Adaptation Exchange · Adaptation Stack · v3.2 · October 2026
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Structure the measures that work for you.

The market already offers approx. 250 adaptation solutions. Find the ones that fit your hazards and your value chain.

What it is for

See which adaptation solutions exist and build your portfolio of measures for each climate hazard.

Who it is for

Investment planning, asset management and site owners, with sustainability and risk.

What you get

Solution categories, named providers, indicative cost and payback, and a brief to print.

What it is not

A procurement recommendation or a vetted supplier list.

What you need

A hazard or a gap. To browse, nothing at all.

Key terms
Solution
One real product or service on the market, for example a specific flood barrier or an early-warning service.
Category
A group of solutions that do the same job in the same way. You build your stack from categories; the solutions sit inside.
Classification
The kind of solution: Green (nature-based), Grey (engineered) or Soft (organisation, process, finance). Based on ISO 14092.
Capability
The part of the resilience cycle a category serves: Foresight (see it coming), Prevention (reduce the damage), Continuity (keep running), Recovery (get back on your feet).
Hazard
A climate threat: flooding, heat, heavy rainfall, storm, drought, wildfire.
Value chain
Where in your operation a solution applies, from raw materials to products, plus facilities and critical infrastructure.
Glass
One glass per hazard. It fills 20% for each capability you cover, up to 80%. The top 20% stands for your own judgment on depth, sequence and fit.
CapEx intensity
Indicative upfront cost per site or deployment. Low: below about EUR 50k. Medium: about EUR 50k to 500k. High: above about EUR 500k. The filter reads 'up to': Medium also shows Low.
Payback
Quick win: returns within 12 months. Mid-term: within 1 to 5 years. Long-term: beyond 5 years.
Maladaptation
A measure that solves one problem and can create another, for example cooling that raises energy use. The tool names the known side effect so you can raise it with the provider. It says nothing about the quality of a provider.
Step 1 of 5 · Where you need it

Pre-select your value chain.

Not every category is relevant to every operation. Tap the stages where you actually run risk, from raw materials through to products, plus your facilities and any critical infrastructure you depend on, to narrow the catalogue below to what fits your operation.

01 · ChainRaw materials
02 · ChainSuppliers
03 · ChainLogistics
04 · ChainProduction sites
05 · ChainProducts & services
06 · ChainOffice & facilities
07 · ChainCritical infrastructure
Step 2 of 5 · Climate hazards

Six hazards. Pick the ones that hit you.

Tap a hazard to filter the catalogue to categories that address it. With no hazard picked, the tool shows all six.

Hazard 01

Flooding

Production downtime, asset damage, logistics disruption.

Hazard 02

Heat

Workforce productivity, equipment performance, energy demand.

Hazard 03

Heavy rainfall

Infrastructure damage, drainage failure, site access.

Hazard 04

Storm

Structural damage, supply chain disruption, grid instability.

Hazard 05

Drought

Production processes, raw materials, value-chain water risk.

Hazard 06

Wildfire

Asset & infrastructure risk, health, supply chain interruption.

Step 3 of 5 · Search and filter

Search all solutions. Narrow the catalogue.

Search across approx. 250 solutions, or narrow the catalogue with the filters. Everything combines.

The search reads solution names, providers, locations and descriptions as well as the categories.

Classification

GreenGreySoft

Resilience capability

ForesightPreventionContinuityRecovery

CapEx intensity, up to

LowMediumHigh

Payback

Quick winMid-termLong-term

Maladaptation risk

LowMediumHigh

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What do CapEx, payback and maladaptation mean?

CapEx intensity. Indicative upfront cost per site or deployment. Low: below about EUR 50k. Medium: about EUR 50k to 500k. High: above about EUR 500k. The filter reads 'up to': Medium also shows Low.

Payback. Quick win: within 12 months. Mid-term: 1 to 5 years. Long-term: beyond 5 years.

Maladaptation risk. A measure that solves one problem and can create another. Medium stands for one known side effect, named on the card. It is a question to raise with the provider and says nothing about the quality of a provider.

All values are estimates by solution type.

0 of 0 categories shown, matching 0 solutions · 0 in stack

No categories match the current filters.

Adaptation Stack · your brief

Company: —

Date: 9/30/2026

Hazards: all

Value chain: all

Indicative outputs for internal discussion. Not investment, legal or engineering advice.

Step 4 of 5 · Your stack

Your saved categories.

Stack title

Categories in stack

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Solutions in your stack

Add categories in step 3. Each category you add lists its solutions here.

Behind the stack

How the catalogue, capability model and solution economics are built.

Read the methodology →