Climate Change Adaptation Information Platform
This table shows best practices such as trilateral policy and management, best practices, monitoring and assessment and activities in communication and education in the framework of the Interreg project Building with Nature. The Wadden Sea Climate Change Adaptation Information Platform includes activity outputs (such as policy reports, scientific reports, projects etc.) and can be filtered by year, document type, implementation and area as well as downloaded as CSV-file.
| Title | Body | Year | Period | Implementation | Principles | Document type | Language | Area | Weblinks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wave attenuation over coastal salt marshes under storm surge conditions |
Coastal communities around the world face an increasing risk from flooding as a result of rising sea level, increasing storminess and land subsidence. Salt marshes can act as natural buffer zones... Read more |
2014 | Communication and education | Scientific report | English | Link | |||
| CLIWAT - Climate and Water |
The project focuses on determining the effects of climate change on groundwater systems and through this on surface water and water supply. Furthermore, challenges and solutions for engineering... Read more |
2011 | finished | Best practice, Monitoring and assessment | Project | English | Netherlands, Germany, Denmark | Link | |
| Long-term Perspective in Coastal Zone Development |
Description of a participatory integrated assessment process to develop climate change adaptation solutions for coastal development |
2009 | Best practice, Policy and management | Scientific report | English | Germany | |||
| MALEK - Effects of Global Change on Marine Ecosystems |
Protected species and habitats in the German Baltic Sea and in the North Sea and their sensitivities against anthropogenic impacts and climate change |
2012 | finished | Best practice, Monitoring and assessment | Project | English | Germany | Link | |
| Delta-programma 2016 |
Long term vision on flood risk protection and fresh water supply, annual progress on implementation of measures |
2015 | Policy and management | Long-term approach | Policy report | English | Netherlands, Germany, Lower Saxony, Wadden Sea | Link | |
| CPSL 2nd Report |
The CPSL 2 report contains an analysis of the following instruments and measures that might contribute to sustainable coastal defence strategies for the Wadden Sea: spatial planning, sand... Read more |
2005 | Best practice, Policy and management | Natural dynamics | Policy report | English | Link | ||
| OURCOAST - European Data Base for Coastal projects |
Support and ensure the exchange of experiences and best practices in coastal planning and management. |
ongoing | Best practice, Communication and education | Website | English | Netherlands, Germany, Denmark | Link | ||
| Options for dynamic coastal management. A guide for managers. |
Deltares report. Annual sand nourishment operations maintain the coast line and supplement the coastal foundation so that it can match sea-level rise. In practice, the dunes are the least active... Read more |
2013 | Policy and management | Policy report | English | Netherlands | Link | ||
| UBA - KOMPASS | ongoing | Best practice, Policy and management, Monitoring and assessment, Communication and education | Website | English | Germany | Link | |||
| Ecosystem-based coastal defence in the face of global change |
The risk of flood disasters is increasing for many coastal societies owing to global and regional changes in climate conditions, sea-level rise, land subsidence and sediment supply. At the same... Read more |
2013 | Communication and education | Scientific report | English | Other | Link | ||
| Protected Areas in Germany under Global Change - Risks and Policy Options: Climate Change in Protected Areas |
At this interactive page (in German) climate change scenarios are visible for more than 4000 protected areas (including the Wadden Sea National Parks). |
2009 | finished | Best practice, Communication and education | Website | English | Germany | Link | |
| SafeCoast - Keeping our feet dry in the North Sea region |
Safecoast was about gaining and sharing knowledge and information on coastal flood and erosion risk management between coastal management authorities in five North Sea countries: Denmark, Germany... Read more |
2008 | fnished | Best practice, Policy and management | Project | English | Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, Wadden Sea | Link | |
| A new sediment budget for The Netherlands: the effect of 15 years of nourishing (1991 - 2005) |
Newest sediment budget analysis for dutch coast, including Waddenislans/sea |
2015 | Monitoring and assessment | Long-term approach | Project | English | Netherlands, Wadden Sea | Link | |
| Bar Analysis - Husby Klit to Houvig |
Analysis of the influence of bar nourishment on bar development and bar migration |
2012 | Monitoring and assessment | Scientific report | English | Denmark | Link | ||
| TIDE - Tidal River Development |
Climate Change and European estuaries |
2013 | finished | Best practice, Monitoring and assessment, Communication and education | Website | English | Netherlands, Germany, Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein | Link | |
| Life Dunes. Report on six years of dune restoration in the Netherlands. |
Project report. The Netherlands has major, international responsibility when it comes to preserving the dunes. The country is a stepping stone in the coastal dune zone that runs from northern... Read more |
2012 | Best practice | Project | English | Netherlands | |||
| COADAPT |
Develop technical and shoreline management tools to meet the additional threats that an increased sea level rise and changes in storm conditions impose on coastal areas |
2013 | finished | Best practice, Communication and education | Website | English | Denmark | ||
| Ten years of saltmarsh restoration in noard-fryslân Bûtendyks |
The nature conservation organisation, It Fryske Gea, is committed to preserving the natural values of this area just outside the seawall and so, in 2001, initiated a trial to restore saltmarshes... Read more |
2001-2014 | Best practice, Monitoring and assessment | Data report | English | Netherlands | Link | ||
| Lessons Learned from 20 Years of Managed Realignment and Regulated Tidal Exchange in the UK |
In certain coastal and estuarine locations, the best and most sustainable way to enhance flood protection is to realign the primary sea defences in a landward direction. This typically involves... Read more |
2011 | Best practice, Policy and management, Monitoring and assessment, Communication and education | Scientific report | English | Germany, Lower Saxony | Link, Link | ||
| ComCoast |
Innovations in coastal protection along the southern North Sea coast. See also: Ahlhorn, F. (2009): Long-term Perspective in Coastal Zone Development - Multifunctional Coastal Protection Zones,... Read more |
2004 | finished | Best practice, Communication and education | Project | English | Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Lower Saxony, Other | Link |
