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Navigating Living Labs: Lessons learned
Navigating Living Labs: Lessons Learned from SCORE’s 10 Coastal City Living Labs Navigating Living Labs offers practical guidance drawn from the ten SCORE Coastal City Living Labs (CCLLs) on how best to create, implement, and evaluate a Coastal City Living Lab. Hear the valuable lessons learned by SCORE CCLLs themselves, who share real-world insights, challenges,…
Read MoreSCORE’s legacy: “As we conclude this four-year journey, I look to the future with optimism”
As we are reaching the end of the SCORE project in June 2025, our Project Coordinator Dr Salem Gharbia shares his thoughts about the legacy of the SCORE project. This text is the full version of the foreword included in the SCORE final press kit. “Climate change is no longer a distant threat; its impacts…
Read MoreMassa’s Digital Twin: Real-Time Resilience for Flood-Ready Cities
The Massa CCLL served as a key pilot site for the implementation of SCORE’s Digital Twin and Early Warning Support (DT-EWS) System. The DT-EWS system was designed to help municipalities monitor real-time conditions, simulate extreme weather events, and assess potential flood impacts. The aim is to improve urban resilience by providing an integrated platform that…
Read MoreSligo on the Edge: How Coastal Data and Community Science Drive Climate Resilience
A major challenge in effective climate adaptation is the lack of sufficient data and understanding of diverse climatic and geographic conditions. Within SCORE, this challenge was addressed through the generation of high-resolution climate and sea level projections tailored to local coastal challenges. To generate these models, all the CCLLs worked with local stakeholders to improve…
Read MoreSmart Shores: How Oeiras is Using Citizen Science to Monitor Coastal Change
SCORE set out to improve data availability within the CCLLs to better monitor coastal changes, ultimately strengthening decision-making tools and increasing climate resilience. To achieve this, the CCLLs engaged their wider stakeholder networks through sensor selection workshops. These workshops helped identify the most appropriate coastal sensors based on each CCLL’s priorities, whether that meant using…
Read MoreReviving the Past to Protect the Future: How Piran CCLL is Using Nature and Heritage to Tackle Climate Change
The ScienceĀ The CCLLs, using the guidance and methodologies of SCORE, worked with stakeholders to co-create a list of priority Ecosystem-Based Adaptations (EBAs) to enhance climate resilience in their communities. EBAs, sometimes referred to as Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) are types of green infrastructure (i.e., green parks, marram grass, etc.). These adaptation approaches focus on ecosystem…
Read MoreThe experience of the Living Lab of Massa
After four years of activities in the Coastal City Living Lab of Massa, key insights are out!Ā Bringing together SCORE researchers with local stakeholders and citizens, an event was organized on February 28, 2025 as part of the SCORE EBA Training School to showcase the achievements of the project in enhancing community resilience and developing…
Read MoreSCORE Climate Adaptation training school – Third edition
The SCORE project is launching the third and final edition of its SCORE Climate Adaptation training school. Several activities will take place online and in all our Coastal City Living Labs. Programme 11 February 2025, 11:00 – 12:30 (CET) | Online lecture on Legacy and Innovation in Coastal Climate Adaptation Geodesign Games Sessions in the…
Read MoreDive into the world of Coastal Monitoring with our newest online course
The third online course on SCORE’s Online Learning platform is now live! CalledĀ Coastal Monitoring for Resilient Communities, this comprehensive course will give a deeper understanding about the various methods for monitoring local coastlines in the face of a changing climate. For who: policymakers, researchers, community organisers How many lessons: 39 lessons How long: 5 hours…
Read MoreA look back at SCORE’s participation in the European Week of Regions and Cities
SCORE participated in the European Week of Regions and Cities in Brussels on October 7-10, 2024! SCORE partners from ERINN Innovation, Euronovia and ATU Sligo ran a stand during the whole week showcase main challenges and solutions developed by our CCLLs to tackle climate change, as well as tools developed to enhance citizen engagement (catalogue…
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