The EUCRA report has the following scope and focus:
- The report focuses on those climate-sensitive risks that may require action at the European or transnational level to avoid major impacts on Europe’scitizens, economy or ecosystems of international importance, or the overall functioning of the EU.
- EUCRA focuses on those climate-sensitive risks where changes in climatic hazards are a major contributor to current and future risk levels, while acknowledging the importanceof non-climatic risk drivers.
- Particular attention is paid to ‘complex’ climate risks, including risks caused by the combination of various climatic and/or non-climatic hazards (‘compound hazards’), risks cascading through systems and sectors (‘cascading risks’), and risks impacting Europe from outside Europe (‘cross-borderrisks’). It is acknowledged that standard quantitative risk assessment approaches may be difficult to apply to some of these complex risks and risk pathways.
- The social justice implications of climate risks and climate risk managementare addressed. This includes, in particular, identifying the European regions most affected by and the population groups most vulnerable to the major climate risksassessed in this report.
- EUCRA goes beyond framing scientific evidence by also addressing how climate risks can impact on specific policy areas. This includes identification of EU policies exposed to climate risks and those that can increase resilience to these risks, encompassing both financial aspects and non-financial policies.
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