Welcome to the
5th European Climate Change Adaptation Conference!
Bringing adaptation solutions to life: Inspiring climate adaptation action today for a resilient future.
The 5th European Climate Change Adaptation Conference (ECCA 2021) takes place from 25 May to 22 June 2021. A series of 9 webinars is organised from 25 May to 10 June, in the run-up to a high-level event on 22 June. This event is hosted by the European Commission, back to back with the annual European Research & Innovation Days (23-24 June).
| Rewatch the High-Level Conference | Rewatch the thematic webinars |
Tuesday, June 22, 2021 |
From May 25 to June 10, 2021 |
| All the sessions recordings are available ECCA's Youtube page. | All the webinar recordings are available here and on ECCA's Youtube page. |
2021 is the year of climate adaptation. ECCA 2021 comes at the right time, after the first global Climate Adaptation Summit in January 2021, and before the COP 26 in Glasgow in November 2021.
It will turn the spotlight on the pressing need to accelerate the
transfer of knowledge from R&I to policies and practices, including
societal transformation and behavioural change, in order to increase
resilience in Europe and beyond, in the context of rising climate risks.
Adaptation actions can help boost recovery, resilience, climate
change mitigation, biodiversity conservation and restoration, job
creation, citizen safety, social inclusion, wellbeing, and financial
security. The goal of the conference is to inspire adaptation by
showcasing solutions, exchanging knowledge, creating connections, and
encouraging dialogue on how to act more and faster at every level. Read
more here.
ECCA
2021 is a virtual event; the high-level conference (22 June) will be
preceded by a webinar series on pressing climate change adaptation
challenges from 25 May to 10 June.
ECCA 2021 is co-organised by the European Commission, JPI Climate and three Horizon 2020 projects (SINCERE, CASCADES and RECEIPT).
Participants
will include researchers and adaptation experts, policy-makers, local
authorities, practitioners in climate risks management, the private
sector with a focus on businesses already engaged with and taking action
on climate risk, investors, NGOs, citizens organisations, youth and
education organisations, community groups engaged in adaptation,
communicators and all interested individuals.
Attendees will
have the opportunity to actively participate in the conference in many
different ways and to network with other participants in the virtual
marketplace, including the possibility to book 1-on-1 meetings.
