Helping ecosystems in Europe to adapt to climate change.
Abstract
This report summarizes much of the work done by, and for, the Climate Change Group of the European Network of Heads of Nature Conservation Agencies (ENCA) between 2011 and 2013. The ENCA Climate Change Group is made up of experts in climate change and ecology from government conservation agencies across Europe. Current members of the group include representatives from conservation agencies in England, Germany, Switzerland, Wales, Scotland, Czech Republic, Finland, Spain, Netherlands, Austria, Norway and the Dutch province of Gelderland. The role of the group is to share knowledge and develop and promote best practice on: adaptation for biodiversity and ecosystems, and the wider role of nature conservation in helping society adapt to climate change (and in reducing greenhouse gas emissions). Further, the group hopes to promote the integration of the findings of impacts and adaptation research into conservation practice, and help conservation practitioners learn from experiences of collegues dealing with similar conditions, issues, threats and opportunities in other parts of Europe.