ADAM

ADAM is an integrated research project running from 2006 to 2009, funded by the European Commission and coordinated by the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research in the UK. ADAM will lead to a better understanding of the trade-offs and conflicts that exist between adaptation and mitigation policies. ADAM will support EU policy development in the next stage of the development of the Kyoto Protocol and will inform the emergence of new adaptation strategies for Europe. The core objectives are:

• To assess the extent to which existing and evolving EU (and world) mitigation and adaptation policies can achieve a tolerable transition to a world with a global climate no warmer than 2°C above pre-industrial levels, and to identify their associated costs and effectiveness.
• To develop and appraise a portfolio of longer term policy options that could contribute to addressing shortfalls both between existing mitigation policies and the achievement of the EU’s 2°C target, and between existing adaptation policy development and EU goals and targets for adaptation.
• To develop a novel Policy-options Appraisal Framework and apply it both to existing and evolving climate policies, and to new, long-term policy options in the following four case studies: European and international climate protection strategy in post 2012 Kyoto negotiations; a restructuring of International Development Assistance; the EU electricity sector; and regional spatial planning.

For more information, check the ADAM website.