This contract will support the EU adaptation strategy's objective of enabling better informed decision-making, by providing analyses of state-of-the-art knowledge on different areas of interest to European adaptation actors, furthering the analysis of knowledge gaps on specific areas, and contributing to its knowledge transfer objectives.It will address, in particular, stocktaking and analysis of knowledge on ecosystem-based adaptation options; infrastructure resilience and adaptation to climate change; and vulnerability assessment in support of adaptation decision-making.