The Maximising UK Adaptation to Climate Change (MACC) Hub responds to the urgent need for a comprehensive, transdisciplinary framework to strengthen the UK’s resilience to cascading climate impacts. Co-funded by UK Research and Innovation and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), the Hub aims to address critical gaps in adaptation planning, implementation, and capacity-building. The Hub will provide evidence-based insights to inform and enhance transformational climate adaptation strategies at both local and national levels by synthesizing cutting-edge research with practical applications.

The Hub is actively involved in the following:

1. Building Skills and Partnerships: Strengthening stakeholders with training, capacity-building, and inclusive engagement to deepen knowledge and participation.
2. Generating Data and Knowledge: Creating open-access tools like OpenCLIM-Adapt and conducting cutting-edge research to inform action.
3. Linking Knowledge, Policy, and Practice: Translating insights into actionable strategies through Policy Labs, a Policy Response Unit, and a Knowledge Portal.
4. Innovating Through Funding: Supporting transformative, community-focused projects that drive systemic change

Learn: As a visitor or user on MACC Hub, you can access the whole platform for free to learn about key climate-adaptation related issues. MACC Hub is designed to bring information to you  in an intelligent and personalized way, organising information under research, resources & trainings to integrate our collective knowledge in meaningful ways.

Share: Sharing content on MACC Hub is easy – you can add and share information about your organisations, latest project, reports, open access journal articles, case studies, events, blogs, courses and other relevant information. Once you add content on MACC Hub, if will be reviewed by our Knowledge Management team and one of our editors. It will then be shared with you again before being published and visible to visitors. Sharing can help potential collaborators and donors find your work, and can help you connect with other members.

Connect: Based on your profile description, interests, and the work you publish, MACC Hub links you with new knowledge and other climate adaptation professionals, helping you to find and connect to people doing similar work. You can send direct message to users, post comments and use forums to ask or answer questions, share announcements and reflections with the MACC Hub community. The Map of Case Studies also allows you to view projects operating in similar fields or in your geographic area, allowing you to connect and collaborate with other individuals, projects and organisations.

Registering as a member on MACC Hub is simple and enables you to create a profile, connect with other members, and share content.  

To register, simply follow the steps below:

1. Click on the ‘Sign In’ link at the top-right of the page
2. A pop-up window will appear. Click on ‘Create New Account’
3. Fill in the details requested (you can fill-in more details in your profile later)
4. Click on ‘Register’ and a confirmation email welcoming you to the MACC Hub community will be sent to you

MACC Hub has a Google Translate plug-in to help you navigate the platform in your language. We are aware that the translations provided are rarely perfect. However, they are improving all of the time.

1. To convert MACC Hub into your language click on the EN button and select your preferred language.
2. Please note that this will only change the language used for the text on the platform. Downloads and multimedia content will remain in their original language.