Climate resilience could be defined as the ability to anticipate, prepare for, and respond to hazardous events, trends, or disturbances related to climate. Improving climate resilience involves assessing how climate change will create new, or alter current, climate-related risks, and taking steps to better cope with these risks. It is different to climate adaptation, which is the process of adjusting to actual or expected climate and its effects, in order to moderate harm or exploit beneficial opportunities.

The Mission on Adaptation to Climate Change focuses on supporting EU regions, cities and local authorities in their efforts to build resilience against the impacts of climate change. Its objective is to accompany at least 150 European regions and communities towards climate resilience by 2030.
Pathways2Resilience contributes to the objectives of the Mission and of the Adaptation Strategy by helping the regions to:

• better understand their climate risks
• develop their pathways to be better prepared and cope with the changing climate​
• test and deploy innovative solutions needed to build resilience

Pathways2Resilience is supporting 100 regions and communities to create transformative climate resilience strategies through an ambitious learning programme.

Climate impacts and adaptive capacities differ greatly across regions, from those already having detailed knowledge of climate risks and risk mitigation measures, a diversity of competencies, and well-functioning governance structures, to more vulnerable communities.

Depending on your resilience maturity, by applying to Pathways2Resilience, you will be able to access tailored training, peer mentoring, and Innovation Practice Groups, developed by programme experts and other regions in your group.