Preparing for a second round of P2R applications: survey of general interest opens

By the Climate Centre

Government entities in Europe were this week invited to take part in a voluntary survey ahead of the second call, expected in May, for grants of up to 210,000 euros under the Pathways2Resilience programme that National Societies can join in consortia with their local authorities.

P2R is providing a total of €21 million to help European regions, cities and communities with local solutions as part of the EU mission on adaptation to climate change.

In October, after the first call, 40 regions and communities began P2R-related work, taking part in an 18-month structured effort “to put a transformative approach to climate adaptation into action,” organizers said.

Selected from 164 applicants and together representing more than 50 million people, they aimed “to confront a wide range of hazards from droughts to wildfires”; the second call this year will offer a further 60 regions and communities the opportunity to participate.

The “expression of interest” survey just announced will help frame stakeholder workshops that P2R will organize in selected countries later in 2025.

It will gather information about current collaboration on adaptation with various levels of government as well as civil society, the private sector and academia, ahead of the next call for funding. 

Climate toolbox

As with the first round of grant applications, National Societies and other grass-roots organizations can join consortia with their counterpart authorities, not apply directly themselves or contribute to the survey just opened, but they are encouraged to engage to help deliver on the IFRC European regional climate road map.

A specialist P2R climate toolbox has also now been developed offering guidance on adaptation via 300 components and encompassing vulnerability and risk analysis, stakeholder engagement, goals and planning. 

The deadline for joining the expression of interest is 18 April; it’s open to all EU member states and countries associated with Horizon Europe.

The Climate Centre is a key humanitarian partner in Pathways2Resilience, and emphasizes that it provides a valuable opportunity for National Societies to ensure that the most vulnerable communities are considered and the voices of the most vulnerable heard.

In its most recent news item, P2R reports from the Turkish province of Şanlıurfa, renowned for its neolithic sites and as a starting point for human agriculture, now also home to many refugees who with others face climate hazards such as drought, floods and heatwaves. It was one of the two regions in Türkiye selected in the first P2R cohort. (Photo: P2R website)