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At the leading edge of Europe’s climate resilience efforts, ECCA 2025, hosted by our TiCCA4DANU partner CMCC Foundation in Rimini, concluded on 23 June 2025, gathering over 600 high-level participants from diverse sectors and countries (cmcc.it).
CMCC President Antonio Navarra captured the essence of the discussions: “Climate adaptation is not a 100-meter sprint – it’s a marathon.” The urgency of the challenge was clear, with the need for trustworthy, locally relevant scientific knowledge strongly emphasized.
A recurrent theme was the importance of community engagement. Adaptation must be co-created with those directly affected. As our colleague and CMCC researcher Paola Mercogliano explains: “When citizens are involved, they help care for adaptation measures and support scaling them up. This engagement builds trust because it means the actions reflect real community needs.”
The conference underscored the power of multidisciplinary collaboration. Insights from finance, health, urban planning, arts, AI, big data, and environmental monitoring all intersected to inform shared adaptation governance—a true expression of collective intelligence for resilience building.
ECCA 2025 showcased that cutting-edge technologies and nature-based solutions can, and should, go hand in hand with local context. A striking example shared by Giovanni Coppini was CMCC’s digital twin technology for coastal resilience — a system designed to be integrated, relocatable, affordable, and community-oriented, particularly valuable for the Global South.
The conference closed with a powerful reminder from Nadia Pinardi, Director at the UN Decade Collaborative Center on Coastal Resilience: “Public sentiment is everything,” stressing that science must remain practical, inclusive, and deeply connected to local contexts.
As Giulia Galluccio, Director of CMCC’s Advanced Training and Education Center, reflected, ECCA 2025 has become “a catalyst for action, dialogue, deep listening, and inspiration,” setting the tone for a future where adaptation is both ambitious and community-grounded.
As a key partner in the TiCCA4DANU project, CMCC brings its expertise in climate science, innovation, and stakeholder engagement to the Danube Region. The insights and collaborations fostered at ECCA 2025 will directly support TiCCA4DANU’s mission to develop systemic, fair, and innovative approaches to climate adaptation at the city-region scale.
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