Supporting regional and local authorities in developing their Action Plans towards climate resilience
Funds a consortium to build a common planning framework and then re-grant most of the money so at least 70 regional and local authorities can write their own climate adaptation Action Plans.
A lead consortium receives the entire EUR 25 million grant directly and uses most of it to run a cascade programme rather than spending it all on its own research: at least 70% of the requested EU contribution has to be re-granted to regional and local authorities as Financial Support to Third Parties, and the first of those cascade calls has to launch within the project's first year. Each authori…
The funder wants a shared methodology that regions and local authorities can use to design costed, timed climate adaptation Action Plans, covering everything from future-scenario analysis to funding options. It wants at least 70 authorities to actually produce a plan using that methodology, with strong local stakeholder engagement.
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