Climate-ADAPT aims to assist users in the uptake of the adaptation information stored in the platform, and to support decision making on adaptation in Europe at all governance levels and for all steps of the adaptation policy cycle, contributing to a greater level of coordination among sectors and institutional levels. Climate-ADAPT also aims to assist information providers in sharing knowledge to build a consistent and updated knowledge base.

Climate-ADAPT knowledge is used across Europe in a variety of policy processes supporting decision making at different levels. The following table shows an overview on these processes supported by the use of Climate-ADAPT in 17 exemplary cases across Europe. Details of all cases can be downloaded here or individually from the table.

Processes supporting decision making

Country, region, organization

Governance level

Use case title 

Research

Develop evidence documents feeding into policy

Informing the development of NAS and NAP

Support participatory processes

Support decision making (g. deciding on regulations)

Develop funding proposals

Directorate-General for Research and Innovation

European Commission

Using Climate-ADAPT to find the latest scientific knowledge on adaptation for agenda-setting for EU research and innovation funding

x

x

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Carpathians

Transnational

Using country information from Climate-ADAPT to develop a Carpathian transnational region page and to feed into international adaptation policies

x

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Adriatic Region

Transnational
Subnational
Local

Using Climate-ADAPT structure and content as a model to create the “Resilience Information platform for the Adriatic region”

x

x

x

x

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Bulgaria

National

Encouraging Bulgarian stakeholders to use the Bulgarian country page and further resources on Climate-ADAPT to inform the development of the Bulgarian National Adaptation Strategy

x

x

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Italy

National

Understanding the state of the art of EU countries' impact indicators to determine national indicators for climate change impacts in Italy

x

x

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Poland

National

Informing urban adaptation plans for large cities in Poland using Climate-ADAPT

x

x

x

x

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Spain

National

Spain is inspired by Climate-ADAPT case studies to create its own adaptation good practice examples

x

x

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Turkey

National

Using the Adaptation Support Tool as a comprehensive and systematic checklist for developing a project proposal to revise the National Adaptation Strategy and Action Plan of Turkey

x

x

x

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Greece

National

Supporting the preparation of EU LIFE Climate Action funding proposals in Greece at national, regional and local levels by using the Climate-ADAPT database, adaptation options and research projects

x

x

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Ireland

National

Using Climate-ADAPT Adaptation Support Tool to prepare the Local Authority Adaptation Wizard by Climate Ireland

x

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Lombardy Region

Subnational

Developing a regional adaptation plan using European climate data accessed through tools and guidance on Climate-ADAPT

x

x

x

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Sardinia Region

Subnational

Supporting cooperation across governance levels and access to European knowledge on Climate-ADAPT for the regional government of Sardinia

x

x

x

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Province of Barcelona

Subnational

Finding inspiration to develop tools to support municipalities designing climate change adaptation plans

x

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Bologna

Local

Using Climate-ADAPT to develop the Bologna Urban Adaptation Plan and guidelines for medium-sized Italian cities

x

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Cascais

Local

Using the Urban Adaptation Support Tool to train staff in a network of municipalities to develop local adaptation plans

x

x

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Sorradile

Intermediary organisation

Identifying best practice for vulnerability assessments in rural areas where there is no national adaptation platform

x

x

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Lombardy Foundation

Intermediary organisation

Intermediary organisation that supports learning from other EU countries about the legal and policy frameworks for mainstreaming adaptation

x

x

x

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United Kingdom

Sector

Using Climate-ADAPT information to create a risk and adaptation plan for the health sector in England

x

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United Kingdom

Research organisation

The research perspective: assessing the status of EU climate projections from Climate-ADAPT for Copernicus Climate Services and EU-funded Horizon 2020 projects

x

x

x

x

x

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