Proactive community adaptation to climate change through social transformation and behavioural change
The strategic objective of PRO-CLIMATE is to support communities to proactively adapt to climate change through social transformation and behavioural change. To achieve this, PRO-CLIMATE will identify social tipping points and policy actions that enable systemic transformation to be achieved across social systems.
About PRO-CLIMATE
PRO-CLIMATE is a project funded by the Horizon Europe Programme under the call topic:
“HORIZON-CL5-2023-D1-01-09 Behavioural change and governance for systemic transformations towards climate resilience“
10
Partners
7
Countries
36
Months
01/24 - 12/26
Duration
3,666,685
EU funding
Our Living Labs
In our case studies we will run Living Labs to gather stakeholders and organise focus groups and workshops to understand community governance and institutional structures, and to also pilot and validate the project’s behaviour change activities.
Sligo, Ireland
Located in the Border Region with Northern Ireland, UK Sligo is the largest town in the county, with a population of 22,560. The population of the county was 65,535 in 2016.
Leipzig, Germany
The most populous city in Saxony and 8th in Germany, it has 624,689 inhabitants. Leipzig is a growing city: 51,834 people moved here in 2022.
Badajoz, Spain
Badajoz is a NUTS3 region, located in the south-west of Spain. Its population is 672.137 inhabitants, population decline is a protracted trend and has a low population density (29 inhabitants/km2).
Bergen, Norway
West coast of Norway, fjorded mountainous landscape. V estland has a population of 638,821 (2021) of which 285,900 live in the capital, Bergen, Norway’s second largest city.
Gdansk, Poland
Inhabited by 486,000 people, it is one of the largest cities in northern Poland and the Baltic Sea Region. As a result of the Ukrainian-Russian war, the number of inhabitants increased to 618,000.
Zakynthos, Greece
Zakynthos is the third largest of the Ionian islands and it covers an area of 405.55 km2. The resident population amounts to 40,759 though this number rises considerably during summer.
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News and events
Conceptual framework for behavioural change understanding
We recently submitted “D5.1 Report on the conceptual framework for behavioural change understanding”. This document lays the groundwork for development of the Multi-Agent Computer Model (MACM) designed to analyse how communities respond to climate change challenges, identify tipping points, and promote transformations toward climate resilience. This framework integrates innovative approaches to model complex social-ecological systems (SES), combining methods like the HUMAT and MOA framework and the nADICO institutional grammar. Each of these components plays
PRO-CLIMATE and Regions4Climate
We recently held a productive online meeting with Regions4Climate. A project that shares our commitment to driving climate action and sustainability across regions. The meeting marked the beginning of a fruitful collaboration aimed at harnessing the strengths of both projects. During the discussion, both teams identified several areas of potential synergy, including direct collaborations between regions within the same country. By fostering cooperation among regions facing similar challenges, we hope to support more cohesive
How Europe’s communities are taking climate resilience into their hands
As the climate crisis accelerates, Europe is witnessing a groundswell of local initiatives aiming to reshape how communities live, adapt, and respond to the unprecedented environmental challenges of our time. Among these efforts, the PRO-CLIMATE project stands out—not only for its ambitious goals but for the innovative way it engages local citizens and stakeholders. Funded by the European Climate Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA), this three-year initiative seeks to foster social transformation and
Communication protocols for engagement during the change process
In PRO-CLIMATE we aim at fostering significant and sustainable transformative change within the projects’ six (6) Living Lab communities. By the end of September (M9), we successfully submitted “D4.1 Communication protocols for engagement during the change process”. In D4.1 we present the framework for establishing effective communication protocols that ensure stakeholder engagement throughout the change process. These protocols are designed to drive behavioural change and enhance good governance, which are essential for achieving climate
Sligo Living Lab Workshop (September 2024)
Sligo Living Lab Workshop Fosters Collaborative Solutions to Local Climate Challenges Sligo, Ireland – September 5, 2024. – The Sligo Living Lab successfully hosted its first workshop of 2024, bringing together local stakeholders to co-design innovative solutions for the region’s most pressing climate challenges. The workshop, part of PRO-CLIMATE project, marks another milestone in the lab’s three-year history of collaborative efforts to address climate hazards in the Sligo region. A Collaborative Approach to Climate
Second PRO-CLIMATE project meeting @Sligo, Ireland
The 2nd PRO-CLIMATE project meeting was hosted by our partners at Atlantic Technological University (ATU). PRO-CLIMATE consortium gathered to review the progress of the work and outline the next steps. The meeting began with discussions on the development of the PRO-CLIMATE Living Labs framework and the preparation of the PRO-CLIMATE Living Labs operational plan. The first outcomes will be shared in “D2.1 Baseline assessment and knowledge gathering” by month 12 of the project (December
