EU Climate Resilience Framework: stakeholders' reactions to the Commission's proposal

"Woefully inadequate"; "a commitment on paper"; "plans alone do not protect people"; but also "a chance to move resilience higher up the policy agenda": here are some reactions from NGOs, health organisations, local and regional governments, insurers, MEPs and an EU agency, following the European Commission's presentation of the EU Framework for Climate Resilience on 27 October 2026.

The package comprises a proposal for a European Climate Resilience Law and a Communication on support measures. The law sets a common reference warming trajectory (1.5°C by 2030, 2°C by 2050, 3°C by 2100) as the basis for risk assessments and for a single national strategic plan per member state, due by 31 December 2030. It requires member states to identify the public authorities responsible for managing…