Peer Learning Program to Support Climate Change Adaptation Efforts for Charter Signatories to Succeed

This summer, the Mission Implementation Platform (MIP4Adapt) completed its first mutual learning program for the signatories of the EU Climate Change Adaptation Mission Charter.

After the successful first program, the second Peer Learning program will run from October 2024 to February 2025. Registration is open and ends on September 29, with the initial meetings taking place in October.

Highlights from the first peer learning program

15 charter signatories attended the program to learn from experts, share knowledge and best practices, and share challenges or questions with their colleagues to improve their adaptation work.

A key element of the program was the involvement of the charter signatories in the program from the beginning. Each group decided on specific topics and areas of focus in order to maximize the benefits of the program for charter signatories and tailor the content to their specific needs.

Three peer learning groups were created:

• Nature-based solutions focused on adaptation initiatives for water management and urban and agricultural environments.
• The selection and implementation of adaptation measures was linked to the Regional Adaptation Support Tool (RAST) and helped participants select, prioritize and finance their adaptation solutions.
• Citizen and stakeholder engagement focused on organizing citizen assemblies on climate change to engage stakeholders in their adaptation efforts.

During all 10 meetings, adaptation experts from MIP4Adapt and other mission projects provided expertise on each of the topics, along with introducing various guides, tools, funding and general support methods that charter signatories can use. These expert presentations were followed by detailed discussions among the charter signatories in which they shared their best practices, successes, challenges and questions with the wider group.

Charter signatories also worked on live exercises in their groups to show how the tools introduced by the experts would work in practice. These practical examples allowed participants to see how they could implement the tools in their own adaptation initiatives. (Co2AI)