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The aim of this report is to investigate the potential for harnessing key features of Transformative Innovation to improve the design and the implementation of Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) strategies, based on empirical analyses. The study draws on the conceptual framework on this question previously defined for the JRC (European Commission, 2024), and the methodology for case studies articulated in the same report. The case study research comprises overall 14 case study reports covering 16 different territories from across the EU and beyond, casing various institutional contexts, a variety of biogeographical regions within different climate risks, different ranges of population sizes, and representing a diversity of approaches to CCA and transformative innovation.

Recommendations provided by the publication include:

• Encourage collaboration and knowledge sharing amongst government agencies, local industries, civil society, and regional actors. These conversations can help building holistic solutions for climate change adaptation and innovation;
• Identify policy synergies through multi-actor decision making at the local level. This can be done utilising the spaces of community participation that are being used to build the current municipal action plans;
• Understand which are the local-specific challenges that prevent industry, civil society, educational institutions, and community leaders to participate in the design, implementation and monitoring of the climate change adaptation plans.