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Mountains cover 30% of the Earth's surface, and 17% of the EU population lives in these areas. They play a crucial role in providing resources and supporting communities, yet they face increasing challenges due to climate change—challenges that are often intensified by insufficient adaptation measures.

The EU-funded MountResilience project aims to strengthen the capacity of European mountain regions and communities to adapt to climate change and advance their transition toward a climate-resilient society. Through six regional demonstrators and four replicator regions, the project will conceptualise, test, and scale up multilevel, multidimensional, and transferable climate adaptation strategies and nature-based solutions. This approach will address policy and societal needs, while also taking citizen behaviour into account, to better assess and respond to the specific climate impacts affecting mountain areas.

MountResilience is committed to reinforcing the resilience of these regions by developing, piloting, and expanding flexible climate adaptation solutions. Its work integrates policy considerations, societal demands, and community engagement, ensuring that strategies are both locally relevant and widely applicable.

Objectives of the project:

  • Lay the groundwork for transformative climate adaptation in European mountain regions

  • Establish local demonstrators to develop and test innovative climate solutions with broad community participation

  • Share knowledge and best practices across project regions and beyond, fostering cross-border learning and the uptake of adaptation solutions

  • Raise awareness of climate change adaptation, engage communities, disseminate results, and collaborate with related initiatives

  • Prepare the conditions for scaling up climate adaptation solutions and other key project outcomes

Project information

Lead

Università degli Studi di Milano – UNIMONT (Italy)

Partners

·  Applied Research and Communications Fund (Bulgaria)

·  Meta Group SRL (Italy)

·  Inova+ – Innovation Services, SA (Portugal)

·  Holland Farming Agro SRL (Romania)

·  Technische Universität Wien (Austria)

·  Zentrum für Soziale Innovation GmbH – ZSI (Austria)

·  Euromontana (France)

·  Regione Piemonte (Italy)

·  Institutul de Cercetare-Dezvoltare pentru Montanologie Cristian-Sibiu (Romania)

·  Università degli Studi di Torino (Italy)

·  ROHEALTH – Cluster per la Salute e la Bioeconomia (Romania)

·  Klimabündnis Tirol (Austria)

·  Luonnonvarakeskus (Finland)

·  Municipality of Gabrovo (Bulgaria)

·  Amt der Tiroler Landesregierung (Austria)

·  Comuna Râu Sadului (Romania)

·  Energieagentur Tirol GmbH (Austria)

·  Universität Innsbruck (Austria)

·  Revolve Planet (Belgium)

·  Coutenza Canali Cavour (Italy)

·  Regional Innovation Center “Ambitious Gabrovo” (Bulgaria)

·  Regional Council of Lapland (Finland)

·  Technical University – Gabrovo (Bulgaria)

·  Consorzio del Pesio (Italy)

·  Podkarpackie Centrum Innowacji Sp. z o.o. (Poland)

·  Centro de Investigación Ecológica y Aplicaciones Forestales – CREAF (Spain)

·  Unione Nazionale Comuni Comunità Enti Montani (UNCEM) (Italy)

·  Politecnico di Torino (Italy)

·  Departament de Territori – Generalitat de Catalunya (Spain)

·  Fédération Européenne de Finances et Banques Éthiques et Alternatives (Belgium)

·  Zavod za prostorno uređenje Primorsko-Goranske Županije (Croatia)

·  Università degli Studi di Trieste (Italy)

·  Regione Autonoma Friuli-Venezia Giulia (Italy)

·  Startup Europe Regions Network (Belgium)

·  Urbanex d.o.o. per edilizia (Croatia)

·  Standortagentur Tirol GmbH (Austria)

·  Finnish Lapland Tourist Board (Finland)

·  Enontekiön kunta (Finland)

·  Utsjoen kunta (Finland)

·  École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland)

·  Canton de Valais / Kanton Wallis (Switzerland)

·  BlueArk Entremont (Switzerland)

·  Apptitude SA (Switzerland) o

·  Fondation pour le développement durable des régions de montagne (Switzerland)

Published in Climate-ADAPT: Nov 14, 2025

Date of creation:

2025

Keywords:
Nature Based Solutions, multilevel governance, replicator regions, social engagement, social sciences
Climate impacts:

Non specific

Adaptation Approaches:

Adaptation Measures and Actions

Sectors:

Mountain areas

Funding Programme:
Horizon Europe
Duration:
2023-2028
Geographic characterisation:

Europe

Countries:

Poland, Finland, Romania, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Croatia, Bulgaria, Spain

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