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The Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) is organising an event dedicated to private sector businesses to discuss the main challenges identified in the EEA’s European Climate Risk Assessment and strategies to address climate risks.
The major risks posed by climate change, unsustainable land use, and water management necessitate strengthening the resilience of ecosystems, societies, and economic sectors. The EEA’s European Climate Risk Assessment (EUCRA), published in March 2024, report warns that several climate risks have already reached critical levels, and unless decisive action is taken now, they could reach catastrophic levels by the end of this century. Cities and regions are increasingly developing climate resilience strategies with which the private sector will need to align.
Within this context, the Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) is organising an exclusive event dedicated to businesses to discuss the main climate change challenges as identified in the EUCRA and the policy frameworks, instruments and coordination arrangements that are needed to more effectively align and integrate public and private funding streams towards Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) Deployment and the transition to sustainable and resilient agriculture.
About the event
The first session will focus on the potential of nature-based solutions to decrease the vulnerability of water management systems to climate events such as heavy rainfall; the opportunities for businesses and private investment to scale up nature-based solutions; and the bottlenecks they face.
In the second session, panellists and attendees will address the following questions: How can existing public funds be optimised to better support the transition to sustainable and resilient EU agriculture? What role can/should the private sector play in financing the transition? What policy frameworks, instruments and coordination arrangements are needed to more effectively align and integrate public and private funding streams?
The event is organised by IEEP with the participation of the European Environment Agency (EEA) and the Climate and Environment Risk Assessment Centre (CERAC) Belgium, the support of the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and the contribution of Sweco.
This is an in-person event with a dedicated focus on the private sector. If you are interested in participating, advance registration is required (see below).
The full agenda can be viewed here.
EEA's role at the event
The EEA will present the key findings of the EUCRA with a particular focus on key risks to ecosystems and agriculture and the opportunities to address these risks.
The EEA will be represented by EEA Executive Director Leena Ylä-Mononen as keynote speaker. Presentations will also be given by Blaz Kurnik, Head of Risk and Resilience Unit and Julie Berckmans, Climate Change and Adaptation Expert.