Brussels, 29/04/2013 (Agence Europe) - The urgent need for all member states of the EU to adopt a climate change adaptation strategy by 2017 was stressed by Connie Hedegaard, European Commissioner for Climate Action, at the high-level conference held in Brussels on Monday 29 April on the future adaptation strategy of the EU (see EUROPE 10829). “We are still taking baby steps”; but “investing in adaptation now in order to save lives and avoid costs” is, she argues, a necessity, and...