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The Pathways2Resilience (P2R) initiative is empowering 100 regions and communities across Europe to design and implement transformative climate resilience strategies.

Through a comprehensive and ambitious learning program, P2R supports regions with varying levels of adaptive capacity—ranging from those equipped with advanced climate risk knowledge and governance structures to highly vulnerable communities in need of foundational support.

To address the diverse challenges posed by climate impacts, P2R offers a wide array of opportunities for regions, stakeholders, and partners to collaborate, innovate, and strengthen their climate resilience. Here's how you can get involved and contribute to this transformative initiative:

• Adaptation Finance Innovation Lab

  Be part of Europe’s first dedicated facility for piloting innovative finance solutions.

• Innovation Practice Groups

  Join collaborative groups that support locally-led climate adaptation efforts.

• Deep Dives

  Take part in thematic expert sessions focusing on critical enablers of climate resilience.

• The Expression of Interest (EOI)

  The Expression of Interest (EOI) process enables regions to showcase their adaptation challenges and support needs.

By participating in Pathways2Resilience, regions, communities and stakeholders can:

• Access funding, resources, and expertise for climate resilience initiatives.
• Collaborate with international experts, local practitioners, and diverse communities.
• Shape innovative solutions that address pressing climate risks and challenges.

Pathways2Resilience offers a platform for impactful engagement and learning and contributes to transformative change via its several activities.

P2R's Lab seeks to facilitate the ideation and development of innovative finance instruments and policy and governance programmes that enhance regions' climate resilience.

Alongside scaling existing financing for adaptation as part of regions' transformative Climate Resilience Strategies and Investment Plans, new and innovative financing approaches, business models and instruments will be needed to close the adaptation finance gap in specific contexts. Led by EIT Climate-KIC and supported by Athens University of Economics and Business, PWA, LGI, IIASA, GIB and HEC, the Lab will be the first dedicated facility in Europe to identifying, developing and piloting these solutions.

The Lab will be launching a call for proposals in early 2026. It will focus on nurturing solutions to the challenges in Europe's key community systems, and specifically on proposals which seek to increase regional resilience to the risks identified as urgent in the European Climate Risk Assessment. The call will be open to all entities, with a commitment to develop and deploy the proposal solutions further with the programme's participating regions.

More information on the Lab and the application process will be available soon.

The Innovation Practice Groups are dynamic spaces to foster cross-regional learning and knowledge exchange, led by regions and communities to support the locally-led formulation of shared visions, pathways and innovation agendas.

What will you gain?

• Build upon existing knowledge and best practice
• Share your learnings with regions, international experts, local practitioners, and citizen groups
• Exchange cross-regional adaptation challenges

10 thematic sessions

• Behavioural change
• Sustainable finance and resources towards adaptation
• Governance, engagement and collaboration
• Knowledge, data and digital services
• Critical infrastructure and climate-proofing
• Health, wellbeing and protecting vulnerable people
• Water management, rivers and coastal protection
• Land use and food systems
• Nature-based solutions, restoration and ecosystem services
• Climate resilient business models, value chains, and skills

The 10 sessions will take place in spring 2025. Subscribe to our newsletter to receive updates and details on how to participate

Deep Dives are communities of experts from different fields (including scientific, engagement, policy, and practice experts) aiming to exchange knowledge around key enabling conditions for climate resilience:

• Knowledge and data
• Governance, engagement and innovation
• Finances and resources, capabilities and skills
• Behavioural change

We will be holding regular Deep Dive sessions on these topics open to everyone, with the goal of generating insights and ideas to further support the Pathways2Resilience participating regions.

The Expression of Interest process enables regions to demonstrate their motivation, willingness, and capacity to apply for the Pathways2Resilience programme, while also allowing them to share their adaptation challenges, barriers and support needs. It aims at mobilising regions and communities willing to accelerate their transformation towards climate resilience.

Increase your chance to receive funding and support under the programme!

• Receive first-hand information on the opening of the calls for applications
• Receive invitations to information sessions about the calls.
• Receive support to engage with local adaptation stakeholders in order to build a stronger application for the Pathways2Resilience calls.

Help us tailor the programme’s support services and capacity-building activities to your region or community interests and needs.

Answering the questionnaire will allow the Pathways2Resilience programme team to:

• map and identify regions that need support
• identify the adaptation challenges and barriers as well as the support needs of the regions
• understand the local governance and engagement of key stakeholders for adaptation activities

Information retrieved from the Expression of Interest questionnaire will allow for the launch of matchmaking actions to facilitate dialogue between regions and local partners.