Guest post: How climate adaptation plans for European cities are gradually getting better

The climate change adaptation plans of cities across Europe are getting better, but there is still a lot of progress to be made. That is the headline conclusion of our new study, published in npj Nature Urban Sustainability, in which we assess the most recent adaptation plans of 167 European cities. In these plans, produced between 2005 and 2020, we find that the overall quality has improved. Here, we unpack the details of the clear positive trend in urban adaptation plans in Europe - and show that there is still a long way to go towards more inclusive and robust adaptation planning for climate risk reduction.