Modelling, monitoring and forecasting systems
DESCRIPTION Coping with climate variability and change requires availability of timely and reliable climate information, as well as up-to-date information on the occurrence and severity of extreme events, possible impacts and their duration. Systematic monitoring, remote sensing, modelling and their integration with GIS systems are considered as options to strengthen adaptation planning and implementation. In […]
Community-based management and Adaptive co-management as approach for adaptation
DESCRIPTION Community-based adaptation (CBA) refers to the generation and implementation of locally driven adaptation strategies, according to learning-by-doing and bottom-up approaches (IPPC, Fifth Assessment Report). It is characterised by intensive involvement of stakeholders and vulnerable groups in decision making, design and implementation of adaptation measures. Using a CBA approach implies that adaptation strategies are generated […]
Coastal protection and managed retreat of the coastal road between Sète and Marseillan, France
Geographic context and climate challenges The littoral between Sète and Marseillan in the Occitanie region of South France is a sand strip that separates the Thau lagoon from the Mediterranean Sea. The strip is 12 km long and 2 km wide and the littoral hosts different human activities, including a bottle-filling firm, a camping, a […]