Adaptation to climate change: Commission to lauch white paper to be published on 1 April

The European Commission plans to publish a White Paper on adapting to climate change on 1 April. Among other things, the Communication will examine the possibility of mandatory sustainability criteria in harmonised construction standards. The Commission also wants to develop vulnerability indicators for a number of economic sectors by 2011 and also wants to establish by then an EU-wide information exchange platform to help stakeholders adapt successfully to climate change.