Coast-Scapes

Coast-Scapes seeks to develop and transfer climate resilient solutions, often discussed but seldom implemented in a systemic manner, for the land-coast-sea continuum, demonstrating co-benefits across: a) socioeconomic sectors (including the fourth); b) geographical domains (land to sea); c) temporal scales (short to long). By combining Core Pilots -CP- to demonstrate and implement systemic solutions, Replicating Pilots -RP- to export resilience plans (without implementation) and Transfer Pilots -TP- to prove the scalability of the approach, Coast-Scapes supposes a quantum leap for climate resilience.

The proposed solutions, sequenced to look for synergies under present and future climate challenges (e.g., pollution, habitat degradation or job loss), align land-to-sea adaptation with climate mitigation, targeting a proactive risk reduction. Coast-Scapes overarching aim is to bridge the climate resilience deficit with resilience-through-adaptation plans that reduce climate risks and enhance welfare, with a seldom applied land-to-sea systemic approach. These plans are fully aligned with the EU call work programme topics (in italics), where resilience-through-adaptation will contribute to adapt to climate change in a more systemic way to protect people and prosperity. 

Within this overarching aim, Coast-Scapes has 6 specific objectives associated with six connected work packages (WPs) for an efficient achievement of resilience building blocks (measurable milestones) and tangible gains (verified deliverables).