UNDERPIN launches collaboration with European pilot regions
Four pilot regions — Basque Country (Spain), Cluj Metropolitan Area (Romania), City of Košice (Slovakia), and Normandy (France) — are collaborating with the UNDERPIN project to test and shape a new monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) framework for climate resilience. Through a co-creation process, these regions will help ensure the framework is grounded in real-world needs and challenges. The collaboration kicked […]
From Ambition to Implementation: European Regions Reflect on Adaptive Monitoring at the Pathways2Resilience Summit
At the recent Pathways2Resilience (P2R) Summit, another project under the EU Mission on Adaptation to Climate Change, partners playing a role in both P2R and UNDERPIN helped facilitate a timely and candid exchange between European regions navigating the realities of climate adaptation on the ground. Facilitated by TECNALIA Research & Innovation and IIED Europe — both active […]
UNDERPIN at the Mission Adaptation Regional Baltic Forum in Tallinn.
Since the project’s launch, UNDERPIN, represented by Fresh Thoughts Consulting, was present at the Baltic Region Forum as part of the EU Mission on Adaptation to Climate Change in November 2025. Through the event, UNDERPIN had the opportunity to exchange with other Mission projects as well as EU representatives. Here are some key takeaways UNDERPIN […]
Letter from the Coordinator
As climate impacts intensify, Europe urgently needs to know if its adaptation efforts are truly working. Current monitoring systems often fall short — tracking plans and procedures instead of real results like reduced vulnerability or lasting resilience. UNDERPIN, or “oUtcome iNDicators to mEasuRe Progress on climate resIlieNce” in its long strives to build a new MEL framework. It will create standardised outcome indicators, […]
UNDERPIN Launch in France to Transform Climate Resilience Monitoring in Europe
The newly launched UNDERPIN consortium gathered this past quarter near Versailles, France, in the Île-de-France region, to officially kick off this ambitious Horizon Europe–funded project. The meeting, kindly hosted by HEC Paris’ Sustainability & Organizations Institute (S&O), marked the start of a collaborative effort to transform how climate resilience is measured across Europe. UNDERPIN is driven by a clear ambition: to move from promises […]