In recent years, climate change adaptation strategies are becoming more widely recognized. However, at a local level, there are still few studies on this subject. This research analyses the current state of climate adaptation planning, and in particular the monitoring and evaluation (M&E) process of coastal cities with between 20,000 and 100,000 inhabitants in Western Mediterranean Europe. The aim is to find out whether these cities are producing plans and whether they are monitoring them to find out their effectiveness. To do this, the analysis is divided into two phases: the first phase seeks to find out how many cities within the profile have a plan, what type of actions they propose, and whether they include M&E; the second phase is based on a semi-structured interview with some municipalities to analyze more in detail their M&E processes and find best practices related to it.