The database is a tool that systematizes a shared knowledge basis on the state of the art of each country as regards climate change adaptation and resilience and creates a repository for learners to easily access relevant data and information on the project topics. The database is organised in six different sections:
- Climate Change Institutional Framework, identifying and describing laws and regulations (at EU, national, regional and/or local level) in relation to climate change and in particular to disaster risk reduction, resilience strategies and urban resilience.
- Climate Resilience Instruments, describing strategies, policies or projects at different governance levels dealing with adaptation to the effects of climate change and the reduction of risks arising from it, either in a global or sectoral way, that incorporate strategies of resilience and can be considered as good practices.
- Thematic networks, listing and describing existing networks at national and transnational level working on climate adaptation and resilience issues.
- Financial Opportunities, describing available financial sources and funding mechanisms addressed to reduction of vulnerability, adaptation, and/or improvement of resilience. –
- Selected bibliography, collecting scientific papers, reports and other open access documents on project topics.
- Educational options currently offered at the university and post-graduate level in involved countries, as well as the situation of the job market, highlighting current orientations and deficiencies.
The database has been conceived as a ICT-based teaching/learning tool that collects and organises educational resources on climate change adaptation and resilience, and makes them freely available for students and researchers as a basis for research and planning. These resources help to build a knowledge repository that will not only be used during project activities but will remain accessible far beyond the end of the project.
The complete digital database is available on the InCLIMATE eLearning platform.