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Description

TiCCA4Danu supports transformative climate change adaptation (CCA) in Danube city-regions by combining governance innovation, stakeholder co-creation and finance mobilisation. The project works with pilot regions in Bulgaria, Hungary, Slovenia and Romania to develop scalable solutions.

Adaptation focus (key themes)

  • Transformative adaptation: moving beyond incremental measures toward systemic change
  • Multi-level governance: integrating adaptation across local, regional and national levels
  • City-region approach: linking urban, peri-urban and rural systems
  • Just resilience: addressing social equity and vulnerable groups
  • Co-creation: participatory design of adaptation pathways
  • Adaptation finance: mobilising public and private investment
  • Cross-sector integration: embedding adaptation across sectors (e.g. water, infrastructure, ecosystems)
  • Risk-informed planning: addressing heat, droughts, floods and ecosystem degradation

Outputs

  • Replicable toolkit for transformative adaptation
  • Tested solutions in 4 pilot regions
  • Policy recommendations for the Danube region and EU level

Project information

Lead

Pensoft Publishers (Bulgaria)

Partners

·  CMCC Foundation – Italy

·  INFRAS – Switzerland

·  ICLEI Europe – Germany

·  Central European University – Austria

·  Budapest University of Technology and Economics – Hungary

·  Urbanistični inštitut Republike Slovenije – Slovenia

·  National Institute for Research and Development in Constructions – Romania

·  Municipality of Burgas – Bulgaria

·  Municipality of Sfântu Gheorghe – Romania

·  Municipality of Maribor – Slovenia

·  Municipality of Szeged – Hungary

Reference information

Websites:
https://ticca4danu.eu/

Published in Climate-ADAPT: Apr 24, 2026

Date of creation:

2026

Keywords:
Capacity Building, Co-creation, Local authorities, transformative adaptation, transnational cooperation
Climate impacts:

Non specific

Adaptation Approaches:

Sector Policies, Just Resilience

Sectors:

Non specific

Funding Programme:
Horizon Europe
Duration:
2025-2028
Geographic characterisation:

Europe

Macro-Transnational region:

Danube Area

Countries:

Romania, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Germany, Austria, Italy, Hungary, Switzerland

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