The Climate_CRICES strategy will define the contribution of data to improve the knowledge and capability of regional authorities to manage climate change in their area and to elaborate reliable projections particularly focusing on heat and drought, shortage of water and flooding, biodiversity. To implement the Strategy, a data-driven dashboard will be available for public authorities to support their projections and to allow for multi-lingual cross border climate information in Central Europe.

To help regions better prepare for extreme heatwaves and droughts, the project has developed a practical guideline supported by tailored regional addenda. These resources empower decision-makers in regions from Veneto and Piedmont to Burgenland, Croatia, and the Neisse river basin (DE, PL, CZ) with improved methods to model and understand local climate impacts. By adapting scientific insights to each region’s context, the solution supports more reliable and regionally specific climate change projections — ready to be applied by partners and associated stakeholders.

Water is becoming increasingly unpredictable — too much in some places, not enough in others. This solution delivers a hands-on manual and a set of regional addenda designed to improve climate projections related to water shortages and flood risks. Covering diverse pilot areas like the Neisse river basin, Zagreb, Piedmont, and Central Danube, the strategy helps public authorities and planners integrate water risk scenarios into local and transnational climate strategies. It bridges scientific forecasting with on-the-ground action.

How will ecosystems and biodiversity respond to future climate conditions? This solution answers that by offering a comprehensive guideline for managing biodiversity-related data within climate projections. With region-specific insights from Hungary, Austria, Croatia, and the Neisse cross-border area, the plan enables regional actors to factor biodiversity into their climate response planning. It’s a key step toward ensuring that environmental preservation keeps pace with climate resilience efforts across Central Europe.

The Action Plan will implement the Climate_CRICES strategy: a) datasets provision and maintenance to feed the dashboard; b) capacity building activities to increase knowledge of regional authorities on the exploitation of data for the climate changes' forecasts; c) updates of the dashboard and its integration into the regional data-systems; d) enlargement of the topics for the climate change's projections. PPs and ASP committed for its implementation.

A user-friendly Climate Adaptation Dashboard is to be developed and tested as part of the project. This innovative tool will be evaluated and validated as an effective solution to support local governments in managing climate change impacts through data-driven assessments. Once finalized, the dashboard will be made available to project partners, Associated Strategic Partners (ASPs), and other key stakeholders. It will serve as a foundation for ongoing monitoring of climate impacts at local and regional levels. To ensure long-term use and integration, a comprehensive guideline will accompany the dashboard. This will detail how to operate the tool and how to embed it into existing regional and local climate monitoring systems. Project partners are expected to adopt and implement the dashboard in their respective regions, promoting its continued use and development beyond the project’s lifetime.