A PROGRAMME SUPPORTING THE EU MISSION ON ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
Co-developing pathways towards climate resilient regions in Europe
Discover how the Pathways2Resilience programme supports European regions and communities along their Regional Resilience Journey (RRJ) through:
of climate change adaptation measures are currently undertaken by local and regional authorities, according to the European Committee of the Regions (2021)
Why foster European regions’ climate resilience?
The climate crisis is already having major effects on everyday life in Europe. We need to pay more attention to the current and future impacts of climate change. Adaptation efforts so far have not yielded enough outcomes while needs have increased significantly, widening thus need for adaptation actions. Regions and communities have a major role to play in enabling rapid and far-reaching change.
Discover the Pathways2Resilience programmePathways2Resilience in a nutshell
allocated in sub-grants to help regions develop transformative pathways to climate resilience via 2 open calls
Innovation Practice Group & Finance Innovation Lab to increase knowledge and conceptualise sustainable adaptation solutions
Regions empowered to identify climate resilience solutions
Latest News & Events

Innovation Practice Groups
Join our special week dedicated to building regional resilience. From 19 to 23 October 2026, Pathways2Resilience invites you to ten online learning and exchange sessions, each exploring a key topic for your climate adaptation efforts.

5th Forum on the EU Mission on Adaptation to Climate Change
The Fifth Forum for the EU Mission on Adaptation to Climate Change takes place in Dublin, Ireland, under the Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
Horizon Europe Cluster 5 Info Day
Join the Horizon Europe Cluster 5 info day to learn more about the 2027 call topics under the Work Programme 2026-2027 (estimated budget of €873 million).
European Research and Innovation Days 2026
The seventh edition of the European Commission’s flagship research and innovation event will take place in Brussels and online.

Learning from each other: looking back at the 2025 Innovation Practice Groups
Since March 2025, Pathways2Resilience has brought regions together to learn not only from experts, but from each other. Over three Innovation Practice Groups weeks in 2025, the programme hosted 27 online sessions exploring what climate resilience looks like on the ground.