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.

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Titel Body Year Period Implementation Principles Document type Language Area Weblinks
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
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
AMSeL – Mean Sea Level and Tidal Analysis at the German North Sea Coastline

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

2010 finished Best practice, Monitoring and assessment Project German Germany, Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein
"Speichern statt pumpen" - Restoring instead of pumping

Integrated drainage management at the Lower Saxonian coast

2010 finished Best practice, Communication and education Website German Germany, Lower Saxony
CPSL 3rd report

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,…

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2010 Policy and management Natural dynamics Policy report English
Climate Change and the Wadden Sea (Michael-Otto-Foundation)

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…

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2010 finished Best practice, Communication and education Project German Germany, Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein
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…

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2011 Best practice, Policy and management, Monitoring and assessment, Communication and education Scientific report English Germany, Lower Saxony
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…

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2011 finished Best practice, Monitoring and assessment Project English Netherlands, Germany, Denmark
Jade Bay Project

Documentation and analysis of historical changes induced by natural processes and human influences: Geologic, geophysical, cultural-historical and benthic-ecological development of the Jade Bay;…

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2011 finished Best practice, Monitoring and assessment Project German Germany, Lower Saxony
Kystbeskyttelsesstrateg i- en strategisk indsats for smukkere kyster / The National Coastal Protection Strategy

Coastal protection strategy for the Danish coasts

2011 Policy and management, Communication and education Policy report Danish Denmark
Master Plan Coastal Protection (Islands)

Strategic plan for coastal protection ta the East Frisian islands.

2011 ongoing Policy and management Policy report German Germany, Lower Saxony
Ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation and mitigation – good practice examples and lessons learned in Europe

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…

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2011 Best practice, Policy and management, Communication and education Scientific report English
Climate Proof Areas

The district of Wesermarsch has been chosen as a project area in the European Climate Proof Areas- project (CPA).  The rural hinterland concept is a unique initiative which draws up intelligent…

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2011 finished Best practice, Policy and management Website English Netherlands, Germany, Denmark
CLAMER

European 7th Framework Programme project about climate change impacts on the marine environment ,the research results and public perception of marine climate change. 19 marine research institutes…

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2011 finished Best practice, Communication and education Project English Netherlands
XtremRisK Extreme storm surges at open coasts and estuarine areas: Risk assessment and mitigation under climate change aspects

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…

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2012 finished Best practice Project German Germany
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
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…

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2012 Best practice Project English Netherlands
Guidelines for klimatilpasning

Guidelines for climate adaptation in coastal areas

2012 Policy and management, Communication and education Project Danish Denmark
AufMod „Aufbau von integrierten Modellsystemen zur Analyse der langfristigen Morphodynamik in der Deutschen Bucht"

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

2012 finished Best practice, Monitoring and assessment Project German Germany, Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein
Climate Action for Hamburg

The Hamburg Climate Action Policy comprises 10 fields of action, reflecting all areas of climate action policy. For each field of action, the Senate has set goals which are to be planned and…

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2012 ongoing Policy and management, Communication and education Website German Germany