CoastAdapt is a project aimed to safeguard people living in North Atlantic coastal communities and help them adapt to the impacts of climate change. Five pilot study sites in Iceland, Norway, Ireland and Scotland have been identified to determine the issues experienced by local communities. Municipalities and citizens, working together with project... More...

CoastAdapt is a project aimed to safeguard people living in North Atlantic coastal communities and help them adapt to the impacts of climate change. Five pilot study sites in Iceland, Norway, Ireland and Scotland have been identified to determine the issues experienced by local communities. Municipalities and citizens, working together with project partners, will develop and trial adaptation strategies designed to cope with the impacts of climate change.

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The CoastAdapt project will focus on how people, businesses and local authorities will cope with and plan for the longer-term changes that a changing climate will bring for example, loss of land through erosion, increasing vulnerability to coastal flooding, increasing risk of avalanches and consequent effects on transport and communications, aquacu... More...

The CoastAdapt project will focus on how people, businesses and local authorities will cope with and plan for the longer-term changes that a changing climate will bring for example, loss of land through erosion, increasing vulnerability to coastal flooding, increasing risk of avalanches and consequent effects on transport and communications, aquaculture, housing, agriculture, and most importantly on community confidence.

A main objective of the project will be to investigate the environmental, social and economic impact of projected climate change and accelerated sea-level rise on sensitive coastal regions, and to develop a range of adaptation policies, focussed at the local scale. Extensive use will be made of computer generated visualisations of climate change impacts relating to differing greenhouse gas emissions scenarios.

A core element of the project will be to involve local communities and authorities and to help with this, there are five ‘pilot study areas’ in each of the project partner countries. These areas are the Western Isles, Scotland; Tralee Bay, County Kerry, Ireland; Hammerfest and West Finnmark, northern Norway; and both Arborg and Vik municipalities in southern Iceland.

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To create the CoastAdapt web-based readily accessible knowledge and information resource, providing coastal climate change adaptation information, data, and resources generated by the project suitable for the use of North Atlantic coastal communities and authorities. The improved knowledge and awareness of adaptation to climate change engendered b... More...

To create the CoastAdapt web-based readily accessible knowledge and information resource, providing coastal climate change adaptation information, data, and resources generated by the project suitable for the use of North Atlantic coastal communities and authorities.

The improved knowledge and awareness of adaptation to climate change engendered by CoastAdapt will assist municipalities and authorities adopt and ‘mainstream’ coastal related adaptation measures into planning policy.

The project will also identify opportunities presented by a changing climate and promote the development of these opportunities in, for example, environmental tourism.

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