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The „Adaptation to Climate Change” EU mission aims to build resilience by 2030 in at least 150 European communities and regions. Despite the EU's permanent effort to reduce emissions and achieve carbon neutrality a warmer climate is no longer to be avoided.

At European level, the major activities towards developing strategies in relation to climate change adaptation and related policy implementation are currently supported by the ClimateADAPT platform maintained by the European Environment Agency (EEA) with the support of the European Topic Centre on Climate Change Impacts, Vulnerability and Adaptation (ETC/CCA).

"Competence Center for Climate Change Digital Twin for Earth forecasts and societal redressment: DTEClimate" aims to implement the European strategy for adaptation to climate change in Romania by consolidating a national network of excellence.

The project is to be carried out in the next 36 months and is funded through the field "Adaptation to climate change" organized within PNRR - Component 9 - Support for the private sector, Research, Development and Innovation, I5. Establishment and operationalization of Competence Centers PNRR-III-C9-2022 - I5.

The Polytechnic University of Bucharest (UPB) will coordinate the implementation of the project on the creation of a center of competence in the field of adaptation to climate change, the funding to be provided through the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR).

DTEClimate has the support of a wide community of users including central and local public authorities, organizations from the non-governmental sector that will actively support the expansion of public-private partnerships and the development of a culture of real and effective cooperation between the research environment and industry.