Today, the European Commission released its Climate Resilience Framework including the Climate Resilience Regulation. It requires governments to draft strategic plans to prepare for a world that is 2°C warmer in 2050 and 3°C hotter by 2100.
EurEau welcomes the publication of this new initiative and supports the overall approach. It fully recognises the importance of water security and critical water infrastructures and calls for the development of strategic plans based on climate risk assessments. We also support the relevance given to nature-based solutions when implementing adaptation measures.
Oliver Loebel, EurEau Secretary General stated: “We hope this timely new strategic framework will adopt a holistic approach to climate risks. Prolonged droughts also trigger higher pollutant concentrations in our water bodies. This means the remaining water resources might not be available for use without extra treatment thus exacerbating water quantity problems.”