This report of the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BFN) documents and analyses good practice examples of ecosystem-based approaches to climate change mitigation and adaptation in…

The climate adaptation plan outlines the challenges the municipality faces because of the expect changes in the future climate.

CPSL concluded that spatial planning can contribute significantly to improve the resilience of the coastal system against climate change. Depending on varying vulnerabilities of different uses,…

The climate adaptation plan outlines the challenges the municipality faces because of the expect changes in the future climate.

Description of a participatory integrated assessment process to develop climate change adaptation solutions for coastal development

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…

The climate adaptation plan outlines the challenges the municipality faces beause of the expetctet changes in the future climate.

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…

At this interactive page (in German) climate change scenarios are visible for more than 4000 protected areas (including the Wadden Sea National Parks).

The effects of climate change on the German Waddensea (coastal mudflats) and the entire Waddensea region are the central focus of the ‘Waddensea Dialogue’. On the Foundation’s invitation, a panel…

To investigate which extreme values of storm surge components will be physically possible under the present and future climate change conditions; storm surge scenarios for which the investigated…

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

Implementation of results from KLIFF in spatial planning in Lower Saxony. By evaluation of the possible consequences of climate change and establishment of an inventory of available instruments…

Salt water intrusion in coastal aquifers (ground water bodies)

Research the consequences of climate changes to urban areas, agricultural sites and the tidal riverbed of the Elbe within the city of Hamburg. A range of action plans are going to be recommended,…

Detection of mean sea level and analysis of tidal water levels along the German North Sea coast

Model-based analysis of long-term morphodynamic processes in the German Bight

Perform an inter- and transdisciplinary investigation of four land management scenarios, applied to a North Sea and a Baltic Sea coastal region in Germany. COMTESS will quantify and evaluate the…

Analyses the consequences of an accelerated sea-level rise and intensified extreme incidents (formulated as climate scenarios for the year 2050) and of adaptation options for the natural and the…