EU
MISSIONS
ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE 301
CHARTER
SIGNATORIES
284 EU regions and local authorities, from 25 EU Member States
17 regions and local authorities from countries associated to Horizon Europe,
the EU’s research and innovation programme (2021-2027)
Support at least 150 European regions and local authorities towards
climate resilience by 2030
Build a community of practice on adaptation to climate change
Support delivering the European Green Deal and the Climate
Adaptation Strategy
7 March 2023
MEET THE REGIONS AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES
MISSION &
CHARTER
OBJECTIVES
65 private companies, service centres, research networks, and local action
groups endorse the Charter and become friends of the Mission
Advice and guidance from the Mission Implementation Platform MIP4Adapt
Research & innovation funding opportunities to join large innovation actions,
pilot projects and demonstrations (budget from Horizon Europe for 2023-2024:
€138 million)
Support through the community of practice on adaptation to climate change
Help by acting as testbeds for innovative adaptation solutions
Networking opportunities, learning and exchange of experiences among regions,
local authorities and communities
Support with involving citizens in decision-making
Participation in the annual Mission Forum
Visibility for participating regions and local authorities
FRIENDS OF
THE MISSION
BENEFITS FOR
SIGNATORIES
Cities CapitalsLarge regions Provinces Municipalities
AUSTRIA
Graz City
KLAR! Murraum Leoben
KLAR! Naturpark Ötscher-
Tormäuer
KLAR! Steirische Eisenwurzen
KLAR! Stiefingtal
KLAR! Wachau-
Dunkelsteinerwald-
Jauerling
KLAR! Zukunftsregion Ennstal
Lower Austria – Klimafit NÖ
March-Thaya-Auen
Nockregion, Upper Carinthia
Römerland Carnuntum,
Lower Austria
Steiermark
BELGIUM
Blankenberge
City of Leuven
Flanders
Hasselt
Ottignies-Louvain-La-Neuve
Wallonia
BULGARIA
Belene Muncipality
Burgas Municipality
Cherven Bryag Muncipality
Garmen Muncipality
Isperih Muncipality
Kardzhali Muncipality
Pernik Muncipality
Razgrad Muncipality
Smolyan Muncipality
Stambolovo Municipality
Straldzha Muncipality
Svishtov Municipality
Svoge Muncipality
CROATIA
Karlovac City
Karlovac County
Koprivnica Križevci County
Krapina-zagorje county
Sibenik-Knin County
Split City
Zagreb City
CYPRUS
Athienou Municipality
Nicosia Municipality
Pafos Municipality
DENMARK
Aarhus City
Capital Region of Denmark
Central Denmark Region
Kalundborg Municipality
North Denmark Region
Southern Denmark Region
Vordingborg Municipality
ESTONIA
Pärnu City
Saue Rural Municipality
Tallinn City
Tartu City
Viimsi Municipality
FINLAND
Espoo City
Häme Region
Helsinki-Uusimaa
Kymenlaakso Regional
Council
Lapland
Ostrobothnia
Southwest Finland and the
City of Turku Region
Tampere City
Turku City
Vaasa City
FRANCE
Angers Loire Metropole
Auvergne Rhône Alpes
Region
Bordeaux Métropole
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Brittany Region
Centre-Val de Loire Region
Clermont Auvergne Métropole
Eurometropole de Strasbourg
Grand Est Region
Île-de-France Region
La Rochelle Urban Community
Métropole Européenne de
Lille (MEL)
Nantes Métropole
Normandie Region
Occitanie Region
Paris City
Pays de la Loire Region
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Puy-de-Dôme
Rouen Normandie Métropole
Strasbourg City
Toulouse Métropole
GERMANY
Augsburg City
Bad Nauheim
Euskirchen County
Free Hanseatic City of Bremen
Göttingen City
Hamburg City
Ingolstadt City
Kreis Herford
Kreis Minden-Lübbecke
Kreis Siegen-Wittgenstein
Landkreis Vechta County
Lügde
Munich City
North Rhine-Westphalia
Rheinfelden (Baden)
Rüsselsheim am Main City
Stadt Enger
Stadt Leipzig
Stadt Pforzheim
Wettenberg Community
GREECE
Ampelokipi Menemeni
Municipality
Chaidari Municipality
Chalki Island
Corinth Municipality
Crete Region
Fyli Municipality
Ilion Municipality
Kythira Municipality
Larissa Municipality
Likovrisi Pefki Municipality
Mytilene Municipality
Nisyros Island
Penteli Municipality
Skiathos Municipality
Skopelos
Thermaikos Municipality
Thermi Municipality
Thessaloniki Municipality
Thessaly
Vari – Voula – Vouliagmeni
Municipality
HUNGARY
Gyöngyös City District Centre
Hajdú-Bihar County
Jaszkiser Local Government
Szarvas Municipality
IRELAND
Cork City
Dublin City
Galway City
Louth
Mayo
Offaly
Sligo
ITALY
Abruzzo Region
Arezzo City
Autonomous Province of
Trento
SIGNATORIES
OF THE MISSION
CHARTER
SIGNATORIES
OF THE MISSION
CHARTER Campania Region
Cesano Maderno
Municipality
Emilia-Romagna Region
Friuli Venezia Giulia
Autonomous Region
L'Aquila Municipality
Liguria Region
Molise Region
Mountain Community of
Valchiavenna
Potenza Province
Puglia Region
Veneto
LATVIA
Vidzeme Planning Region
Zemgale Region
LITHUANIA
Alytus City
Kedainiai District
Municipality
Klaipeda City
Panevėžys City
Taurage District
Municipality
Ukmerge District
Municipality
Utena District Municipality
Vilnius City
MALTA
Eastern Region
Port Region
NETHERLANDS
Drenthe Province
Friesland Province
Gelderland Province
Groene Metropoolregio
Arnhem-Nijmegen
Groningen en North
Drenthe Region
Rotterdam City
Utrecht Municipality
Utrecht Province
Zuid-Holland Province
Zwolle
POLAND
Aglomeracja Kalisko-
Ostrowska
Community Żmigród
Gmina Czechowice-
Dziedzice
Gmina Janikowo
Gmina Miejska Lidzbark
Warmiński
Gmina Sorkwity
Jastrzębie-Zdrój City
Katowice City
Konin City
Łódź City
Lublin City
Lubuskie, Poland
Malopolska Region
Mazovian Voivodeship
Rzeszow City
Silesian Voivodeship
Stare Babice
Warsaw City
Wroclawi
PORTUGAL
Alandroal Municipality
Alentejo
Algarve
Almada Municipality
Amarante Municipality
Ave Intermunicipal
Community
Baião
Baixo Alentejo
Intermunicipal
Community
Braga Municipality
Caldas da Rainha
Municipality
Câmara de Lobos
Câmara Municipal de
Benavente
Câmara Municipal de Mafra
Câmara Municipal de
Sesimbra
Cascais
CCDR Norte
Centro region
CIM Cávado
Coimbra Region
Esposende
Évora Municipality
Figueira da Foz Municipality
Funchal
Fundão
Guimarães Municipality
Idanha-a-Nova
Lisbon Metropolitan Area
Lisbon Municipality
Loulé Municipality
Marco de Canaveses
Matosinhos
Médio Tejo Intermunicipal
Community
Municipality of Mértola
Nazaré Municipality
Oeiras Municipality
Palmela Municipality
Porto Municipality
Redondo Municipality
Setúbal Municipality
Sintra Municipality
Torres Vedras Municipality
Valongo
Vila Franca de Xira
Vila Nova de Famalicao
Municipality
Vila Pouca de Aguiar
Vila Viçosa
ROMANIA
Brasov Municipality
Cluj-Napoca Municipality
Iasi
Roman Municipality
Sibiu
Suceava City
Targu Secuiesc Municipality
West Ialomita Functional
Area
SLOVAK REPUBLIC
Banská Bystrica Self
Governing Region
Košice Self Governing
Region
Lucenek City Municipality
Trnava Self Governing
Region
Žilina Self Governing
Region
SLOVENIA
Gorenjska Region
Občina Lendava
SPAIN
Andalusia
Aragon
Ayuntamiento de Los
Alcázares
Ayuntamiento de
Soutomaior
Balearic Islands
Basque Country
Canary Islands
Castilla La Mancha
Castilla y León
Catalonia
Comunitat Valenciana
Extremadura
Galicia
Gran Canaria
La Rioja
Las Rozas de Madrid
Municipality of Valencia
Murcia City
SIGNATORIES
OF THE MISSION
CHARTER
MAP OF
EUROPEAN CHARTER
SIGNATORIES
ASSOCIATED COUNTRIES
EU Mission on Adaptation
to Climate Change
Navarra
Principality of Asturias
Province of Granada
Región de Murcia
Valladolid
Vitoria-Gasteiz
SWEDEN
Blekinge Region
Gothenburg Metropolitan
Area
Kristianstad Municipality
Malmö – Copenhagen
Stockholm County
Administration Board
Umeå Municipality
Värmland County
Västerbotten County
ICELAND
The Icelandic Association of
Local Authorities
ISRAEL
Eilat-Eilot
Sharon Region
NORWAY
Gjøvik Kommune
Innlandet County Authority
Kristiansand Kommune
Rogaland
Troms & Finnmark County
Tromsø municipality
Vesteraalen
Vestland County
TURKEY
Bodrum Municipality
Bursa Metropolitan
Municipality
Eskisehir Metropolitan
Muncipality
İstanbul Metropolitan
Municipality
Izmir City
Izmit Municipality
Entire territorial entity signed
One or more entities within
the territory signed
Canary Islands (ES)
Madeira (PT)
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AUSTRIA
KLIMAFONDS
Naturepark Leiser Berge
KLAR! Waldviertler Kernland
BELGIUM
ERRIN
FEDARENE
EuroGeographics
BULGARIA
Cleantech
CZECHIA
MAS Vysočina
MAS Cesky
MAS Štenbersko
FINLAND
ICOS ERIC
GERMANY
Catchment area of the
Emscher and Lippe rivers
Thuringian Forest
KH Engineering
Südlicher Oberrhein
GREECE
Region of Central Macedonia
FUA West Athens
Development Agency of the
Attica Prefecture
Demokritos
HUNGARY
Budapest XXI. ker. Polg. Hiv.
Főépítész Iroda
IRELAND
Climate Action Regional Office
– Atlantic Seaboard North
Ennis, Co. Clare
Dublin Metropolitan Region
Southeast Ireland
ITALY
LAG Tirreno Eolie
Appennino Tosco Emiliano
National Park
NETHERLANDS
Achterhoek
Netwerk klimaatadaptatie
werkregio Delfland
DPRA Regio Twents Waternet
Deltares
De Wadden Delta van 2100
Vallei en Veluwe
POLAND
Krakow Metropolis
Association
PORTUGAL
BLC3
Food4Sustainbility
Médio Tejo
Natural History & Science
Museum of Porto
University
University of Algarve
Faculdade de Arquitetura
da Universidade do Porto
Associação Quadrilátero
Vine & wine sector
Inegi
INOVA+
Institute for Antropocene
Studies, INfAST
Universidade Católica
Portuguesa – Centro
Regional do Porto
Médio Tejo
Metropolitan area of Porto
North of the Douro River
SLOVAK REPUBLIC
Envirocentrum BS
SLOVENIA
Podravska
Goriška
SPAIN
Basque Centre for Climate
Change (BC3)
Banco Forestal Huella de
Carbono SL – Forestbank
Brigaid Connect
Cambiamo
Comunidad de Trabajo de
los Pirineos
FRIENDS OF
THE MISSION
OTHER
Group on Earth
Observations (GEO)
Kenya-East African
Community
Glasgow City Region
Tel Aviv University Climate
Initiative
Costa Rica
Ukrainian agroforestry
federation
SINTEF Digital
CISEDER
Westyern Negev Cluster
As well as the Mission on Adaptation to Climate Change, there are four other
EU missions addressing global challenges in the areas of:
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Charter signatories are committed to building climate resilience on the ground in
an inclusive way, engaging with local stakeholders, the civil society, the business
community, industry, research organisations, and citizens.
The Charter is a clear and highly visible political commitment, but is not legally binding.
Launch of the MIP4Adapt platform, 1 April
Mission Forum, Blekinge, Sweden, 13 June