The aim of the consortium was to promote the European Commission’s Mayors Adapt initiative and to strengthen the direct link between the European Commission and local authorities in implementing coherent, integrated actions on adaptation. This was done by expanding the network of participating cities, actively involving signatories, raising awareness and showcasing good practice, providing support through a HelpDesk, organising events and workshops, facilitating knowledge transfer and cooperating with other initiatives and urban area networks as well as monitoring progress and strategically planning the development of the initiative.
It was a follow-up contract to the project that launched and established the initiative. Similarly to the initial project, Fresh Thoughts continued to provide technical expertise on adaptation in urban areas in this follow-up. The main tasks included maintaining and updating the Urban Adaptation Support Tool, managing the knowledge database in close cooperation with European Environmental Agency, providing technical assistance to the HelpDesk as well as training signatories on how to access and use urban adaptation knowledge through workshops. An additional contribution of Fresh Thoughts was monitoring and providing information on adaptation funding opportunities for the signatories.