Adaptation Stories showcase real-life examples of regional or local actions and good practices regarding the planning, funding, implementing and monitoring of climate adaptation solutions. They aim to inspire others to take action on climate adaptation.
Mission Success Stories showcase the adaptation actions and solutions that are already making a significant impact in various regions and local authorities across Europe. These stories highlight how innovative strategies and projects are being implemented to address the challenges posed by climate change. By featuring tangible examples of success, they illustrate the practical benefits and real-world outcomes of the EU Mission on Adaptation to Climate Change.
These stories not only provide valuable insights and inspiration for other regions but also demonstrate the positive changes and progress being made towards a more sustainable and climate-resilient future.
Alongside written accounts, you’ll also find engaging video success stories that highlight adaptation actions and innovative solutions already making a significant impact across Europe.
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Navarre is proactively preserving vegetable varieties and showcasing the best-adapted cereals and other crops to each agricultural climate in the region.
Protected area adaptation in Sweden is part of a cross-border project, which also includes Norway and Finland. National parks are improving resilience towards several climate challenges alongside mitigation efforts and piloting climate-smart solution.
As part of a program engaging ten Israeli mayors to advance transformative climate initiatives, the mayor of Herzliya committed to establishing 20 Resilience Centres across the city within four years. These centres will support vulnerable populations and provide safe havens during extreme weather.
Acquedotto Pugliese is one of Italy’s largest Integrated Water Service operators. The operator’s digital transformation strategy enables better adaptation to water scarcity in the Puglia region. Innovative technologies increase leak detection efficiency and water resource management.
To adapt to rising temperatures, Maribor has developed a comprehensive Heat Action Plan by engaging its citizens and incorporating short, medium and long-term measures to increase climate resilience.
Improving inhabitants’ knowledge, incentivising more autonomous livelihood strategies, enhancing networks of mutual support and reframing indigenous knowledge boost community resilience in a just and fair way.
Collaboration with national forestry enterprises in Bulgaria and Slovakia ensures that climate-smart forestry measures are embedded in updated planning documents at local, national, and EU levels. Demonstration sites provide spaces for awareness-raising and knowledge exchange.
Filling out a climate-proofing form enables the integration of additional adaptation measures from the planning phase of private and municipal planning and building activities.
Turin, once a major industrial hub, faced decline in the 1980s and ’90s, leaving vacant spaces, social segregation, and urban challenges. Targeted Nature-based Solutions address these issues, turning local weaknesses into opportunities for green growth and innovation.
Preparing the ground for local decision-makers to implement tailor-made heat adaptation measures in an urban context.