CLIMATE · Understanding and avoiding maladaptation to climate change

Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following outcomes: • Existing evidence on maladaptation is retrieved comprehensively, and new knowledge is generated for incorporation into main EU repositories, such as Climate-ADAPT or the portal of the EU Mission on Adaptation to Climate Change; • The risk and adaptation assessment frameworks are improved by better integrating the maladaptation dimension; • Guidelines and tools for maladaptation prevention and…

Recent climate records, showing unprecedented temperatures and extreme weather events, underscore the urgent need for rapid, systemic and comprehensive adaptation to address the escalating impacts of climate change on all natural and managed systems. However, while adaptation is essential, not fully informed measures can backfire, leading to severe unintended consequences or to short-term gains that are not sustainable. In this context, maladaptation refers to adaptation…