Coastal setback zones
Description A coastal setback zone is a buffer area where certain or all types of development are prohibited or significantly restricted. A setback zone is usually defined by a specific distance from the shoreline, where the shoreline is often featured by the highest water mark or permanent vegetation line. The main functions of the coastal […]
Adaptation through integrated coastal zone management plans and programmes
Description ECCA Lisbon, 2019. Šibenik-Knin Coastal Plan representatives receive Medadapt Award. Project was awarded with the overall award for adaptation to climate change and with the award in the category “Methods for designing and implementing public policies”, competing with 27 projects from 9 countries. © Damir Matešić Climate change will have considerable consequences in […]
Managed retreat
Description The rising seas are nowadays our reality. As sea levels rise, lower coasts are at risk of inundation, coastal storms occur more often, and coastal erosion and seawater intrusion are on the rise. Storms and cyclones that occur in the Mediterranean Sea have already had an occasional impact on our coasts. With the rising […]
Strengthening governance for climate action
Description Governance is made of relations among institutions, processes and customs which define how the power is implemented, ways of taking decisions on subjects of public as well as private interest, and the ways how citizens and other actors give their votes. More concisely – governance decides who has power, who takes decisions, how other […]
Climate literacy for all
Description Climate change is approaching the point of no return and is thus the greatest challenge currently facing humanity. This is the message sent by institutions such as the UN and the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), scientists in petitions and children in the streets. Let us, therefore, ask ourselves what we actually know about climate […]
Coastal Plan for the Šibenik-Knin County, a path towards resilience and sustainability
Geographic context and climate challenges The Šibenik-Knin County of Croatia has an exceptionally indented coast, 960 km long, with 285 islands, islets and rocks. The County is rich in natural resources and biodiversity, with two national parks, Krka estuary and Kornati archipelago. Its coastal zone consists of seven municipalities and three cities including Šibenik, […]
Reduction of soil consumption and surface unsealing in urban areas
Description Urbanization is transforming land formerly used by agriculture or as a natural area into artificial and sealed surfaces. The impermeabilisation of surfaces, as a consequence of increasing urbanization, leads to loss of essential surfaces for rain water infiltration. The climate change brings the increase of extreme weather events including heavy rains. As a consequence, […]
Adaptation through integrated fire management
Description Climate change projections (EEA-Indicator Assessment on Forest Fire, 2019) suggest substantial warming and increases in the number of heat waves and droughts across most of the Mediterranean area and more generally in southern Europe. These changes would prolong the duration and worsen the severity of the fire season, further increase the risk areas and […]
Managed retreat of the coastal state road Koper-Izola and sustainable requalification of the coast
GEOGRAPHIC CONTEXT AND CLIMATE CHALLENGES The Coastal-Karst Region is the only Slovenian littoral region, as well as being a characteristically border region, as it borders with both Croatia and Italy. Koper is the urban regional centre, while also being the main city of the wider Coastal conurbation (along with Izola and Piran). The city is […]
Adaptation through integrated land-use planning
Description Integrated land-use planning involves the allocation of land for different uses balancing economic, social and environmental values at national or sub-national levels. It is the process of supporting decision makers and land users in selecting the best combination of land uses to meet multiple needs of people, while safeguarding natural resources and ecosystem services. […]