A major approach road to Copenhagen was closed for more than 24 hours due to flooding. Several places received as much as 100mm of rainwater in only a short time. Fortunately, the heavy downpours fell during the weekend, which significantly reduced the number of delays and traffic problems.

According to a Danish climate researcher, the extreme downpours were partly due to the hot weather in Russia with strong and stable high pressure west of Siberia. Three days later, Mid-Jutland was hit by similar downpours. The city of Billund received around 135mm, which meant the local airport had to close down for a couple of hours.



This newsletter includes two new cases. One of these focuses on new green education programmes, e.g. concentrating on climate change at both practical and academic levels. The second case shows how an invasive species, the Pacific oyster, has occasioned a new tourism concept in the form of oyster hunts.

A summary of a cross-cutting socio-economic screening of climate adaptation measures published by the Information Centre for Climate Change Adaptation is also presented in the newsletter. The report from the screening indicates a need for more detailed socio-economic analyses within coastal protection, buildings, roads/railways and sewerage.

A new centre has been established, the European Topic Center on Adaptation. The Center is primarily to deliver support to the European Environment Agency as well as the Agency's information and observation network, Eionet.