Climate resilience dialogue

The final report of the Climate Resilience Dialogue puts forward actions for increasing climate resilience in the EU and addressing the climate protection gap, with a focus on adaptation measures. The European Commission convened a Climate Resilience Dialogue in November 2021 to facilitate an open exchange on ways to address the climate protection gap and increase climate resilience in the EU, with a focus on climate adaptation. The Dialogue brought together stakeholders such as public authorities, including supervisors, consumer organisations, and the insurance industry.

In July 2024, the Dialogue delivered its Final Report, which brings together insights from the discussions and puts forward actions and good practices that are conducive to building climate resilience and narrowing the climate protection gap. The Report provides insights on ways to raise climate risk awareness, improve risk assessments and facilitate the implementation of risk reduction measures. It also explores the potential for public-private partnerships (PPP) in insurance and examines the pros and cons of other insurance-based solutions that could address the climate protection gap. Finally, it makes a deep-dive into the main climate-related risks in Europe, covering floods, wildfires, heatwaves, droughts and storms.