{"id":82943,"date":"2026-05-15T05:15:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T05:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/82943\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T05:15:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T05:15:12","slug":"germany-spain-france-and-portugal-miss-out-on-top-10-most-climate-resilient-capitals-full-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/82943\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany, Spain, France and Portugal miss out on top 10 most climate-resilient capitals \u2013 full list"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n 15\/05\/2026 – 7:00 GMT+2\n <\/p>\n

Northern and Eastern European capitals are more resilient to climate change extremes than others in Europe, according to one of the largest databases on climate adaptation.<\/p>\n

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Europe has been identified as the fastest-warming continent on the planet<\/a>, paving the way for more extreme weather such as deadly heatwaves, forest fires and floods.<\/p>\n

According to a report by the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), warm conditions and above-average temperatures were recorded across at least 95 per cent of the continent last year. <\/p>\n

The European Union says the report \u201cunderlines the urgency\u201d for the bloc to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero and \u201cstrengthen its resilience to climate impacts\u201d. <\/p>\n

Europe\u2019s most climate-resilient capitals \u2013 ranked<\/p>\n

A new index by Polish-led initiative COOLCITY<\/a> has analysed more than 11,000 European urban areas to assess which are physically best able to cope with climate challenges.<\/p>\n

Led by MGGP Aero, a company specialising in aerial surveying and remote sensing, the COOLCITY Index (CCI) combines satellite data, aerial laser scanning and artificial intelligence to analyse urban environments. <\/p>\n

The CCI looks at the natural and built features that buffer cities against heat, flooding and drought<\/a>. It scores each city on a scale of zero to 10 using five key adaptation challenges: land permeability, vegetation state, biodiversity, water conditions and thermal conditions. <\/p>\n

Among Europe\u2019s capitals, Stockholm, in Sweden, topped the ranking, with a CCI ranking of 6.7. This is a 0.3 increase from last year, bumping Vilnius, in Lithuania, from first place.<\/p>\n

Here are the top 10 most climate-resilient capitals and their respective scores:<\/p>\n

Stockholm, Sweden: 6.7
\nVilnius, Lithuania: 6.4
\nRiga, Latvia: 6.3
\nTallinn, Estonia: 5.9
\nHelsinki, Finland: 5.8
\nZagreb, Croatia: 5.8
\nBratislava, Slovakia: 5.7
\nWarsaw, Poland: 5.7
\nBerlin, Germany: 5.6
\nPrague, Czech Republic: 5.5<\/p>\n

Why Stockholm is Europe\u2019s most climate-resilient capital<\/p>\n

Stockholm<\/a> scored highly on land permeability (8.4 out of 10), meaning a lot of rain can soak into the ground rather than causing flooding.<\/p>\n

Geography plays a major role \u2013 Stockholm is surrounded by forests and nature reserves \u2013 but the city has also invested in maintaining that advantage. After appointing its first \u2018tree officer\u2019 in 2001, the city\u2019s urban trees have thrived thanks to the invention of \u2018Stockholm tree pits\u2019, which create forest-like soil conditions beneath hard surfaces, nourishing roots and soaking up rainwater.<\/p>\n

Unsurprisingly then, the city also scored well on its vegetation state (6.2) \u2013 which ranks the health and coverage of trees and green spaces that help cool cities and absorb water.<\/p>\n

This, combined with the city\u2019s unique composition of 14 islands where freshwater Lake M\u00e4laren flows into the Baltic Sea, means it also scored well on thermal conditions (6.7), as urban surfaces have plenty of cooling mechanisms.<\/p>\n

The city\u2019s extensive waterways gained a good water conditions score (6.4) too, reflecting their health and reach. On biodiversity, Stockholm scored 5.6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published on 15\/05\/2026 – 7:00 GMT+2 Northern and Eastern European capitals are more resilient to climate change extremes…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":82944,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[83],"tags":[913,1286,6850,131,132,2779],"class_list":{"0":"post-82943","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-stockholm","8":"tag-climate-change","9":"tag-extreme-weather","10":"tag-global-warming","11":"tag-stockholm","12":"tag-sweden","13":"tag-urban-planning"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116576893710611519","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}