This manual provides practical guidance, tools, and best practices for regional and local authorities to effectively engage stakeholders and citizens in the planning and implementation of climate adaptation measures.

This initiative provides a platform for representatives of EU Mission support projects to present the scope and activities of their projects aimed at achieving climate neutrality and smart solutions in European cities by 2030.

This presentation outlines the NCP4Missions project, which aims to establish a transnational network of National Contact Points (NCPs) for EU Missions. It focuses on improving NCP competencies, providing structured training, and fostering stakeholder engagement through Meet & Share sessions.

This toolkit offers a comprehensive overview of tools and resources developed by NCP4Missions to assist applicants in navigating the EU Missions within Horizon Europe. It includes guidance on proposal preparation, best practices, and essential information to enhance the quality of submissions.

This report emphasizes the critical role of geospatial data in enabling cities to effectively plan and implement climate actions. It provides insights into how data-driven approaches can inform urban policies, enhance resilience, and support sustainable development goals.

The Regional Adaptation Support Tool (RAST) assists local and regional authorities in developing, implementing, monitoring, evaluating, and updating climate change adaptation strategies and plans. It offers practical guidance through six steps aligned with key features of climate adaptation policy processes. This flexible and iterative tool accommodates various stages of policy-making and unique local contexts, providing relevant guidance and resources, including data providers, examples, and tools from the EU Mission on Adaptation, Climate-ADAPT, and other partners across the European Union.

This factsheet explores the significance of social engagement within the framework of Mission Ocean & Waters, which aims to restore European marine and freshwater ecosystems by 2030. It discusses how active involvement of communities and stakeholders contributes to achieving EU targets related to biodiversity restoration, pollution reduction, and sustainable use of aquatic resources. The document provides insights into effective strategies for fostering public participation and highlights successful case studies demonstrating the impact of social engagement on environmental initiatives.​

This document discusses the Climate Neutral and Smart Cities Mission, which is part of the European Green Deal aiming to reduce emissions by 55% by 2030. It outlines support actions provided by the CrAFt initiative to assist cities in achieving climate neutrality and enhancing smart city solutions.​

This report delves into effective monitoring of climate adaptation activities, emphasizing the importance of tracking outcomes and deriving lessons from various projects under the EU Mission on Adaptation. It aims to enhance the understanding of monitoring practices to ensure successful climate resilience efforts across Europe.

This publication outlines the European Union's mission to achieve 100 climate-neutral and smart cities by 2030, aiming to position these cities as hubs of experimentation and innovation. The initiative seeks to enable all European cities to become climate neutral by 2050, contributing significantly to the EU's environmental and sustainability goals.

This narrative report provides readers with key information to understand how cities react to critical climate stimuli and how solutions based on nature can enhance their resilience, by examining:
i) the main implications of climate change and extreme weather events in cities, disentangling the complex interactions between climate and urban environments with a particular focus on heat- and flood-related issues;
ii) the role that nature-based solutions may have in promoting climate adaptation and urban resilience, also showcasing real-life examples;
iii) key planning aspects and considerations that are relevant for promoting the implementation and scaling up of nature-based solutions in cities, to enable a more widespread and systematic implementation while addressing more effective and just outcomes.

The document explains the tool for optimizing sector coupling hubs. It starts from outlining the structure of the sector coupling hubs and detailing/mathematical modelling of its main parts – gasification, electrolysis and methanation process. The models describe these parts in terms of energy and economical performance such that the optimization tool can weigh between its different parametrizations and planned operations and select the optimal ones.
Basic mathematical modelling principles on which the tool resides on are shown and explained for the full power to gas coupling hub configuration.

This policy brief presents a shared vision on Transformational Adaptation, developed by the Transformational Adaptation Thematic Working Group under the EU Mission on Adaptation to Climate Change's Implementation Platform (MIP4Adapt). It brings together insights from several EU Horizon projects—including TransformAr, Pathways2Resilience, IMPETUS, REGILIENCE, DesirMED, CARDIMED, TRANSCEND, and CLIMATEFIT—to explore the need for systemic, long-term approaches to climate adaptation. The brief defines transformational adaptation, outlines key barriers, and provides practical recommendations to guide decision-makers. The target audience includes EU, regional and local authorities, and practitioners involved in climate adaptation, particularly those working within the framework of the EU Adaptation Mission.

A comprehensive report that encapsulates the experiences and insights gained from various EU-funded projects under the Horizon Europe programme. It serves as a reflective analysis aimed at enhancing the effectiveness of future initiatives by learning from past experiences.​

The example of Zagreb demonstrates that implementing nature-based solutions offers a promising response to increasing heat in cities due to climate change and urbanisation processes, helping move towards climate resilient cities. Such green structures contribute to the cooling of city blocks by several degrees and offer a broad range of co-benefits to cities plagued by heat stress. In planning nature-based solutions, it is essential to involve all relevant stakeholders to fit the adaptation measure to the local circumstances and the wider context.

The future development of economic activity and technological choices in Ukraine remains highly uncertain due to the ongoing war in Ukraine and associated damages. In this context, the carbon pricing impact estimates provided in this report reflect an indicative exposure based on pre-war economic activity levels. In this objective, various approaches have been implemented and averaged to help compensate for limitations in data availability and provide the orders of magnitude communicated in the report.

Facilitating green investments is crucial for Ukraine’s recovery. In addition to mitigating economic risks, the presence of an essential green recovery strategy that tackles climate and biodiversity concerns is imperative. Success hinges on a comprehensive, cross-sectoral, and cross-ministerial approach. Establishing a framework for green investments must carefully consider the financial sensitivities of profit-oriented companies to navigate the threat of greenwashing.

This briefing paper originates from an online discussion conducted in November 2023, organized by the Ukrainian Climate Office and WWF CEE and Ukraine, with the aim of stimulating discourse on the term “green” and its implications. It presents pivotal recommendations intended to direct Ukraine towards a prosperous green recovery.

The Climate Challenge is a voluntary program of cooperation between the city and companies operating in Bratislava to meet climate goals.