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EU Mission on Adaptation to Climate Change Portal (MIP4ADAPT)

The EU Mission on Adaptation to Climate Change empowers European regions and local authorities to achieve climate resilience, aiming to guide at least 150 communities through understanding climate risks, developing pathways for preparation, and implementing innovative solutions by 2030.
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Summary

The EU Mission on Adaptation to Climate Change Platform (MIP4Adapt) supports European regional and local authorities to prepare and plan their adaptation pathways to climate resilience. For Charter Signatories, MIP4Adapt is facilitating a Community of Practice and delivering technical assistance to enable regions and local authorities to:

  • Use their existing climate vulnerability and risk assessments to develop climate adaptation plans and fund and implement climate adaptation solutions
  • Identify appropriate climate adaptation demonstration projects and identify and access financial support for their implementation
  • Stimulate engagement and mobilisation of citizens and stakeholders in inclusive approaches to climate adaptation.

Host Organisation: MIP4Adapt is implemented by Ricardo. Ricardo is supported by:

  • Fresh Thoughts Consulting, an environmental policy consultancy specialising in climate adaptation
  • I-Catalist, which has developed innovative techniques for stakeholder and citizen engagement in adaptation planning
  • The European Federation of Agencies and regions for Energy and Environment (FEDARENE), which has an extended network of contacts at the regional level, formal links to the Covenant of Mayors and has led mapping of climate finance and funding for regional and local authorities
  • JOANNEUM Research, a nationally and internationally active research and technology development institution in sustainability
  • Member State Facilitators that are small businesses with local expertise in climate adaptation planning, climate finance and stakeholder engagement covering all EU Member States and languages

Launch date: 2022

Update status: Ongoing

Funding: MIP4Adapt is funded by the EU Horizon Europe Programme

Team: The MIP4Adapt website is part of European Climate Adaptation Platform (Climate-ADAPT) and is delivered in partnership with the European Commission and the European Environment Agency (EEA)

Main functions:

For Charter Signatories, MIP4Adapt is facilitating a Community of Practice and delivering technical assistance to enable regions and local authorities to:

  • Better understand the climate risks that they are and will be confronted with in the future
  • Develop their pathways to be better prepared and cope with the changing climate
  • Test and deploy on the ground innovative solutions needed to build resilience to climate change.

Intended audiences:

  • National-level decision makers / national government
  • City and regional-level decision-makers / local government

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