(13)The Commission Communication of 24 February 2021 setting out the EU Adaptation Strategy 12 points out that the frequency and severity of climate and weather extremes is increasing which in turn has caused a surge in the number of, and damages from, climate change related disasters over the last two decades.
Recital 13
- 12 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, ‘Forging a climate-resilient Europe – the new EU Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change’ (COM(2021) 82 final). ↩