It aims to:

• Provide technical guidance on climate-adaptation measures at the building scale. These adaptation measures aim to be relevant for both new and existing buildings, across the different climatic zones of Europe.
• Present adaptation solutions that reduce the most important identified climate risks that affect the built environment (as categorised by the EU Taxonomy).
• Orientate stakeholders across the building industry to the actions they can take to improve building performance. This includes strategies for owners, operators, users, policy makers, engineers, architects and insurers.
• Support the development and alignment of key EU policies.

Policymakers can make use of this document in the Designing phase of their CSS when identifying intervention areas and building a CSS case. As this document complements the ‘EU-level technical guidance on adapting buildings to climate change’ with practical information, examples, and additional tools which are available online, it can be used as a valuable guide when assessing and considering different examples of climate resilience actions and options in the built environment sector. These examples are divided over priority hazards (such as heat waves, storms, heavy precipitation, flooding, subsidence, drought) and wider climate-related hazards (such as temperature, wind, water and solid mass related hazards). As such, cities and regions can make use of this guide efficiently by addressing hazards which are relevant to their geography and predominant architectural features.