EU Mission: Adaptation to Climate Change

In addition, two joint calls with other EU missions were launched:

Joint demonstration with the Ocean Mission and the Soil Mission: Demonstrate at regional scale an integrated approach to increasing landscape water retention capacity – deadline to apply is 20 Sept 2023

Funding Opportunities relevant to the Mission

You can find the opportunities to support your ideas on adaptation to climate change on the Funding and Tenders Portal, in particular under the Horizon Europe Work Programme 2023-2024.

The following calls will be closing on 20th September 2023:

HORIZON-MISS-2023-CLIMA-01-01: Testing and demonstrating transformative solutions increasing climate resilience of the agriculture and/or forestry sector

HORIZON-MISS-2023-CLIMA-01-02: Testing and demonstrating transformative solutions to protect critical infrastructure from climate change, mainstreaming nature based solutions

HORIZON-MISS-2023-CLIMA-01-03: Testing and demonstrating transformative solutions to build resilience towards health risks caused by the effects of climate change

Benefits for Signatories:

Advice and guidance from the Mission Platform, operational in early 2023 Research & innovation funding opportunities to join large innovation actions, pilot projects and demonstrations (total budget from Horizon Europe for 2021- 2023: €370 million) Support through community of practice on adaptation to climate change Help by acting as testbeds for innovative adaptation solutions Networking opportunities, learning and exchange of experiences among regions, local authorities and communities Support with involving citizens in decision-making Participation in the annual Mission Forum Visibility for participating regions and local authorities

The Mission’s objective is to accompany by 2030 at least 150 European regions and communities towards climate resilience.

Joining the Mission Activities

The Mission aims to get a wide range of regions and communities on board and assist them, alongside their national adaptation strategy, on their specific journey, whether they are just starting out or are already taking steps towards adaptation to climate risks.

The Mission is also engaging with citizens by funding projects facilitating their involvement.

Regional and local authorities that share the ambitions of the Mission manifested their interest on EU Survey to sign the Mission Charter and joined the Mission by 25 November at the latest. Signatories declared their willingness to cooperate, mobilise resources and develop activities in their respective region and communities to reach their adaptation goals.

Other entities, such as research institutions or businesses were also invited to endorse the Charter and join the Mission’s community of organisations working together towards climate resilience as Friends of the Mission. 40 private companies, service centres, research networks, and local action groups endorsed the Charter and became friends of the Mission.

The total number of signatories to the Mission Charter now stands at 215 from 24 EU countries, with 13 more parties coming from countries associated or potentially associated with Horizon Europe. List of the the Charter Signatories can be found here.

202 EU regions and local authorities, from 24 EU Member States 13 regions and local authorities from countries associated to Horizon Europe.