Danube-ADAPT
Enhancing Climate Data Cooperation for Evidence- based Adaptation Policy Making in the Danube Region
Danube-ADAPT Project
Enhancing Climate Data Cooperation for Evidence-based Adaptation Policy Making in the Danube Region
The Danube-ADAPT project aims to strengthen climate adaptation across the Danube Region by improving access to harmonized climate data, shared knowledge and evidence-based policy tools.
The project supports settlements, regions and countries in responding more effectively to climate change and environmental risks.
Project Information
Duration: April 1, 2025 – March 31, 2028
Status: Ongoing
Total Budget: €2,641,914
EU Co-financing: 80%
Countries involved: 12
Project partners: 21
Danube-ADAPT project’s overall aim is to create harmonised data availability and knowledge in the Danube Region to support evidence-based climate adaptation policy making, and thus improve and balance the adaptive capacities of settlements, regions and countries across the Danube Region. To this end, a broad and balanced partnership was created with 23 organisations covering 10 DR countries, involving meteorological and hydrological, academic, policy-making and climate adaptation policy advisor organisations. Partners contribute a wealth of climate change and adaptation data, knowledge, as well as experience in adaptation responses, representing all governance levels.
Main Activities:
- Creation of a high-quality Climatological Baseline Database based on observational data and climate models, serving as a basis for vulnerability assessments.
- Development of territorially integrated, data-driven policy support tools, including a Vulnerability Assessment Framework (based on IPCC methodology).
- Implementation of pilot projects for vulnerability analysis and policy review, ensuring comparability of results across the region.
- Establishment of the Danube-ADAPT Platform to integrate climate data and policy solutions into decision-making processes.
- Awareness-raising campaigns, e-learning materials, and national climate adaptation roadmaps to support capacity building and policy development.
Background
Climate change is increasingly affecting the Danube Region through:
- more frequent heatwaves
- droughts and water scarcity
- flood risks
- extreme weather events
- pressure on ecosystems and infrastructure
The Danube Region is home to more than 115 million people, and climate impacts often affect multiple countries simultaneously, requiring coordinated international responses.
Key Focus Areas
- Climate adaptation
- Climate databases
- Risk and vulnerability assessment
- Data harmonization
- Policy support tools
- Climate resilience
- Cross-border cooperation
Project Objectives
The Danube-ADAPT project supports evidence-based climate adaptation by strengthening:
- regional climate data cooperation
- data-driven decision making
- climate vulnerability assessments
- institutional capacities
- cross-border cooperation
The project also develops harmonized climate databases, integrated policy tools, vulnerability assessment methodologies and climate adaptation platforms for the entire Danube Region.
Partnership
The project is led by HungaroMet (Hungarian Meteorological Service).
The partnership includes meteorological institutions, universities, municipalities, development agencies and research organizations from across the Danube Region, including Serbia through CESCI Balkans.
