Unified Action: Resilient Communities

Sharing knowledge, working together and taking practical action can help make the places we live more resilient. 

From 16 November 2026 to 31 January 2027, the European Climate Pact is bringing people together across Europe to explore local climate risks and find ways to better prepare for them. 

Through community events, discussions and hands-on activities, Climate Pact Ambassadors, Partners and citizens will have opportunities to share their experiences, identify local challenges and explore practical solutions that respond to their communities' needs. 

Building resilience together 

Climate change is already affecting communities across Europe. Some are dealing with more frequent flooding, while others are experiencing longer periods of drought, extreme heat, wildfires, or pressure on local green spaces. 

Preparing for these challenges is the thinking behind the new EU Framework for Climate Resilience, which will help Europe move from reacting to climate disasters to anticipating risks and preventing avoidable damage. The framework shifts the emphasis to identifying risks earlier, preparing better, and making resilience part of all decision-making. 

Communities across the EU all have a role to play in the collective effort to build resilience. By understanding the risks they face locally and bringing people together to exchange experiences, knowledge and ideas, communities can identify where action is needed most and explore solutions that work for them. 

Join an activity in your country 

Want to help make your community more resilient to climate change?  

Various activities are taking place across Europe as part of this Unified Action, offering opportunities to connect with others, learn about local challenges and explore practical solutions together. 

Whether it's a small gathering with neighbours or a larger community event, these activities offer opportunities to learn from one another and explore how to make communities safer and better prepared for a changing climate. 

Attend the European Climate Pact’s joint webinar with MIP4Adapt to explore how collaboration between citizens, local authorities and stakeholders can strengthen climate resilience and adaptation. 

You can also join an activity in your country: 

• Resilient Communities: Blue-Green Infrastructure – Ornament or Critical Infrastructure?, Poland, 12-13 November 2026 

More activities will be added as they are confirmed, so check back regularly to see what's happening near you. 

Organise an activity in your community 

Are you a Climate Pact Ambassador or Partner? Why not bring people together in your area and help turn climate awareness into practical action? 

Possible activities that you could organise in your community include: 

• Climate walks: Explore local areas to identify climate risks, such as flood-prone spaces or areas affected by extreme heat, discuss possible solutions, or incorporate photography to help people observe and document how climate change impacts their local communities. 
• Community discussions and workshops: Share experiences, explore local climate challenges, and discuss how people can better prepare for extreme weather, from creating greener spaces and protecting biodiversity to providing more shade and cool spaces, managing rainfall or providing drinking water. Climate-ADAPT’s Navigator of Climate Resilience Tools can give you ideas for your discussions, while the Mission Solutions Explorer offers real-life examples of projects for inspiration. 
• Local climate-risk mapping: Work together to identify vulnerable areas, understand and map local risks, and decide where action is most needed. Use the new European Climate Viewer, launched with the framework, to see risks in your area and how they might change over time. 
• Interactive games and hands-on activities: Use quizzes, games or other fun activities to help people explore local climate risks and practical solutions to shared challenges. 
• Film screenings and creative events: Use films, exhibitions, photography, music or other creative formats as a starting point for conversations about climate risks and adaptation. 

Looking for inspiration? Explore the Climate Pact's quick-start tools for citizen engagement for practical ideas and guidance on involving people in climate action. 

Planning an activity? Let us know what you're organising by submitting the details through EUSurvey. Your activity could be featured on this page, helping others in your country discover it and get involved. 

Together, we can help build communities that are better prepared for a changing climate. 

Share your experiences and ideas

What climate risks concern you most where you live? What would help your community feel safer and better prepared? Activities across Europe will also offer opportunities for people to share their concerns, needs and ideas for building climate resilience. 

These perspectives will help build a clearer picture of the challenges communities face and the solutions that matter most to them. The insights gathered may be shared at the European Climate Pact's Together in Action annual event in April 2027, helping bring local voices into wider discussions on climate adaptation.