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The "LIFE-IP AdaptInGR – Boosting the implementation of adaptation policy across Greece" project aims to enhance Greece's resilience to climate change. Coordinated by the Ministry of Environment and Energy, the project is implemented in collaboration with 18 strategic partners, including central administration, local governments, academia, and NGOs. The project supports the Greek Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change, focusing on several key areas:

• The development of climate projections and open data tools, and the creation of the National Climate Change Adaptation Information Hub provide improved access to crucial information for planning and implementing adaptation measures.
• The project conducts training seminars for public service executives in the Greek regions, enhancing their ability to implement adaptation policies effectively.
• It establishes a framework for monitoring, evaluating, and updating climate change adaptation policies and actions, ensuring they remain effective and relevant.
• The project promotes local planning and implements pilot adaptation actions in climate change across 3 Greek regions and 5 municipalities.
• Guidelines are developed for adapting landscapes, archaeological sites, and historical monuments to climate change impacts.
• The project shares best practices within Greece, the Eastern Mediterranean, and the EU, fostering broader adoption of successful adaptation strategies.
• It undertakes actions to inform and raise awareness among youth, and implements educational programs for teachers, trainers, and students about climate change.
• The project optimizes European and Greek resources and tools for implementing adaptation actions, covering the programming period 2021-2027.

• Teachers, trainers, educators
• Youth workers,
• Youth
• Students, trainees
• Decision-makers and public body representatives
• Stakeholders on climate change adaption

The National Climate Change Adaptation Hub is part of the «LIFE-IP AdaptInGR» project, developed by the Natural Environment and Climate Change Organization (O.FY.PE.K.A.). It supports Greece's National Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change, adopted in 2016 to strengthen its resilience to climate change. The National Adaptation Hub aligns with the National Climate Law (L. 4936/2022), and aims to:

1. Provide tools and resources to help decision-makers at all levels and sectors plan and implement climate adaptation policies. This includes assessing climate change impacts at regional and local levels and developing appropriate adaptation actions.
2. Raise awareness about climate change and adaptation among various groups, including young citizens, to improve public understanding of climate change impacts and actions.
3. Promote the exchange of best practices on adaptation among stakeholders.

Informative - educational material

Educators and trainers can freely download and use the " Educator's Guide and Teaching Materials on Climate Change Adaptation " designed by the LIFE-IP AdaptInGR project. This educational package can be used in environmental education programs. This material is aimed to equip teachers and trainers with the necessary scientific knowledge and the appropriate tools to integrate this major topic into their curriculum. The first part of the package consists of a guide that provides the theoretical framework around the concepts of climate change, mitigation, and adaptation. Then, activities are presented, through which, the students/learners/trainees are invited to collaborate and propose solutions for adapting to the new climate conditions.

"Youth adapts" campaign

As part of this project and during the "Youth adapts" campaign, educational material will be developed for young students, and distributed to selected schools in Greece. The campaign will be monitored for its performance and effectiveness so that its overall design and implementation can be refined. Over time, material aimed at older age groups will be adapted to form part of adult programs for lifelong environmental education. Educators will be able to keep up to date with all developments regarding "Youth Adapts" and download the material that will be developed.

Tools for Climate Change Adaptation

To strengthen the understanding of the effects of climate change, the design of policies and policy measures, the information and exchange of actions and good practices.

https://adaptivegreecehub.gr/ergaleia/

Participation

Possibility to register a user in the Node and participate in a forum, communicate with other users, and propose material for the Node.

Information and awareness

Everyone can be informed about news, events, teacher seminars, and current issues related to Adaptation to Climate Change.

• Developing climate projections and open data tools.
• Creating a Greek information web hub for climate adaptation.
• Establishing a framework to monitor adaptation actions and policies.
• Conducting training seminars for public service executives.
• Integrating climate adaptation into sectoral planning.
• Evaluating and revising the Greek Adaptation Strategies.
• Aligning climate change mitigation and adaptation policies.
• Implementing pilot adaptation actions in 3 Greek regions and 5 municipalities.
• Developing local adaptation plans for 3 Greek municipalities under the Covenant of Mayors.
• Creating guidelines for adapting landscapes, land uses, archaeological sites, and monuments.
• Developing best practices for Greek climate adaptation.
• Raising awareness among young citizens.
• Educating teachers, trainers, and students about climate change and adaptation.
• Coordinating European resources for climate adaptation for 2021-2027.

- Provides access to the latest climate data and projections for informed decision-making.

- Links to the EU Climate-Adapt platform for international knowledge exchange.

- Features tools for tracking the effectiveness of adaptation policies and actions.

- Provides educational resources and interactive tools to raise awareness among the public, especially youth.

Climate Adapt

The European Climate Adaptation Platform Climate-ADAPT is a collaboration between the European Commission and the European Environment Agency. It aims to support Europe in Adapting to Climate Change by helping users access and share data and information on:

• Expected Climate Change in Europe.
• EU Adaptation to Climate Change strategies and actions.
• Customized case studies and tools.

CLIMPACT

The "National Research Network on Climate Change and its Impacts – CLIMPACT " is an interdisciplinary consortium, which includes 28 members from the academic and research community from Greece and Cyprus, related to the topic of Climate Change (CC), and related climate risks, natural disasters, and social and economic impacts.

CLIMATE INNOVATION WINDOW

The European Climate Resilience Platform Climate Innovation Window is a reference portal for climate change adaptation innovations, providing access to over 100 Climate Adaptation solutions.

https://adaptivegreecehub.gr/