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The second transnational partner meeting of the Danube-ADAPT project — implemented with the associated partnership of the ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ and supported by the EU Danube Transnational Programme — took place in Cluj-Napoca on 26–27 January 2026. The event focused on developing scientifically grounded, joint responses to the challenges of climate change in the Danube region, with particular emphasis on strengthening climate adaptation planning and decision-support mechanisms.

The meeting brought together representatives of 16 project partners and 7 associated partners, ensuring broad professional dialogue and the integration of experiences from across the region. Our university was represented by Márton Péti, lecturer at our research workshop, who actively contributed to discussions on methodological and planning-related issues.

A central topic of the meeting was the development of the climate modelling database currently under preparation within the project. Partners reviewed the data sources to be applied, modelling approaches, and possibilities for establishing a harmonised data structure that can provide a reliable long-term foundation for regional-level analyses. During the professional consultations, participants finalised the methodological framework for vulnerability assessments and climate adaptation planning (CVA methodology), as well as the criteria for compiling the risk inventory and selecting pilot areas for risk and vulnerability analyses.

One of the key objectives of the project is to produce comparable yet location-specific analyses in areas of the Danube region characterised by diverse geographical, social, and economic conditions. With the involvement of experts from the ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ, three cross-border pilot areas affecting Hungary were designated: the FelsÅ‘-Tisza-vidék, the Homokhátság, and the Csallóköz.

These areas face different climate risks — such as floods, droughts, water scarcity, and ecological vulnerability — and therefore represent well the complex challenges of the Danube Basin.

The Cluj-Napoca meeting marked an important milestone in the project’s implementation. The jointly agreed methodological and planning frameworks will ensure that the analyses carried out in the next phase are based on unified professional standards while taking local specificities into account. In the long term, the Danube-ADAPT project aims to strengthen climate adaptation capacities in the region and support decision-makers in developing more sustainable and resilient territorial development strategies.