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
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…

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2005 Best practice, Policy and management Natural dynamics Policy 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
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
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…

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2001-2014 Best practice, Monitoring and assessment Data report English Netherlands
Kortlægning af klimaforandringer

The purpose of this report is to map climate change impacts and opportunities for Denmark, while focusing on the areas where Denmark has the most significant challenges in relation to climate…

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2012 Policy and management Policy report Danish Denmark
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
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
Risicokaart (risk maps)

Website showing risks in the Netherlands, amongs others Flood Risk (based on EU-Flood-risk data

Communication and education Long-term approach Map Dutch Netherlands
Administrationsgrundlag for søterritoriet A tool for applicants, who apply for installations and activities within the Danish territorial sea.

A tool for applicants, who apply for installations and activities within the Danish territorial sea.

2015 ongoing Best practice, Policy and management, Monitoring and assessment, Communication and education Policy report Danish Denmark, Wadden Sea, North Sea
KRIM - Climate Change and Preventive Risk and Coastal Protection Management

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…

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2004 finished Best practice, Policy and management Project German Germany, Lower Saxony
Sediment budget and morphological development of the Dutch Wadden Sea: impact of accelerated sea-level rise and subsidence until 2100

Article by Wang, Z., Elias, E., Van der Spek, A., & Lodder, Q. (2018). Sediment budget and morphological development of the Dutch Wadden Sea: Impact of accelerated sea-level rise and…

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2018 Monitoring and assessment Scientific report English Netherlands, Wadden Sea
Biogeochemistry of Tidal Flats

Biogeochemical transformations on water-column-suspended particles, at the sediment-water interface and in the sediments are studied Considering the hydrodynamic conditions, the influence of the…

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2009 finished Best practice, Monitoring and assessment Website German Germany, Lower Saxony, Wadden Sea
Klimaanpassung an weichen Küsten

Climate adaptation along soft coasts. Case studies from Europe und the U.S

2015 Best practice, Communication and education Natural dynamics, Integration, Long-term approach, Site specific approach Scientific report German Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein
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…

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2013 Policy and management Policy report English Netherlands
KLEVER

Drainage management under a changing climate in the Lower Saxonian coastal region.

2015 ongoing Best practice, Communication and education Project German Germany, Lower Saxony, Wadden Sea
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
Guidelines for klimatilpasning

Guidelines for climate adaptation in coastal areas

2012 Policy and management, Communication and education Project Danish Denmark
Vi beskytter Vestkysten / Wir schützen die Westküste

Information regarding the coastal nourishment on the Danish West Coast

2015 Communication and education Other Danish Denmark
EasyGSH-DB

Investigation and development of products with hydrodynamic models (UnTRIM2 (3D), TELEMAC3D) for 20 years (1996-2015) within the German Bight. These products include:
Bathymetry (annually)…

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2017 ongoing Best practice, Monitoring and assessment Project German Germany, Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, North Sea
SAHALL

Investigation of ways to optimize the sedimentation on the Halligen under stronger sea level rise

2012 finished Best practice Website German Germany, Schleswig-Holstein, Wadden Sea