The master's thesis addresses the issue of adaptation to climate change in Europe. It focuses on planned adaptation at the city level. In this context, it analyzes the negative effects of climate change in the region and the specific vulnerabilities and risks to which different social groups are exposed. It focuses on inequalities in cities and the key causes of inequities in planned adaptation to climate change. To determine what kind of adaptation addresses existing inequalities and leads to equitable outcomes, working on the basis of various existing theories of equity establishes its own synthesis of equity criteria in urban adaptation to climate change. By doing this, the work seeks to contribute to an easier and more structured analysis of equity in adapting to climate change in the developed world. Based on the established criteria, the work ultimately examines the inclusion of the criteria in the official and policy documents of the European Union and the concrete case of the city of Copenhagen. It focuses mainly on adaptation strategies, i.e. the process of formulating concrete measures. The paper notes that the established fairness criteria are insufficiently included in the considered strategies and documents.
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