Biography
Ine Vandecasteele is an expert in the Climate Risk and Resilience Unit of the European Environment Agency (EEA). Ine currently works on subnational adaptation to climate change and the implementation of nature-based solutions for climate resilience. She coordinated the publication of the EEA’s urban adaptation report 2024 and contributed towards the first European Climate Risk Assessment. Most recently she has been working on nature-based solutions to address forest disturbances under climate change, looking in particular at fire and pests. Ine has an academic background in both environmental and political sciences, a PhD in hydraulic engineering (from the University of Brussels, Belgium), and previously worked at the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre on topics related to water, energy and land resources.