Interest in climate risk indicators has grown in recent years, driven by the need to assess and monitor local climate adaptation and risk management efforts more effectively. In support of this, the EU has invested in a range of data platforms, tools, and resources to aid local planning and implementation.
As part of this broader effort, the VALORADA project is working to raise awareness of the untapped potential of existing data for climate adaptation. The project focuses on integrating diverse datasets — combining local knowledge with climate and non-climate data — through co-developed data manipulation tools and tailored climate information.
To date, VALORADA has identified the most relevant climate risk indicators and conducted an in-depth gap analysis of how European data platforms are used in local risk management across selected demonstrator regions.
To broaden and validate these findings, VALORADA is now launching an EU-wide survey to better understand how climate risk indicators and data platforms are used across Europe. The results will be published in June 2026.
Understanding how these tools are used in practice is essential to evaluating current adaptation efforts and identifying both gaps and strengths. Since data is the foundation of effective climate risk management, assessing its real-world application helps ensure that platforms and resources meet the needs of local and regional actors.
The insights and recommendations from this work aim to support a broad range of stakeholders — from policymakers and urban planners to researchers and local communities — in navigating the challenges of accessing and applying relevant information.
👉 Take the survey here: https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/VALORADA
🕒 Open until mid-July 2025
