Opening plenary: What are the challenges facing the new European adaptation strategy?
10:00 12:30
Climate Chance Europe 2026 Summit
Programme
2-day event: 15 workshops, 6 plenary sessions, Pitch Corner, and side events
Coastal Risks: Anticipating Erosion and Flooding
Theme: Infrastructure and land-use adaptation
14:00 15:30Co-creating sustainable tourism with local stakeholders in Europe
Theme: Governance and cooperation
14:00 15:30Public-private partnerships and adaptation of European economic sectors: between legislation, financing, and innovation for enhanced sovereignty?
Theme: Financing and innovation
14:00 15:30Thematic Plenary: Local authorities at the heart of adaptation ?
Theme: Governance and cooperation
14:00 15:30Pitch Corner
Continuous presentation of projects and innovations
14:00 17:30Will the next CAP sufficiently adapt agriculture to climate change?
Theme: Agricultural, water, and energy resilience
16:00 17:30What public health strategy in an overheated Europe?
Theme: Governance and cooperation
16:00 17:30Preparing and preserving forests in the face of rising temperatures?
Theme: Agricultural, water, and energy resilience
16:00 17:30Thematic Plenary: Will access to cooling be tomorrow’s great inequality?
Theme: Infrastructure and land-use adaptation
16:00 17:30
The Cost of Maladaptation in Europe
Theme: Infrastructure and land-use adaptation
09:00 10:30Social and gender justice: the foundation of European climate policies?
Theme: Governance and cooperation
09:00 10:30European financial institutions and tools for adaptation
Theme: Financing and innovation
09:00 10:30Thematic Plenary: Digital, AI and resilience: how do innovations transform risk management?
Theme: Financing and innovation
09:00 10:30Pitch Corner
Continuous presentation of projects and innovations
09:00 15:30Are Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) sufficiently integrated into the European strategy for biodiversity restoration?
Theme: Infrastructure and land-use adaptation
11:00 12:30What are the challenges of adaptation for European overseas territories?
Theme: Governance and cooperation
11:00 12:30The evolution of the European electricity system: technical adaptation or model overhaul?
Theme: Agricultural, water, and energy resilience
11:00 12:30Thematic Plenary: Will the insurance system protect Europe ?
Theme: Financing and innovation
11:00 12:30Adaptation of the european rail system
Theme: Infrastructure and land-use adaptation
14:00 15:30Making adaptation a driver of Development for African Cities
Theme: Governance and cooperation
14:00 15:30Climate crisis management: from anticipation to intervention
Theme: Agricultural, water, and energy resilience
14:00 15:30Thematic Plenary: Climate-proof and pollution-proof water: how to act for healthy and sufficient water in Europe?
Theme: Agricultural, water, and energy resilience
14:00 15:30Closing plenary – Cooperation and solidarity between Europe and Africa at the heart of the response to the challenge of resilience?
15:30 17:00
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