7th biennial European Climate Change Adaptation Conference (ECCA)
16-18 June 2025 | Rimini
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The 7th European Climate Change Adaptation Conference (ECCA2025), the CMCC’s flagship event and the leading conference on climate adaptation in Europe, will take place for the first time in Italy from 16 to 18 June 2025.
The Conference is a key milestone in the international climate calendar. This edition is set to bring together influential voices and stakeholders from across Europe and beyond to accelerate climate adaptation efforts.
Entitled “Smarter, Faster and More Systemic Adaptation”, ECCA2025 will serve as a vibrant platform for showcasing cutting-edge research and innovative solutions, sharing knowledge and best practices and fostering collaboration towards a climate-resilient society. It will bring together researchers, decision-makers, practitioners, and other relevant stakeholders to exchange research findings, innovative policy developments and solutions, and practical implementation experiences.
The conference is organised by CMCC Foundation and JPI Climate in the framework of Horizon Europe MAGICA Project. As a recognized leader in climate research and innovation, CMCC plays a central role in coordinating the event, ensuring that cutting-edge scientific knowledge informs real-world solutions for climate adaptation.
CMCC researchers will contribute key insights and results in line with the conference’s main themes, answering key questions regarding a future marked by more intense and frequent climate extremes, warmer temperatures, growing cities and increasingly vulnerable coastal areas. Visitors can meet our researchers, exchange ideas, and establish new collaborations at the CMCC conference booth.
In addition to the conference organization, CMCC Foundation will also contribute to the debate and the dialogue with innovative scientific approaches, practical solutions and policy-oriented perspectives across all themes addressed by the conference.
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Conference programme
ECCA2025 will offer a platform for dialogue among scientists, policymakers, practitioners, and businesses. The conference will feature four plenary sessions, including one hosted by the EU Mission on Adaptation to Climate Change. 39 parallel sessions have been confirmed, selected from over 260 proposals received through the Call for Sessions—highlighting the strong engagement and wealth of contributions shaping this year’s edition.
The event will center around 5 main themes:
- Living with climate extremes
- Managing cities to be fit for the future
- Protecting coastal and mountain areas
- Human and legal dimensions of change
- Adaptation finance: reducing communities’ economic or social vulnerabilities
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Logistics
ECCA2025 will take place at the Palacongressi in Rimini, Italy. For more information regarding the venue and possible accommodation options, please consult the official ECCA2025 website.
Organized by:
The conference is organised by CMCC Foundation and JPI Climate in the framework of Horizon Europe MAGICA Project.
With the patronage of: Italian Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security, Emilia Romagna Region, Municipality of Rimini
Conference Main Partner: European Space Agency