All member states have their own challenges with climate change.

It can be about changed conditions for agriculture, worse drought and more forest fires, elsewhere floods.

The Paris Agreement's goal of a global temperature rise of no more than 1.5 degrees may be difficult to achieve with current developments.

The European Commission has calculated a temperature increase of 3 degrees.

And concluded that this would lead to costs of around € 170 billion a year for the EU.

According to the current plan, the EU will function as a center for knowledge and experience, help with planning and risk assessment and encourage private actors as insurance companies to take part of the risk.

And contribute with support money for climate adaptation projects.

"Must adapt its forestry"

Only 25 percent of Europe's forests are in good condition, according to the Commission.

The rest have problems with drought, risk of fires, pests and lack of diversity.

The plan is to plant 3 billion trees within the next ten years.

For a country like Sweden, a large part of climate adaptation lies in the forest.

- Sweden must adapt its forestry to the challenges posed by higher temperatures.

Increase biodiversity in forests.

Sweden will also risk diseases that come from the tropics, new insects, says Frans Timmermans, Vice President of the European Commission.

Changes required

Timmermans is the commissioner for the EU's "New green deal", with the ambition to radically reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

He believes that countries and companies will need to make changes, but also individuals.

- We do not ask anyone to go and live in a cave and just eat grass.

We can have good and comfortable lives, but we must be more aware that our behavior affects our planet.

We need to make choices that reduce our emissions: how we move, what we eat, what we buy, he says.