Climate change is increasingly exerting pressure with intensified impacts in the short-, medium-, and long-term. Cities are highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, and it is recognized that they play a significant role in the European Strategy on adaptation to climate change. This study intends to develop a climate adaptation framework to identify effective measures that will be evaluated using a multi-urban area located in the north of Portugal, as a case study. The climate adaptation framework was developed following the Urban Adaptation Support Tool (AST), adapted to the Portuguese reality. The Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model was used to provide future projections with a high level of spatial resolution over the study area, increasing the accuracy of the identification of future climatic vulnerabilities. The results show a tendency for an increase of extreme weather events associated with the increase of both temperature and annual accumulated precipitation variables. A set of both urban and rural measures to promote a sustainable development path to climate adaptability and increase cities resilience to climate change are presented and discussed.

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葡萄牙北部多个城市地区的气候变化适应框架

气候变化带来的压力越来越大，短期、中期和长期的影响越来越大。城市极易受到气候变化的影响，人们认识到它们在欧洲适应气候变化战略中发挥着重要作用。本研究旨在开发一个气候适应框架，以确定将使用位于葡萄牙北部的多城市地区作为案例研究来评估的有效措施。气候适应框架是根据城市适应支持工具 (AST) 制定的，适用于葡萄牙的现实。天气研究和预报 (WRF) 模型用于为研究区域提供具有高空间分辨率的未来预测，从而提高识别未来气候脆弱性的准确性。结果显示极端天气事件增加的趋势与温度和年累积降​​水变量的增加有关。提出并讨论了一系列城市和农村措施，以促进气候适应性的可持续发展道路，并提高城市对气候变化的适应能力。