Oppla is the EU Repository of Nature-Based Solutions. It provides a knowledge marketplace, where the latest thinking on natural capital, ecosystem services and nature-based solutions is brought together. It's an open platform that is designed for people with diverse needs and interests - from science, policy and practice; public, private and voluntary sectors; organisations large and small, as well as individuals.
View siteAdriadapt is an information platform for strengthening climate change resilience for the Adriatic coastal local communities. This project is aimed at supporting the building of local and regional resilience by developing the knowledge base required to identify and plan appropriate climate change adaptation options.
View siteANYWHERE is a Partner Ecosystem working together to make a step forward towards innovation in weather emergency management, creating a featuring new sinergy not previously available before.
View siteThe European Climate Data Explorer provides interactive access to many climate indices from the Copernicus Climate Change Service in support of climate change adaptation.
View siteA Climate Data Management System is an integrated computer-based system that facilitates the effective archival, management, analysis, delivery and utilization of a wide range of integrated climate data. The framework comprises a set of interrelated building blocks called components. Each component describes a specific functional requirement of a CDMS and contains, where appropriate, references to further information. Not all components are need
Read MoreThe CoastalRes methodology was developed using local case studies and the entire coast of England as a case study, and demonstrates the practicality of formalising and quantifying resilience at multiple scales. This includes a pragmatic definition of resilience that encompasses not only the physical and ecological but also the socio-economic dimensions of coastal systems. Scenarios are used to model the impact of external drivers (e.g. climate change, land use, etc.) exploring likely response to selected policy options. Capitalising on the increasingly availability of open-source geospatial datasets, multi-variate measures are mapped over the flood and erosion hazard zone and combined using Multi Criteria Analysis (MCA) model to create spatially and temporally variable resilience indices. Subjective weightings within MCA are used constructively to provide an explicit and transparent representation of diverse stakeholder views.
View siteThis project was launched in 2007 with a view to enhancing the implementation of a scientifically based sustainable coastal erosion management in Europe. It has been testing scientific concepts and tools in six pilot sites around Europe.
View siteDINAS-COAST brings together the best available science and data to help a consistent evaluation of coastal impacts and adaptation at national, regional and global scales is required to satisfy current information needs for climate policy to interpret and evaluate coastal vulnerability to climate change.
View siteThe European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet) is a network of organisations supported by the EU’s integrated maritime policy. These organisations work together to observe the sea, process the data according to international standards and make that information freely available as interoperable data layers and data products.
View siteHyMeX aims at a better understanding, quantification and modelling of the hydrological cycle in the Mediterranean, with emphasis on the predictability and evolution of extreme weather events, inter-annual to decadal variability of the Mediterranean coupled system, and associated trends in the context of global change.
View siteMAREGOT is a project aimed at preventing and jointly managing the risks deriving from coastal erosion in the cooperation area. The strategic project plans to implement a shared planning process which, thanks to a better knowledge of erosion phenomena and the dynamics of the coasts, identifies optimal intervention solutions for the management of the territory in relation to the morphological characteristics and coastal hydrodynamics.
View siteMedCLIVAR serves as a scientific network to promote better communication among different scientific disciplines and to develop a multidisciplinary vision of the evolution of the Mediterranean climate through studies that integrate atmospheric, marine, and terrestrial climate components at time scales ranging from paleoreconstructions to future climate scenarios.
View siteMed-CORDEX is a coordinated contribution to CORDEX that is supported by HyMeX and MedCLIVAR international programs. Med-CORDEX initiative has been proposed by the Mediterranean climate research community as a follow-up of previous and existing initiatives. MED-CORDEX takes advantage of new fully coupled Regional Climate System Models (RCSMs).
View siteThe EU Directorate General Environment promotes the use of nature-based green infrastructure solutions and this is progressively included in a range of policies of which for water. A range of activities and related relevant information portals are also available on climate change (Climate Adapt), on biodiversity (BISE), on forest (FISE).
View siteOPERANDUM delivers tools and methods for the demonstration and market uptake of Nature-Based Solutions to reduce hydro-meteorological risks. Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) are solutions that are inspired and supported by nature. These solutions provide environmental, social and economic benefits and help build resilience by bringing natural features into cities and landscapes.
View siteThis program aims at having a localized understanding of the impact of hazards on important community assets; increased engagement from the community in the resilience planning process; and increased data to include in grant applications to implement projects identified through this process.
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