From February to March 2025, each EC2U Partner University and the University of Lviv, as Associated Partner, organised a local Think Thank. A majority of participants were researchers/members of academia, representatives of municipalities and other public bodies as well as representatives of associations and/or NGOs. Some local Think Tanks also included student representatives or representatives of private companies.

Key takeaways are grouped into different categories: the role of science, education and community initiatives in building climate resilience, the motivations and challenges encountered in building resilient sustainable communities as well as the specific role of urban planning in promoting sustainable mobility.

The results were presented onsite during the EC2U Forum in Coimbra in May 2025, and led to the identification of four areas of action in which the EC2U Alliance could concretely contribute to climate change resilience. These areas of action and the detailed outputs can be found here.

The results and suggested actions will be transformed into concrete policy recommendations to be implemented at the level of the Alliance.