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The report details the results of four workshops held between October 2007 and February 2008 in Siófok, Keszthely, and Balatonalmádi, Hungary. Stakeholders identified significant weather shifts, including summer peak temperatures reaching the +40˚C range and increased extreme rainfall events, which impact agriculture, tourism, and human health. Current adaptation is largely ad hoc and driven by economic loss, but participants proposed a range of future 'win-win' strategies. These include diversifying tourism to be less weather-dependent, reintroducing traditional building materials like reed, and implementing rainwater storage in viticulture. The report emphasizes that successful long-term resilience requires shifting from individual initiatives to collaborative regional planning and updating building codes and legislation to support sustainable practices.