Cities across Europe are facing increasing climate challenges, from rising temperatures to severe flooding. To help urban decision-makers and practitioners address these issues, the REACHOUT project has developed the Triple-A Toolkit – a flexible platform that supports the uptake of climate services for urban adaptation and resilience.

Tackling Urban Heat: tools for city planners

This video, produced within the REACHOUT project, focuses on the Urban Heat climate hazard, and showcases how climate service tools can be applied in real-world urban policy challenges. It serves as a visual guide to help municipal representatives, local consultants, and service providers understand and implement these tools effectively.

Developed by Ecologic Institute with support from Deltares, CAS, Tecnalia, RCN, and tool developers, the video illustrates:

• The policy challenges cities face.
• How individual climate service tools provide technical support.
• How tools can be combined and applied at different stages of the REACHOUT Triple-A approach.

By bringing these tools to life, the video aims to support cities in adopting climate services and integrating them into their processes for a more climate-resilient future.

REACHOUT tools description

• Thermal Assessment Tool (TAT)
  The tool visualizes past and future heatwaves in Europe to enhance understanding and facilitate adaptation.
• Social Vulnerability Index Tool (SVI)
  This tool is designed to assess communities’ vulnerability to climate hazards such as flooding, extreme heat and drought.
• Climate Resilient City Toolbox (CRCTool) 
  The Climate Resilient City Tool supports climate adaptation planning and promotes dialogue on adaptation options.

REACHOUT is a European Commission funded research and innovation project that aims to improve the uptake and success of climate services. The project brings together a highly experienced transdisciplinary team with comprehensive knowledge on climate change adaptation and climate services, experienced in working in cities. It tries to bridge the last mile and engage citizens and the private sector through active participation, building capacity and fostering collective action towards resilience ambitions, addressing climate-related vulnerability.

Research partners, climate service providers and city stakeholders are co-developing a coherent set of services for seven city hubs across the EU: four small size cities (Lillestrøm, Cork, Gdynia and Logrono) and three large cities (Milan, Athens, Amsterdam). These services support cities to analyze hazard, exposure and vulnerability to climate change, formulate ambitions for Climate Resilient Urban Development, and identify, evaluate and select adaptation actions for implementations.