EU Commission presents Climate Resilience Framework and proposed law
The Commission says economic losses from climate damage reached about 200 billion euros in 2022-2025 and adaptation needs some 70 billion euros a year.
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The European Commission presented an EU Framework for Climate Resilience on Oct. 27, 2026, to strengthen Europe’s ability to anticipate, prepare for and manage climate risks, the Commission said. The framework includes a proposed Climate Resilience Law.
The proposed law sets a common reference trajectory for global warming, according to the Commission, which said current scientific evidence shows the world is on a path to warm by 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels by 2030, 2 degrees by 2050 and 3 degrees by 2100. Member states would use the trajectory as a shared baseline when assessing future climate risks, and national planning obligations would be simplified into one single national strategic plan, the Commission said.
Estimated economic losses from climate damage stood at about 200 billion euros from 2022 to 2025, or 50 billion euros a year, according to the Commission. It said adapting Europe’s infrastructure and economy to future climatic conditions is expected to require investment of around 70 billion euros a year, and that the return on investment in climate adaptation can reach more than 10 times its value in avoided loss and damage.
“Europe is warming at double the global rate,” Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said. “Today, we are presenting a European approach to climate risks – to anticipate, to prepare for and to manage.”
The framework includes new online tools, among them a European Climate Viewer developed by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, the Commission said. It said it will also present a European Heatwave Plan, a Climate Insurance Alliance and a European Water initiative, and will propose an EU strategic plan on climate resilience in 2028.
