What does MIP4Adapt do?
MIP4Adapt is focused on supporting European regions and local authorities in their efforts to build resilience against the impacts of climate change by:
- Facilitating the Mission Community to share knowledge, experiences, and good practices, and to promote coordination and collaboration amongst its members. These include regional and local authorities that are Charter Signatories, Friends of the Mission, Mission Projects and other relevant EU-funded projects, as well as national authorities (including National Contact Points).
- Facilitating the alignment of relevant EU-funded Projects with the work of MIP4Adapt, identifying synergies and complementarities that help to ensure the coherence of support to regional and local authorities regarding climate adaptation planning.
- Presenting on the Mission Portal guidance, tools, data and relevant projects, which all regional or local authorities can draw upon in preparing and planning for climate resilience.
- Providing a helpdesk function for regional and local authorities that are Charter Signatories who have queries about the MIP4Adapt’s activities or specifically about their climate adaptation planning.
- Communicating about the Mission to regions, local authorities, communities, academic institutions, and companies, encouraging their active support and disseminating details of relevant news, events and training courses that are open to everyone.
- Organising the annual Mission Forum, an annual flagship event with a wide range of relevant actors to take stock of the Mission’s progress and to exchange views on its direction.
- Reporting: Monitoring, reporting on and evaluating the progress of the Mission, participating regions, local authorities and communities, and the Mission Projects.
Who delivers MIP4Adapt
MIP4Adapt is implemented by Ricardo, part of WSP, an environmental sustainability consultancy with extensive experience in supporting international and bilateral development partners, the European Commission, national, subnational, and local governmental bodies, as well as the private sector, in relation to all aspects of climate adaptation planning.
Ricardo is supported by:
- ICatalist, which has developed innovative techniques for stakeholder and citizen engagement in adaptation planning
- The Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) is Europe’s first and broadest association of Local and Regional Governments. They are unique, being the only organisation that encompasses 60 national associations of Local and Regional Governments spanning 41 European countries. Through them, CEMR brings together more than 110,000 governments across all tiers of governance – local, intermediate, and regional. Additionally, as the European section of the global organisation United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), they champion European Local and Regional Governments on the world stage.
- Bankers without Boundaries (BWB), an innovator in global finance, is an investment banking, asset management and advisory firm focused on delivering value to their clients that benefit the environment and society.
- Ecorys is a global research-based consultancy that helps their clients make a positive impact on society. It is a leader in research and consulting, monitoring and evaluation, programme management and communications services. It provides the evidence and advice that its clients need to address the issues affecting communities worldwide.
- 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: AC Teon, Ambiente Italia, Bee Partner, Bita Green, Climate Matters, CRS, Denkstatt, Draxis, Elle, Lasting Values, StritihSustainable Development Consulting, Tyrsky and individual experts in Malta and Croatia.
MIP4Adapt is funded by the EU Horizon Europe Programme.