The MAIA project was funded under Horizon Europe (2022–2025) to act as an impact multiplier of European climate research. 

The MAIA project leaves behind a lasting legacy of knowledge tools and services, and networks to support regions in building climate resilience. Through the MAIA Legacy Repository, climate stakeholders as the Regions4 members, can gain long-term access to key outputs – including digital knowledge tools and services, the Climate Action Community, policy briefs, and event outcomes – tailored to the needs of regional stakeholders across Europe. 

Its outcomes will remain accessible through this repository, ensuring that regions, policymakers, researchers and communities can continue to benefit from shared knowledge and collaborations for the years to come. 

 

MAIA Achievements

  • 300+ Climate Actors Connected – Built the MAIA Climate Action Community, linking researchers, regions, companies, NGOs, and policymakers across Europe.

  • Innovative Knowledge Toolkit – Delivered digital tools like the Connectivity Hub to make climate knowledge easy to find, use, and share.

  • Bridging Science and Policy – Hosted high-level events, from the EU Regions Climate Week to UNFCCC COP, to bring research directly into climate decision-making.

  • Actionable Policy Briefs – Published foresight-driven recommendations that give clear guidance for climate action at European, national, and regional levels.

  • A Lasting Legacy – Created the MAIA Repository, a long-term hub to keep climate knowledge alive and accessible worldwide.

MAIA Tools and Services

MAIA Climate Action Community – get in touch with leading European Climate actors
 

Explore and connect with over 300 European climate actors – including research groups, networks, private companies, NGOs, policymakers, and regions – in an interactive and searchable platform. 

Click here to explore the MAIA Climate Action Community Database, which will help you to: 

  • Discover diverse stakeholders across academia, public administration, civil society, and business. 
  • Find research collaborators and innovation partners to expand your network. 
  • Search by sector, location, field of expertise, or knowledge cluster. 

This community supported the MAIA Ambassadors Programme and underpinned activities such as Policy Roundtables and Workshops, fostering cross-fertilisation of knowledge across Europe. 

MAIA Knowledge Toolkit

A central legacy of MAIA is the Knowledge Toolkit, a suite of digital tools that makes climate knowledge accessible, actionable, and interoperable for regional stakeholders. 

  • MAIA Connectivity Hub: A smart, user-friendly search-and-discovery tool powered by the MAIA Climate Change Taxonomy, giving access to climate resources from across Europe in one place. 
  • SummarAIse: An AI-powered tool to quickly extract key insights and summaries from climate-related documents. 
  • MAIA Discovery Services: A matchmaking platform that connects climate innovators and solution providers with end-users seeking knowledge, data, or collaboration. 
  • Climate Change Mitigation Portal: A public portal aggregating EU-funded knowledge and innovations for climate mitigation.  

Download the Toolkit in your language:

English  |  Spanish  | French | Portuguese

MAIA Policy Outreach Events 

Through its policy outreach activities, MAIA strengthened the policy–science interface at international, national, and regional levels. 

These activities promoted knowledge exchange, best practice sharing, and identified key challenges in integrating research into climate policy. 

Explore event outcomes: 

 

Full list of Policy Roundtables and Workshops reports: 

 

Further events:

  • Policy-civil dialogues in Spain (CONAMA and Donostia Sustainability Forum) focusing on Citizens’ Assemblies (2022–2023). 
  • Policy-civil dialogue within the series Let’s Take Care of Our Land (2025, Valencia & Alicante), co-organised with BC3 and the Generalitat of Valenciana, which gathered academic, institutional, and rural stakeholders to explore adaptation in the Valencian territory, with special focus on agriculture and forestry. 

 

MAIA Policy Briefs 

As a final outcome, MAIA produced a set of policy briefs distilling foresight-driven recommendations for policymakers at European, national, and regional/local levels. These recommendations build on insights from MAIA’s Policy Roundtables, Policy–Science Dialogues, Policy-Civil Dialogues, and Workshops, and are grounded in tested solutions and case studies from across Europe.

They focus on four recurring levers:

  • Knowledge sharing and accessibility – open, interoperable, and actionable climate data.
  • Collaboration and multi-level governance – permanent platforms connecting institutions across scales.
  • Financing and resource mobilisation – simplified access to funds, blended finance, and technical assistance.
  • Integrated and adaptive planning – foresight-informed, cross-sectoral, and flexible strategies.

By embedding foresight and empowering regions and municipalities on the frontline of climate impacts, MAIA’s policy briefs provide practical guidance to accelerate climate adaptation and mitigation, ensuring that Europe’s climate policies remain effective, inclusive, and resilient.

Download the Policy Briefs:

 

Get Involved

The MAIA Legacy Repository is designed to keep climate knowledge alive and accessible for climate stakeholders worldwide. Regions4 invites all climate stakeholders – from regional governments and policymakers to researchers and civil society – to explore the tools, join the community, and apply the insights in their own contexts. 

Want to learn more or collaborate with us?
Contact Regions4 at info@regions4.org and discover how your region can benefit from MAIA’s legacy.