In support of the European Green Deal, the Adaptation Strategy and the Mission on Adaptation to climate change, successful proposals will contribute to adapt to climate change in a more systemic way.
Projects results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:
- regions and communities are empowered and have actively participated to the development and testing of a range of transformative solutions, which are fit to address local vulnerabilities and risks.
- regional and local public administrations increase their foresight capacity and anticipate and prepare better for climate disruptions.
- cross-sectorial climate resilience solutions, which can systemically transform our society and support its preparedness to climate change, have been developed, tested and brought closer to the market.
The growing complexity, interdependencies and interconnectedness of modern societies and economies require that climate action is tackled with a systemic approach. Effectively adapting to climate change relies on cross-sectoral approaches, looking at the system as a whole, and on the inclusion of a variety of actors.
Proposals should integrate multi-faceted technological, digital, business, governance and environmental aspects with social innovation into the development of solutions contributing to increase preparedness to changing climate for specific regions, cities or local communities. For example, they should assess and identify
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