On 15 December 2025, CLIMATEFIT hosted the second webinar of the European Network of Local Resilience Taskforces (EUNLRT), bringing together public authorities, financial actors and resilience experts to reflect on how investment strategies can support climate adaptation across very different territorial contexts.

Building on the first EUNLRT webinar, this second session focused on the practical implementation of Investment Strategies (IS) and the role of Local Resilience Taskforces (LRTs) in translating adaptation priorities into concrete, finance-ready pathways.

The webinar opened with a keynote highlighting the scale of Europe’s adaptation finance gap and the importance of place-based, collaborative approaches to close it. The CLIMATEFIT Investment Strategy methodology was then presented as a flexible framework designed to help public authorities structure their adaptation priorities, identify financing needs and progressively engage finance and investment entities.

A central part of the session was the panel discussion across three contrasting territories: a dense urban area, a small rural municipality and a large metropolitan authority. Despite very different starting points, the exchanges highlighted several common lessons: the need for coordination beyond administrative boundaries, the importance of governance and capacity building alongside funding, and the value of Local Resilience Taskforces as spaces for dialogue between public authorities, citizens and financial actors.

Rather than a one-size-fits-all solution, the discussions underlined that successful investment strategies depend on adapting methods to local contexts, while maintaining a shared structure and language to engage with finance and investment actors.

The recording of the webinar and the presentation slides are now available on the event page:

We warmly thank all speakers, panellists and participants for their contributions:
• Laura Pirazán-Palomar (ICLEI ES) for opening the session and concluding the webinar
• Marcer Gutenberger (ICLEI ES) for moderating the interactive “Who is in the room?” segment
• Kit England (Paul Watkiss Associates) for setting the scene with the keynote on investment strategies for local climate action
• Chiara Trozzo and Lilia Magdoud (CMCC) for presenting CLIMATEFIT’s experience with investment strategies in practice
• Alexandra Jaunet (Actierra) for moderating the panel discussion on moving from strategy to implementation
• Simone Paleari (West Brianza, Italy), Vlasta Krmelj (Selnica, Slovenia) and Mélanie Trommenschlager (Strasbourg Eurometropolis, France) for sharing concrete territorial experiences during the panel discussion

The insights shared during this second EUNLRT webinar will directly inform the next steps of CLIMATEFIT and the continued development of the European Network of Local Resilience Taskforces!