The Sea as Our Neighbour: Sustainable Adaptation to Climate Change in Coastal Communities and Habitats on Europe’s Northern Periphery 3.11

Programme 2007 - 2013 Northern Periphery

Date of latest update: 2021-04-06

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Description (EN):

CoastAdapt is a project aimed to safeguard people living in North Atlantic coastal communities and help them adapt to the impacts of climate change. Five pilot study sites in Iceland, Norway, Ireland and Scotland have been identified to determine the issues experienced by local communities. Municipalities and citizens, working together with project partners, will develop and trial adaptation strategies designed to cope with the impacts of climate change.

Achievements (EN):

CoastAdapt was a three-year project aimed to safeguard people living in North Atlantic coastal communities and help them adapt to the impacts of climate change. Five pilot study sites in Iceland, Norway, Ireland and Scotland were identified to determine the issues experienced by local communities. The CoastAdapt Adaption toolkit was developed, see: http://coastadapt.org/?page_id=2 An Adaption Handbook was writtenand can be downloaded under http://coastadapt.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/The-CoastAdapt-Handbook.pdf A series of reports from the CoastAdapt project are available on the projects website. The workshops were held in Norway, the Outer Hebrides, and Ireland. The Icelandic partners took a different approach and carried out a series of group and individual CoastAdapt was a three-year project aimed to safeguard people living in North Atlantic coastal communities and help them adapt to the impacts of climate change. Five pilot study sites in Iceland, Norway, Ireland and Scotland were identified to determine the issues experienced by local communities. The CoastAdapt Adaption toolkit was developed, see: http://coastadapt.org/?page_id=2 An Adaption Handbook was writtenand can be downloaded under http://coastadapt.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/The-CoastAdapt-Handbook.pdf A series of reports from the CoastAdapt project are available on the projects website. The workshops were held in Norway, the Outer Hebrides, and Ireland. The Icelandic partners took a different approach and carried out a series of group and individual interviews as opposed to the workshop model. Analysis of Risk, Vulnerability and Community Adaptive Capacity • CoastAdapt Workshop I – Hammerfest, Norway, September 2009 • CoastAdapt Workshops Ia and Ib – Outer Hebrides, Scotland, October 2009 • Analysis of Risk, Vulnerability and Community Adaptive Capacity This report presents the work undertaken to analyse risk, vulnerability and community adaptive capacity in the context of climate change and focusses on Tralee Bay. Co. Kerry, in southwest Ireland. Cathal O’Mahony, Stefan Gray, Maria Falaleeva, Jeremy Gault • Experiencing environmental change in Vik, southern Iceland Local perceptions of current environmental and social change in one of the CoastAdapt pilot sites, Vík, situated on the southern shores of Iceland. Ásdís Jónsdóttir • Local Communities of Eyrarbakki and Stokkseyri, Iceland A Description of the Local Communities of Eyrarbakki and Stokkseyri in the Municipality of Árborg on the Southern Coast of Iceland. Focus group held by the CoastAdapt Project. Guðríður Ester Geirsdóttir • Resilience to natural disasters Residents in the village of Stokkseyri in southern Iceland live with the threat of natural hazards. The village is located within the South Iceland Seismic Zone and subject to earthquakes that can be > 6.0 on the Richter scale. The purpose of this paper was to investigate residents’ perception of the communities’ vulnerability, resilience and adaptation to the recurring natural hazards in the area and the impact of socio-economic changes thereon. Guðríður Ester Geirsdóttir Building Adaptive Capacity • CoastAdapt Workshop II – Hammerfest, Norway, February 2010 • CoastAdapt Workshop – Tralee, Ireland, March 2010 Building Coastal Adaptation Capacity: Information Resource • Laws and legislation coastal Iceland Laws and legislation regarding coastal management in Iceland Katrin Georgsdottir • Register of documents Legislation and Strategies Norway • Legislation relating to adaptation to climate change • Coastal Communities, Climate Change and Aquaculture • Report on Shetland Climate Change and Aquaculture Conference • Coastal Adaptation and Heritage, Orkney • CoastAdapt – Hebridean Archaeology Forum Implementation of Adaptation Strategies • CoastAdapt Workshop III – Hammerfest, Norway, June 2011 • Sårbarhet for klimaendringer og klimatilpasninger_Hammerfest This report focuses on vulnerability assessment and climate change adaptation strategies in the city of Hammerfest. The analysis is based on the CoastAdapt vulnerability assessment framework and looks at both current and future climate. • Vulnerability to climate change and climate adaptation_Summary in English Summary of the report in English.

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Expected Results (EN):

To create the CoastAdapt web-based readily accessible knowledge and information resource, providing coastal climate change adaptation information, data, and resources generated by the project suitable for the use of North Atlantic coastal communities and authorities. The improved knowledge and awareness of adaptation to climate change engendered by CoastAdapt will assist municipalities and authorities adopt and ‘mainstream’ coastal related adaptation measures into planning policy. The project will also identify opportunities presented by a changing climate and promote the development of these opportunities in, for example, environmental tourism.

Thematic information

Coastal management and maritime issues Managing natural and man-made threats, risk management Climate change and biodiversity

Partners (12)

Lead Partner: Western Isles Council

Address: HS1 2BW Stornoway, United Kingdom

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Árborg Municipality

Name: Árborg Municipality

Address: 800 Árborg, Iceland

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University of Iceland, Institute for Sustainable Development

Name: University of Iceland, Institute for Sustainable Development

Address: IS 101 Reykjav, Iceland

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Hammerfest Municipality

Name: Hammerfest Municipality

Address: 9616 Hammerfest, Norway

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Norut (Northern Research Institute) Alta

Name: Norut (Northern Research Institute) Alta

Address: Markedsgata 3, 9510 Alta, Norway

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Vik - Local government

Name: Vik - Local government

Address: 6893 Vik i Sogn, Norway

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National University of Ireland, Cork

Name: National University of Ireland, Cork

Address: Cork, Ireland

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Kerry County Council

Name: Kerry County Council

Address: Tralee, Ireland

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The University Court of The University of Aberdeen, Institute for Coastal Science & Management (AICSM)

Name: The University Court of The University of Aberdeen, Institute for Coastal Science & Management (AICSM)

Address: AB24 3UF Aberdeen, United Kingdom

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Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH)

Name: Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH)

Address: IV3 8NW Inverness, United Kingdom

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University of Ulster, Coleraine

Name: University of Ulster, Coleraine

Address: Coleraine, United Kingdom

Legal status: n/a

UHI Millennium Institute, Environmental Research Institute (ERI)

Name: UHI Millennium Institute, Environmental Research Institute (ERI)

Address: KW14 7JD Thurso, United Kingdom

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Árborg Municipality

The Sea as Our Neighbour: Sustainable Adaptation to Climate Change in Coastal Communities and Habitats on Europe’s Northern Periphery 3.11

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University of Iceland, Institute for Sustainable Development

The Sea as Our Neighbour: Sustainable Adaptation to Climate Change in Coastal Communities and Habitats on Europe’s Northern Periphery 3.11

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Hammerfest Municipality

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Norut (Northern Research Institute) Alta

The Sea as Our Neighbour: Sustainable Adaptation to Climate Change in Coastal Communities and Habitats on Europe’s Northern Periphery 3.11

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Vik - Local government

The Sea as Our Neighbour: Sustainable Adaptation to Climate Change in Coastal Communities and Habitats on Europe’s Northern Periphery 3.11

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National University of Ireland, Cork

The Sea as Our Neighbour: Sustainable Adaptation to Climate Change in Coastal Communities and Habitats on Europe’s Northern Periphery 3.11

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Kerry County Council

The Sea as Our Neighbour: Sustainable Adaptation to Climate Change in Coastal Communities and Habitats on Europe’s Northern Periphery 3.11

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The University Court of The University of Aberdeen, Institute for Coastal Science & Management (AICSM)

The Sea as Our Neighbour: Sustainable Adaptation to Climate Change in Coastal Communities and Habitats on Europe’s Northern Periphery 3.11

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Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH)

The Sea as Our Neighbour: Sustainable Adaptation to Climate Change in Coastal Communities and Habitats on Europe’s Northern Periphery 3.11

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Western Isles Council

The Sea as Our Neighbour: Sustainable Adaptation to Climate Change in Coastal Communities and Habitats on Europe’s Northern Periphery 3.11

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University of Ulster, Coleraine

The Sea as Our Neighbour: Sustainable Adaptation to Climate Change in Coastal Communities and Habitats on Europe’s Northern Periphery 3.11

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UHI Millennium Institute, Environmental Research Institute (ERI)

The Sea as Our Neighbour: Sustainable Adaptation to Climate Change in Coastal Communities and Habitats on Europe’s Northern Periphery 3.11

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Summary

Project name (EN): The Sea as Our Neighbour: Sustainable Adaptation to Climate Change in Coastal Communities and Habitats on Europe’s Northern Periphery 3.11

Project acronym: CoastAdapt

Project start date: 2009-01-01

Project end date: 2011-12-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 1 445 230.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 780 387.74

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2007 - 2013 Northern Periphery

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2015-12-01

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47 / 47 (100%)

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331 / 331 (100%)

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