The cooperation between the co-authors was funded by the Slovenian research agency (ARRS) and the Austrian Agency for Education and Internationalisation (OeAD) within the bilateral project "Innovation activities of Austrian and Slovenian companies in the wood-value chain" (BI-AT/20-21-006). In addition, the research work of the Slovenian co-authors was funded by the European Commission within the InnoRenew project (739574) under the Horizon 2020 Widespread-Teaming program and the ARRS postdoctoral project "Using questionnaires to measure attitudes and behaviours of building users" (Z5-1879), while the research work of the Austrian researchers was conducted with support of the OEAD WTZ (SI 06/2020) and the Horizon 2020 project "RESONATE – Resilient Forest value chains – enhancing resilience through natural and socio-economic responses" (H2020-RUR-2020-2).

Within the bilateral project “Innovation activities of Austrian and Slovenian companies in the wood-value chain” we conducted a cross-sectional survey on factors influencing innovation activities of companies towards climate change mitigation and adaptation. The aim of the research was to understand the impact of climate change on companies in the forest-wood sector in Austria and Slovenia, their attitudes towards climate change and their motivation for action on climate change, and how climate change encourages them to develop new strategies, processes, or products. The survey was conducted in summer 2021 on a sample of 123 Austrian and 170 Slovenian companies