institute on Economics and the Environment and Boston University highlights the growing…
Climate policy is good social and economic policy: new policy brief by the Cyprus Institute
ACCREU partner Cyprus Institute recently published a new paper in its Policy Brief series, entitled “Climate Policy is Good Economic and Social…
Policy-first approach to assess climate adaptation in European case studies in ACCREU
The ACCREU project offers a novel policy-first approach to assess climate adaptation in 15 co-creation case studies, of which five…
ACCREU soon to present its first scientific output on insurance modelling at 3rd International Conference on Natural Hazards and Risks in a Changing World
On the 12th of June, Michiel Ingels from the Institute for Environmental Studies of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam will present…
Annual meeting of international impact modelers discusses adaptation
From April 22-26 2024, PIK hosted the annual international workshop of the Intersectoral Impact Model Intercomparison Project (ISIMIP). This initiative…
ACCREU Technical Policy Brief: Review of the Economics of Climate Change and Adaptation in Europe
An early task in the ACCREU project was to undertake a detailed review of the economic costs of climate change…
Distribution of economic damages due to climate-driven sea-level rise across European regions and sectors
Economic costs of climate change are conventionally assessed at the aggregated global and national levels, while adaptation is local. When…
The cost of climate change on households in the European Union
[Original text from CMCC] The population at risk of poverty in the EU is expected to increase due to climate…
ACCREU provides estimates for the 2023 Adaptation Finance Gap & the Global Stocktake
The ACCREU project provided key inputs to the UNEP2023 Adaptation Gap Report on the global costs of adaptation. This analysis drew on…