Natural hazards and climate-related disasters disregard political borders, where additional barriers can complicate mitigation, response and recovery efforts within and between the sectors of Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR). The ESPREssO Project (Enhancing Synergies for Disaster Prevention in the European Union) aims to improve management of transboundary disasters by encouraging closer synergies between the CCA and DRR communities. Using targeted stakeholder interviews, questionnaires, Think Tank discussions and purpose-built serious games, ESPREssO draws on both CCA and DRR stakeholder experiences and informed perspectives in order to identify current gaps. Set within a fictitious border zone, ESPREssO's RAMSETE II serious game challenges CCA and DRR stakeholders in making coordinated decisions before, during and after a simulated disaster, in protection of population and critical infrastructure.

Results highlight the essential role of local governance mechanisms as the sharp end of the policy wedge, with current examples of proactivity that require to be championed and supported at national level in order to thrive. These good practice examples reflect the fact that transboundary settings, despite their challenges, act as fertile ground for mutual growth, offering opportunities for CCA and DRR communities to find innovative ways to cooperate and unite in developing synergies and strengthening their mutual efforts towards resilience. Stakeholders emphasise a need to invest more resources in informal cooperation and call on policy makers to recognise that each border zone raises its own unique set of complex challenges that requires flexibility and special consideration by transboundary authorities in management of disasters.

自然灾害和气候相关灾害不分政治边界，额外的障碍可能会使气候变化适应 (CCA) 和减少灾害风险 (DRR) 部门内部和之间的缓解、响应和恢复工作复杂化。 ESPREssO 项目（增强欧盟灾害预防协同作用）旨在通过鼓励 CCA 和 DRR 界之间更紧密的协同作用来改善跨界灾害管理。 ESPREssO 通过有针对性的利益相关者访谈、问卷调查、智库讨论和专门设计的严肃游戏，借鉴 CCA 和 DRR 利益相关者的经验和知情观点，以确定当前的差距。 ESPREssO 的 RAMSETE II 严肃游戏以虚构的边境地区为背景，挑战 CCA 和 DRR 利益相关者在模拟灾难之前、期间和之后做出协调决策，以保护人口和关键基础设施。

结果凸显了地方治理机制作为政策楔子的重要作用，当前的积极主动性例子需要在国家层面得到倡导和支持才能蓬勃发展。这些良好实践实例反映了这样一个事实，即跨境环境尽管面临挑战，但却是共同发展的沃土，为 CCA 和 DRR 社区提供了寻找创新合作方式的机会，团结一致，发展协同效应，加强共同努力，实现抵御能力。利益相关者强调需要在非正式合作中投入更多资源，并呼吁政策制定者认识到每个边境地区都会带来一系列独特的复杂挑战，需要跨界当局在灾害管理中采取灵活性和特殊考虑。