Smart Specialisation and Climate Adaptation | Martin Eichler | TiCCA4DANU 🎥 Speaker Martin Eichler Division Manager, Economic Expert in the field of environment, climate, and energy INFRAS (Switzerland) 🌍 About this video In this interview, Martin Eichler explains how smart specialisation can support climate adaptation by helping regions develop strategies that are tailored to their specific economic, social, and environmental conditions. He describes smart specialisation as an innovation policy approach that enables structural change, strengthens regional competitiveness, and supports regions in moving towards more resilient and productive futures. Martin also highlights why this approach is highly relevant for climate adaptation. Since adaptation requires transformation not only in the economy, but also in society, combining smart specialisation with climate policy can help regions identify practical, place-based solutions. Through TiCCA4DANU, this methodology is being applied in close cooperation with cities, regions, and local stakeholders to co-create adaptation strategies that reflect local challenges, capacities, and resources — and that can be realistically implemented in practice. 🧭 Key themes discussed 🔹 What smart specialisation means in a regional policy context 🔹 Why climate adaptation requires structural and societal change 🔹 How place-based innovation strategies can support regional resilience 🔹 The value of the Open Discovery Process with regional stakeholders 🔹 Why local capacities and resources matter for implementation 🔹 How lessons from four Danube regions can inspire other regions across Europe 🌱 About TiCCA4DANU TiCCA4DANU – Transformative Innovation for Climate Change Adaptation in the Danube Region – is a Horizon Europe project supporting transformative innovation and place-based climate adaptation across the Danube Region. 📲 Follow TiCCA4DANU LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ticca4danu/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TiCCA4DANU X (Twitter): https://x.com/TiCCA4DANU YouTube: @TiCCA4DANU Bluesky:https://bsky.app/profile/ticca4danu.bsky.social 🇪🇺 Funding Acknowledgement This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme. Views and opinions expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union. #TiCCA4DANU #ClimateAdaptation #SmartSpecialisation #InnovationPolicy #DanubeRegion #HorizonEurope #PlaceBasedInnovation #ClimateResilience

🚀 New insights from #TiCCA4DANU!

Martin Eichler from #INFRAS 🇨🇭 explains how smart specialisation can support climate adaptation and help regions build place-based, practical solutions for the future. 🌍

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Strengthening Climate Adaptation Through Strategic Collaboration © TiCCA4DANU | JustREACH TiCCA4DANU continues to reinforce its role in advancing climate adaptation by engaging in strategic synergies with complementary European initiatives.

Strengthening climate adaptation through strategic collaboration!

Our latest article highlights the synergy between TiCCA4DANU and JustREACH in advancing inclusive, place-based climate resilience.

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🌍 Why does climate adaptation need private sector investment?

Miha Škrokov explains why finance, business, and local actors all have a role to play in turning adaptation into action. 🌱

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🌍 The EU Strategy for the Danube Region turns 15! As a Danube Strategy Flagship, #TiCCA4DANU is proud to support climate adaptation through transformative innovation and cross-border cooperation. 🌱

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📍 TiCCA4DANU will be at #UrbanFuture2026 in Ljubljana, 24–27 March 2026!

Together with partners including ICLEI Europe and RDA Podravje-Maribor, we’ll share insights on collaboration for climate-resilient cities.

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In our latest #TiCCA4DANU interview, Mariann Andorkó from EDC Debrecen shares Debrecen’s perspective on #ClimateAdaptation, peer learning, and collaboration for stronger urban resilience. 🌍

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🎓 Meet our partner: University of Vienna

Supporting #TiCCA4DANU with expertise in innovation policy and place-based #ClimateAdaptation for resilient city-regions across the Danube Region. ♻️

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🇧🇬 Burgas hosts an Open Discovery Workshop (23 April 2026) on joint #ClimateAdaptation measures.

Stakeholders from all 13 municipalities, plus partners from Ukraine and Turkey, will co-create solutions within #TiCCA4DANU (Horizon Europe).

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🌍 Turning climate adaptation into action.

Miha Škrokov (ANTEJA ECG) on business models & investment-ready climate solutions in #TiCCA4DANU.

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Burgas Launches Transformative Climate Adaptation Process | TiCCA4DANU Burgas Municipality launches a transformative innovation process for climate change adaptation under TiCCA4DANU, developing Local Green Deals, public-private cooling solutions, and regional cooperatio...

From #Burgas at the #BlackSea 🌊

First workshop on Transformative Innovation for #ClimateAdaptation launched!

Next: co-design with 13 municipalities + partners from #Turkey & #Odessa.

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Meet our partners: ICLEI Europe 🌍

In #TiCCA4DANU, ICLEI drives Local Green Deals, helping cities embed climate adaptation into everyday governance and turn ambition into action.

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Meet our partners: #VDI/VDE-IT 🇪🇺

As coordinator of #TiCCA4DANU, VDI/VDE-IT leads the project and applies Transformative Innovation Policy to turn climate adaptation research into real-world action across the Danube Region. 🌍

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#TiCCA4DANU at #INQUIMUS2025 (IIASALive)
Justice in climate adaptation matters: integrate it early, value local knowledge, and aim for transformative change.

We’re applying this through Local Green Deals across the Danube Region.
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Local and regional leadership is central to Europe’s climate resilience.

🆕 #TiCCA4DANU highlights the EU Mission on Adaptation’s public consultation and its relevance for place-based climate action.

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Happy New Year from #TiCCA4DANU!

Thank you to our partners & communities working on climate-resilient futures across the Danube Region.

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🌍 Cities are turning climate plans into action.

At the #TiCCA4DANU Caserta meeting, partners advanced Local Green Deals and next steps for implementation.

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🌍 #TiCCA4DANU in Caserta 🇮🇹: strengthening Local Green Deals and Climate Adaptation 🌱

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🌍 TiCCA4DANU joined the EUSDR workshop on climate change, agriculture & water to strengthen networks for transformative innovation and climate adaptation in the Danube Region. 💧🌱

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🌍 Cross-border climate action in motion!

@step2cleanplan wraps up in Burgas with a new Memorandum strengthening regional cooperation across BG–GR–TR.

A great example of the collaboration we advance in #TiCCA4DANU.

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🌍 Turning ideas into action!

#TiCCA4DANU joined #ClimAct2Adapt to show how transformative innovation drives local #resilience and a greener Danube Region. 🌱

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From policy to action in the #DanubeRegion!

At the Ljubljana conference, #TiCCA4DANU shared how Local Green Deals & city-industry dialogues drive real #ClimateAdaptation.

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The #TiCCA4DANU Task Force gathered at EPFL Lausanne to shape Transformative Innovation Policy for #ClimateAdaptation.

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