Project Objectives
- Build a land–coast–sea systemic nexus framework using Core Pilots to integrate data, identify synergies, and develop scalable climate resilience solutions.
- Develop advanced evaluation and monitoring tools combining AI, process-based models, and Copernicus data to assess climate risks and support early warning systems.
- Co-create and implement resilience-through-adaptation plans via living labs, enabling proactive, cross-sector decision-making and measurable risk reduction.
- Replicate and scale solutions across diverse regions through Replicating and Transfer Pilots, ensuring transferability and a shared resilience knowledge base.
- Drive cross-sector collaboration and governance change to accelerate adoption of nature-based, systemic resilience strategies aligned with EU climate goals
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Methods
Apply a sequenced, work-package–driven approach (WP1–WP6) that moves from systemic land–coast–sea analysis and diagnostics to evaluation, foresight, replication, capacity building, and policy alignment.
Use integrated modelling and multi-scale assessments to understand present and future social–ecological interactions, including water, sediment, and pollutant fluxes across interconnected land–sea systems.
Evaluate and improve existing resilience measures across sectors and scales, identifying synergies, trade-offs, and gaps in current adaptation strategies
Enable co-design and implementation of higher-TRL resilience solutions through stakeholder engagement, supported by improved governance, funding mechanisms, and decision-support tools.
Ensure scalability and long-term impact by replicating and transferring validated approaches across pilots, building capacity, and aligning outcomes with EU climate adaptation and mitigation objectives.
Partners
- Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech – UPC
- Eurecat – EUT
- Fundación Nueva Cultura del Agua – NCA
- Medidas Adaptación Costera Sostenible – MAC
- GeoEcoMar – GEM
- Consortium for coordination research activities Venice lagoon system – COR
- National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics – OGS
- Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change – CMC
- Scottish Association for Marine Science – SMS
- RMIT Europe – RME
- RMIT University – RMI
- University of Aveiro – UA
- Pensoft Publishers – PSF
- Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich – LMU
- NLWKN- Coastal Research Center – FSK
- Universiade Save – USV
- Universidad del Norte – UNR
- Mohammed I University – MIU
- Universite Assane Seck de Ziguinchor – UAS
- Global Climate Forum – GCF
- Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon – HON
- Odesa I.I. Mechnikov National University – ONU
- International Center of Coastal Resources Research – CII
- Can Tho University – CTU
- Ministry of Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge – MES
- Provveditorato Interreg. Opere Pubbliche, Min. delle Infrastr. e Transp – PRV
- Institute of Marine Science, CSIC – IMS
- Portuguese Environmental Agency – PEA
- Universidad San Francisco de Quito – USF
- World Wide Fund for Nature, Romania – WWR
- World Wide Fund for Nature, Spain – WWE
Funding
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101213138 — COAST-SCAPES Project—HORIZON-MISS-2024-CLIMA-01
