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Ensuring continuity until the end of its first four-year mandate on 24 March 2026, the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change has decided to extend its 2025 work programme until that date.
The extension enables the Advisory Board to focus on ongoing activities and complete the remaining work on two reports already outlined in the 2025 work programme. No new work priorities have been defined for the period from 1 January to 24 March 2026, and the scope of the work programme remains unchanged.
Upcoming reports in early 2026
The Advisory Board will deliver two more reports by 24 March 2026.
The first report will provide scientific input to strengthen climate adaptation and resilience within the framework of the European Climate Law, evaluating key levers in the current EU policy framework and providing recommendations to enhance adaptive capacity, improve resilience, and reduce vulnerability to climate change.
The second report will provide policy recommendations on how to enhance climate adaptation and mitigation in EU agriculture. It will explore potential pathways for EU agriculture, their contributions to greenhouse gas emission reductions and removals, links to climate adaptation and resilience, broader socio-economic and environmental implications. From there, it will identify required changes, and formulate recommendations on the policies needed to deliver those changes.
Preparing for the second term
The European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change is an independent body providing scientific advice to support the achievement of the EU’s climate objectives. It was established in 2021 by the European Climate Law and comprises 15 independent senior scientific experts from a broad range of relevant disciplines.
On 4 December 2025, the Management Board of the European Environment Agency (EEA) has appointed the members of the Advisory Board for its second four-year term (2026-2030).
Download the 2025 extended work programme here.
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