EU Climate Resilience Framework: “A resilient Europe for a changing climate” (EU Commission)

The European Commission presented a Framework for Climate Resilience on 27 October 2026 “to strengthen Europe’s ability to anticipate, prepare for, and manage climate risks,” at a press conference with Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera and Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra.

The Framework seeks to build resilience into all major domestic and international policy areas. It supports local and regional authorities through pilot projects and advisory services, and enables stronger joint action while leaving Member States, regions and local authorities free to choose the measures that suit them best. “No Member State can build climate resilience alone,” the Commission stated.

The plan follows a summer of prolonged heatwaves, wildfires and record-low river levels that caused unprecedented loss of…