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The paper provides an overview of the most important documents related to EU climate change policy, and then discusses the implementation of this policy using the example of the Silesian Province (Poland) –one of the most environmentally polluted regions of the European Union–. Climate change, as a key environmental issue today, affects not only macro and regional processes, but also local processes such as urban development. This problem can only be solved through implementation of specific actions, tailored to the needs of local communities, in the design and creation of which residents themselves and other stakeholders participate. This proposition underlies the research problem of the paper. It concerns the bottom-up design of climate change adaptation plans for cities, so that they align with regional environmental policies, while being tailored to local needs and possibilities. The aim of this paper is to present a good practice that refers to an integrated process of development of local climate change adaptation plans and, on their basis, revising regional policies to better match the real needs of local communities. In the study, qualitative research was performed using the following methods: desk research, case study, and questionnaire surveys with residents of 44 cities participating in the analyzed project. The project presented in the paper was carried out in the entire country in the years 2017-2019; however, the analyses of the research results included in the text concern mainly the Silesian Province.

Key words: climate change, sustainable development, adaptation plan, public governance, Silesian Province.