Impacts of Europe's changing climate: 2008 indicator-based assessment

The indicators show how air temperature is increasing, sea levels are rising, glaciers, ice sheets and sea ice are melting, precipitation is changing, and the intensity and frequency of weather extremes in many regions is increasing. It also underlines the cascade of consequences: risk of floods and droughts, losses of biodiversity (marine, freshwater and terrestrial), threats to human health, and damage to economic sectors such as energy, transport, forestry, agriculture, and tourism. Action is needed towards halting biodiversity loss and maintaining the resilience of ecosystems because of their essential role in regulating the global climate system. Enhancing ecological coherence and interconnectivity of the EU Natura 2000 network is key to the long-term survival of many species and habitats, for them to be able to adapt to a changing climate.

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Main Authors:	European Environment Agency, Copenhagen (Denmark) eng, World Health Organization, Geneva (Switzerland) eng, European Commission, Brussels (Belgium). Joint Research Centre eng
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Published:	Copenhagen (Denmark) ESA/WHO/JRC 2008
Subjects:	CLIMATIC CHANGE, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT, CHANGEMENT CLIMATIQUE, EVALUATION IMPACT SUR ENVIRONNEMENT, CAMBIO CLIMATICO, EVALUACION DEL IMPACTO AMBIENTAL,
Online Access:	https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/sites/jrcsh/files/jrc_reference_report_2008_09_climate_change.pdf
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