Local Resilience Taskforces

Building local governance to unlock climate adaptation finance

It establishes Local Resilience Taskforces as a practical governance mechanism to connect Public Authorities and Financial & Investment Entities. It creates structured local dynamics that match supply and demand for adaptation finance, enabling coordinated, scalable and long-term investment in climate resilience.

What is Project Result 5?

Project Result 5 develops and operationalises Local Resilience Taskforces (LRTs) across CLIMATEFIT territories. These Taskforces bring together Public Authorities, Financial & Investment Entities and other relevant stakeholders to jointly address the structural barriers that prevent climate adaptation projects from reaching implementation and scale.

Adaptation finance is not only a technical or financial challenge, it is also a governance challenge. PR5 therefore focuses on creating structured spaces for dialogue, coordination and co-creation between actors with different mandates, time horizons and risk perceptions.

The Local Resilience Taskforces operate as catalytic platforms. They help prioritise adaptation investments, align expectations between public and private actors, and support the development of investment strategies and cases that are both financially sound and territorially relevant.

Beyond the initial territories, PR5 also lays the foundation for replication and upscaling through the consolidation of multiple LRTs and the development of a broader European dynamic.

Who is this result for?

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Public Authorities

To structure dialogue with financial actors and move from adaptation planning to coordinated investment action.

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Financial & Investment Entities

To engage early in the development of adaptation projects and better understand territorial priorities and constraints.

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Policymakers

To support scalable governance models that facilitate adaptation finance across Europe.

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Regional and local stakeholders

To contribute to collective investment roadmaps and resilience strategies.

Key takeways

Key outputs

Climate adaptation finance requires structured collaboration between public and financial actors.
Governance fragmentation is a major barrier to scaling adaptation investment.
Local Resilience Taskforces create trusted spaces for alignment, prioritisation and co-development.
Learning-by-doing strengthens mutual understanding and reduces perceived risk.
The model is designed for replication and long-term continuity beyond the project duration.

Guidelines to create and expand the Local Resilience Taskforces (D5.1)
A structured framework supporting territories in establishing, operating and scaling Local Resilience Taskforces. It provides practical guidance on governance, stakeholder engagement and long-term sustainability.

European webinars (D5.2)
A series of European-level webinars fostering knowledge exchange, peer learning and dissemination of the Local Resilience Taskforce model across territories.

Formulation, consolidation and scaling of eight Local Resilience Taskforces (D5.4)
Structured support to strengthen and scale eight LRTs, laying the foundation for replication and long-term impact beyond the CLIMATEFIT project.